Minimal Wave Records Releases “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” by Hard Corps

"Minimal Wave is proud to present our 35th release, a full length LP release entitled “Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt” by UK legends Hard Corps, a band we’ve been long time admirers of. Aside from their releases on Survival and Polydor, Hard Corps gained some notoriety for their unique and uncompromising live shows throughout the 1980s. It was the juxtaposition between their hard edged industrial sound and the fragile and enigmatic vocals of French frontwoman Regine Fetet that created an unusual dichotomy, lending to their strength of character as a band and thus allowing them to stand out from the rest."

SLEEPMASK MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTED BY ECHO DANON AND BART GRIEB

VERONICA VASICKA AKA MINIMAL WAVE RECORDS AND 2VM ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS...

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

 Veronica:

"Reassurance Ritual by Das Ding"

"I Never Dance by Crysalis "  VIDEO HERE  

"He Who Wears A Mask by Salaligan"

"Way Out Of Living by Linear Movement"

"On and On by Jesse Saunders"

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Veronica: "Dögkeselyü by Ferenc András"

3-Book you are reading?

Veronica: "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Veronica: "Fassbinder (always)"

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Veronica: "Madonna s/t cassette"

6-Record labels you miss?

Veronica: "Factory"

7-What are you working on right now?

Veronica: "Design for Das Ding album to be released on MW"

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Veronica: "Deux"

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Veronica: "Don't wanna bring any back!"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Veronica: 

"We're the devil's dancers

Swinging all the answers
Dance with us

Dance with us"  

(Oppenheimer Analysis)

11-Favorite Poet : 

Veronica: "Baudelaire"

2VM is a minimal electronic music collaboration between Marc Houle and Veronica. Some of their tracks are available on Genetic Music.

Copies of 2VM are still available here

She made the tshirts for 2VM by hand. Want one?

2VM PONIKA VIDEO directed by Tona Ohama

Check out her Radio Show "Minimal-Electronik Plus" here

Minimal-Wave's most recent release Stereo: Somewhere In The Night is quite a  sought after gem according to Scott Mou at Other Music NYC  -"I know the description might sound a bit scary, but Somewhere in the Night actually rules!"

Martin Dupont "It's So" video directed by Veronica Vasicka