Differing Trees
A Blaze Colour - Against The Dark Trees Beyond [OS46 BEL 2022 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Back in 1981/1982, Belgian synth-duo A Blaze Colour (from Leuven) released a cassette album, a twelve inch single and a seven inch single - all titled Against The Dark Trees Beyond , however all with differing track listings. These days, if you want to acquire these releases, you will have to part with well in excess of three figures as A Blaze Colour original product is high in demand and very difficult to find. Ludo Camberlin & Bam Saelemaekers should be considered as pioneers of both early-eighties minimal synthpop, the coldwave sound of Benelux and cassette tape culture. Using a Korg Delta and MS20, a Roland SH-2 and a Jupiter IV plus of course the essential Casio VL-1, their stripped back compositions were driven along with a very basic Boss DR55 drum machine. Their experimentation with rhythm and simple melody produced very familiar results, especially if you are familiar with...