This show is dedicated to the thriving 80's/90's synth/post-punk scene of Latvia. It quite surprising that such experiments began to take place behind the iron curtain with all the restrictions present at that time. It seems that some creative individuals managed to shape their own artistic universe deep underground and maintain it for few decades. This episode of Baltic music history is not that well documented and dug-out, but it is really nice to see the emerging interest with excellent reissues by such labels as Stroom, Mélodies Souterraines and Latvia's own Underbed Storage. The sound here is very diverse ranging from minimalist neoclassical passages and field recordings by Seque, dreamy avant-synth of the legendary NSDR, gritty atmospheric new wave of T.U.M.S.A., bright brilliance of Hardijs Lediņš, melancholic synth arpeggiations of LLL, etc. Most of the artists sing in their nati...
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