Release Date: 25 September 2020
Label: Crammed Discs
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5410377021020
Genres: Rock  Middle East  
Release Date: 25 September 2020
Label: Crammed Discs
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5410377021020
Genres: Rock  Middle East  
Description
This reissue combines post-punk band Minimal Compact's first two releases.
'One', Minimal Compact's debut mini-album, was recorded and released in 1981. The band was a trio at the time, consisting of Samy Birnbach, Berry Sakharof and Malka Spigel, with the assistance of various other musicians. The opening track, the emblematic Statik Dancin', soon became a classic and this mini-album immediately put Minimal Compact on the map.
'One By One' was the first full-length album by the band, who had become a quartet with the adjunction of drummer Max Franken. Recorded in 1982, the band's sound of that period is best exemplified by a song like "Babylonian Tower", with its driving rhythm, funky guitar, apocalyptical lyrics and Middle-Eastern flavouring.
Tracklisting
Nihiloxica
Aquaserge
Suba
Veronique Vincent, Aksak Maboul & The Honeymoon Killers
Taraf de Haidouks
Nova Materia
Acid Arab
Aksak Maboul
Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact
Minimal Compact