What: “199X” by Herr Doktor
Netlabel: Enough Records
I can only guess, but Herr Doktor seems to be a man out of time. And the time he is out of would clearly be the 1980’s if this eight song EP is any evidence. Even its cover conjures up that very eighties TV series Miami Vice.
But, oh man…if you really want to get your 80’s on this is the way to do it. These songs (all instrumental except for one very brief vocal sample on “Interlude”) definitely take you back. This sounds like it could be a decades lost soundtrack; this is synthwave at its finest, from the packaging and the track list, right down to the music. Included in the mix is a cover version of College’s “Can You Kiss Me First” which is more intense, and arguably better, than the original.
Herr Doktor is Renan Alves out of Coimbra , Portugal, and conveniently Enough Records is located in the same place. Enough is a netlabel that has been active since 2001, and when I say active I mean there is a lot of music available on their site. They say they release “laidback electronica, indie, idm, 8bit, industrial, harsh electro, dark ambient, post-rock, noise, and more.”
Now where did I put those Nagel prints?