v/a- DUTCH WAVE: A HISTORY OF MINIMAL SYNTH & WAVE IN THE NETHERLANDS LP d-beat it's really tough to take

it's really tough to take the piss out of a band I've enjoyed for so long

originally released on CD in 1994

Southern Lord was contacted by Sleeps' Al Cisneros about the possibility of releasing a deluxe version of the classic Sleep recording: Dopesmoker

but this time

v/a- DUTCH WAVE: A HISTORY OF MINIMAL SYNTH & WAVE IN THE NETHERLANDS LP d-beat it's really tough to takeGatefold sleeve. 180 gram vinyl. Highly recommended. First chapter on Onderstroom digging into the history of Dutch minimal synth & wave. Who needs a big, expensive recording studio with all those fancy high tech machines that only make your weary head spin when you can do it all by yourself at home in your (teenage) bedroom? Way back in the early eighties all you really needed was an idea, quite a bit of guts and some rudimentary equipment. You could