Certain kinds of music which may have once been lost, possibly in a dusty loft or a cluttered basement, now is getting the kinds of exposure that the artists thought impossible. Last year a new Belgian label, Walhella Records out of Antwerp decided to re-release lots of 80s Belgian New Wave music only previously available on cassette (remember them). Why Belgians in the 1980s had an affinity with New Wave, EBM and minimal synths is beyond me, but what we are left with is twelve obscure DIY gems.
While not all of the compilation is my taste, it's ability to capture a time of a small independent scene away from the larger countries/cities is refreshing, and just serves to highlight theres usually shit going down, wherever, the majority of the time. A second volume has also been released and if this is anything to go by, it's worth investigating further.
Underground Belgian Wave-Volume 1 (buy)
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