Cancer - "Telematic" (4:34)
MA Phillips - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (5:54)
Nausea - "No Conversation" (3:41)
Amok & Mecanique Vegetale - "Track 4" (2:12)
Daniele Ciullini & Amok - "The Secret Door" (2:11)
The Cop Killers - "Cop Killers Theme/Calma Atmosfera" (4:31)
Peter Mayer, Rod Summers, Robin Crozier, Capitalist Pig & Biagio D'Egidio - "Notterossa & Rednight" (Excerpt) (4:07)
Piermario Ciani, Vittore Baroni, Noctural Emissions & De Rezke - "Live Blister Bump" (3:37)
Piermario Ciani, Ado Scaini, Enrico Piva & Giancarlo Martina - "I Love Cancer" (3:16)
B Sides - "Trybuna Ludu" (2:50)
Colin Potter - "Solidarity At Wujek Colliery" (6:15)
Piermario Ciani - "Co Mix" (3:11)
Naif Orchestra - "Fratelli D'Italia" (4:32)
Merzbow (Vacatiopn Om Merzbow Lowest Music & Arts) - "Kimigayo" (4:24)
Monty Cantsin - "Catastronics" (4:39)
Die Form - "Sex By Force" (3:20)
Utopia Production - "Chainsaw Massacre" (2:18)
Spirocheta Pergoli - "Merendine" (3:18)
Nostalgia - "Biosolution For Today" (3:19)
Ptose - "The Jellyfish's Mood" (2:59)
Vittore Baroni - "(Living With) Prosthesis" (2:07)
Deficit Des Annees Anterieures - "Ghosts Of The Paper Trumpets" (3:41)
Zone Verte - "Le Fantome De L'Elephant" (3:33)
I Nipoti Del Faraone - "Prendi L'Osso E Corri" (1:36)
Review: Aside from introducing us to artists like Walls and Not Waving, the wonderfully off-kilter Ecstatic imprint has provided the music community with all shades of wavy electronic music from around the globe. While new releases used to be their speciality, they've started dealing in the second-hand market, putting out rare and illustrious music that is hard to find in original format. Trax Test: Excerpts From The Modular Network dates from the years between 1981 and 1987, a time when industrial and post-punk were spiralling into dance music. There's a whole wealth of familiar faces on here, such as The Cop Killers, Colin Potter, Merzbow, Die Form and I Nipoti Del Faraone, but the focus seems to be on the Italian wave of power electronics, a slice of history that is often overlooked, much like the rest of Italy's hidden electronic past. For L24.99, this is a true bargain seeing as most of these tunes are nearly impossible to find on their original cassettes, and there's a booklet inside, for the heads. Masterclass.
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