Nestled between Nob Hill and the Tenderloin, San Francisco-based Dark Entries is an essential pit stop for diggers--as a physical shop and as a record label. Main man Josh Cheon has been doing yeoman's work with a massive Patrick Cowley reissue campaign with glorious artwork (need one of those Cowley shirts, stat), shedding light on brilliant one-offs (check the Q Lazzarus one from last year), and cult releases. Josh does a monthly show on NTS you should check out as well. A bit of this and a bit of that. We like that vibe on TP and with their upcoming reissue of Anne Clark's "Our Darkness" we reached out to Dark Entries for five cuts that would sit alongside that proto-electro banger. Away we go...
Front 242 - Operating Tracks
Using tape samples and with lots of cold reverb this is a seminal 1982 club classic by the Belgian pioneers that stands the test of time.
Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre...Pas
Recorded in 1981 in Düsseldorf, Germany and forever changed the course of electronic dance music history. Chicago house DJ Ron Hardy played this at his notoriously influential club the Muzic Box.
Chris & Cosey - Dancing Ghosts
Light years ahead of its time. From 'Elemental 7' the soundtrack to a one hour video made in 1982 and completed in 1983. A CTI project by Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti.
1981 Australian mutant techno-not-techno from industrial pioneers. A shift from ear-mashing electronics to metallic, cold dance beats.
A haunting mix of Kraftwerk and robotic new-wave, with a quite minimal and raw production. The blueprint for Electroclash decades earlier.
