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Minimal Compact - Minimal Compact [CRAM 015 BEL 1981 24-Bit FLAC] When the first few beats of Statik Dancin ' kick in, you'll quickly understand the title of this post. The classic debut EP from Minimal Compact ripped from an original pressing to high resolution. Not the most consistent of acts in my opinion, but if you take the time to sort the wheat from the chaff, you'll unearth some goodies. A1 Statik Dancin' A2 Creation Is Perfect (I Am A Camera) A3 Ready-Made Diary B1 To Get Inside B2 Happy Babouge A 2018 rip which first appeared a few months back on ESWA 2.0

Minimal Compact - One By One [CRAM 021LP 1982 24-Bit FLAC] The story goes that Crammed Discs found a few boxes of unsold original pressings and let them slip out slowly into the retail market a few years back. Therefore this is an original pressing of this cold classic and if you believe the story, it is in mint condition. I used the cd reissue for my ESWA blog post back in June 2016, so please consider this a serious upgrade. The One By One sleeve does deceive with its re-enactment of what could be a seventies prog/folk sleeve. The first few seconds of music almost have the listener convinced of that too, but soon enough we are into some fine Belgian wave. They wavered from this their core sound in the coming the years, so for me as a fan of all things melancholic this was probably their finest moment. A1  Invocation (For Things To Come) A2  Cold Life A3  Take Me Away A4  It Takes A Lifetime A5  Disguise B1  Babylonian Tower B2  O...