Synthesize.

08 Feb 2011 — Henning Lahmann

Autumn is the legendary minimal wave project of Peter Bonne and Geert Coppens, two Belgians who started experimenting with the potentials of analog synthesizers during the late 70s until they put a band together in 1980, quickly becoming one of the true visionary groups for the emerging synth scene in Europe. Despite coming from the experimental/underground branch of wave music, Autumn had a "modest summer hit" with Synthesize in 1982. I Say You Hello is even more amazing, a plain and simple vocal hook, kinda meaningless yet insanely catchy, an incredible bass line and some mind-melting analog patterns is all it needs to completely persuade me. With the Synthesize LP, there's finally a record that features a selection of Autumn's best material. It's gonna be out later this month on - of course - Brooklyn's outstanding experts in the field, Minimal Wave. Highly recommended.