Dark Entries To Reissue French Industrialists Die Form

Regulars to Ransom Note will know we've always got time for Dark Entries. The label has an unerring ability to dredge up forgotten synth masterpieces, repackage em, and shine some light on a classic you never knew existed, This time round they're re-issuing French experimentalist Die Form's 1982 debut LP Die Puppe, a collection of skewed synths and disorientated rhythms – here's Dark Entries on teh project:

"Die Form is a French post-industrial and electronic band formed in 1977. The name 'Die Form' means '(the) form/shape' in German, like the Bauhaus diary and is a play on the English homonym 'deformed' and on the French homonym 'difforme' (deformed). Die Form is the primary project of electronic musician and multimedia artist Philippe Fichot. He began by recording a number of experimental cassette releases in the late 1970s and formed the Bain Total label to release these early cassettes and various side projects including Krylon Hertz, Mental Code, Camera Obscura, Eva-Johanna Reichstag, Hurt and Fine Automatic. "

"In 1982 Die Form released their debut vinyl album, “Die Puppe” in a limited edition of 1,000 copies. These are the first esoteric electronic experiments, often improvised, from what would become the sound of the project. Underlying themes of eroticism, death and other 'taboo' subjects are apparent in both the music and the album artwork, which Philippe also produces. The album was recorded with entirely analog equipment (Roland MC4 Micro-Composer, TR-808 Rhythm Composer, ARP 2600, Kawai 60F, Revox B77). Songs range from hypnotic, minimalistic proto-IDM to  pure, daring experimental sound manipulation. Unable to fit into any genre, “Die Puppe” is in a class of music all its own."

Listen to previews taken from the album below, and order direct from Dark Entries here