23 mixes with songs by “Der Plan”

Analog synths, drum machines, distant vocals, bare stripped down aesthetic, hypnotically catchy...the underground cousin of synth-pop, electronic version of punk and post-punk.

35 songs by different artists from the late 70s and the early 80s. It starts with synth-punk, going into straight up minimal synth, then a broader sound which can be called ''minimal wave'', some experimental tendencies (close to industrial), and minimal electronic in the end.

Für Ulrike Meinhof

282 selections, all 1 minute or less in duration. Best variety on the site. Great if you have a really short attention span.

My attempt at showing a few underground classics from a few relatively unknown synth genres in the 80s.

crydog

Twelve tracks including music by Amon Düül II, Best Coast, and Cinema Strange.

(Followed by @digimike's mix "Talk About My Future")

Eight tracks including music by A Sunny Day In Glasgow, David Bowie, and Der Plan.

Some Krautrock, and Krautrock inspired music to pass the time today. Sixteen tracks including music by Amon Düül II, Can and Cluster.

Eighteen LP tracks including music by Bill Bruford, Blurt, and Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.

8 tracks of german new wave, etc.

The title is from the book Marbles by James Guida.

Conveniently, you don't need to understand Deutsch to dig the Neue Deutsche Welle, West Germany's very German answer to New Wave. What you might have picked up on a Grundig receiver circa 1983.