Martin Dupont – The Complete Collection 1980-1988 (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Minimal Wave is proud to present The Complete Collection 1980-1988, a five LP box set by the highly lauded French group Martin Dupont. The band formed in Marseille in 1980 and consisted of Alain Seghir, Brigitte Balian, Beverley Jane Crew, and Catherine Loy. They were immensely talented with a rare dynamic between them that was likely inspired by a combination of their magnetic personalities, creative vision and the home studio where they recorded. The music they made was colorful, enthusiastic and delicate, but also melancholy and mysterious. A mixture of hot and cold, light and dark. They made electronic music that incorporated guitars and clarinets and are described by many as a New Wave band yet they truly transcended genres. They had some mainstream success finding themselves opening for bands like The Lotus Eaters, The Lounge Lizards and Siouxsie and the Banshees, without any intention of ever being a commercial enterprise. In Beverley Jane Crew’s words, “the songs just tumbled out in a completely organic and spontaneous way and as soon as they were recorded on the four track, they were shared with friends on tapes, openly and excitedly.

Tracklist:
01. Martin Dupont – Just Because (04:56)
02. Martin Dupont – Sticks in My Brain (02:52)
03. Martin Dupont – Under Nylon (03:04)
04. Martin Dupont – Take a Look (03:42)
05. Martin Dupont – Soft Images (04:02)
06. Martin Dupont – Brittle Hero (02:58)
07. Martin Dupont – Dirty Hands (03:35)
08. Martin Dupont – Willy Nilly (03:06)
09. Martin Dupont – Lovely Monster (03:03)
10. Martin Dupont – Welcome to the Dissidents (02:46)
11. Martin Dupont – Pure Delight (03:17)
12. Martin Dupont – Mouvement (02:33)
13. Martin Dupont – Bent at the Window (03:34)
14. Martin Dupont – You Are My Jail (03:43)
15. Martin Dupont – It’s So (03:55)
16. Martin Dupont – I Met the Beast (03:37)
17. Martin Dupont – Hidden Inside (02:50)
18. Martin Dupont – Andrei Roublev (03:28)
19. Martin Dupont – Doron Doron (02:58)
20. Martin Dupont – Hunted (04:12)
21. Martin Dupont – Not Waiting (03:45)
22. Martin Dupont – Broken Memory (02:32)
23. Martin Dupont – The Light Goes Through My Mouth (03:16)
24. Martin Dupont – Love on My Side (05:55)
25. Martin Dupont – Just Because (Remix) (04:42)
26. Martin Dupont – No Hands (01:40)
27. Martin Dupont – Wagui (02:59)
28. Martin Dupont – Never Never (03:06)
29. Martin Dupont – I Love the Lovers (03:18)
30. Martin Dupont – Other Souvenirs (03:07)
31. Martin Dupont – Unchanged (Edit) (02:36)
32. Martin Dupont – Not Such a Joke (02:35)
33. Martin Dupont – Without Face (05:47)
34. Martin Dupont – Mein Liebe (02:17)
35. Martin Dupont – Shake Your Flowers (02:48)
36. Martin Dupont – Makes Me Blind (02:21)
37. Martin Dupont – It’s No Use (03:41)
38. Martin Dupont – Full Moons and Mouths (04:31)
39. Martin Dupont – Hot Paradox (04:57)
40. Martin Dupont – My Analyst Assez (03:46)
41. Martin Dupont – Pressure (04:18)
42. Martin Dupont – Berlin Wall (05:09)
43. Martin Dupont – He Saw the Light (04:23)
44. Martin Dupont – Inside Out (04:23)
45. Martin Dupont – I Never Tried (05:18)
46. Martin Dupont – Where to Find It (04:59)
47. Martin Dupont – Like a Lion (03:28)
48. Martin Dupont – 22 Pounds (03:20)
49. Martin Dupont – No Crying (02:21)
50. Martin Dupont – He Calls the Sky Hector (03:24)
51. Martin Dupont – Bit of Smile (03:16)
52. Martin Dupont – Lonely in His Farm (03:32)
53. Martin Dupont – Your Passion (03:40)
54. Martin Dupont – Position (02:12)
55. Martin Dupont – Searchin (03:27)
56. Martin Dupont – Top of the Pyramids (04:07)
57. Martin Dupont – Lost and Late (03:01)
58. Martin Dupont – War Game (02:21)
59. Martin Dupont – Accident of Stars (04:40)
60. Martin Dupont – Spazieren in Der Nacht (Bonus) (02:10)