Coming soon, on Strut, looks intriguing... "Romania, late '70s, early '80s. Ceausescu is in power, the "July Thesis" has been passed and, because of the increasing censorship of arts, music has become dominated by polished domestic pop-rock and nationalistic festivals.
There is only one label in operation, the State-owned Electrecord. Cut to Cluj, Romania's second city. A home-made studio, a bank of Tesla reel to reels, an East German Vermona drum machine, a toy Casio VL Tone and a small Soviet-made Faemi organ, adapted with fuzz and flanger pedals. There's visceral, other-worldly music being made here and it will remain hidden for 34 years..."
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