Cold Wave #1 ofrece una selección de artistas electrónicos actuales que han sido influidos  por las primeras formaciones europeas de minimal synth y post punk electrónico de finales de los 70 y principios de los 80. Esta es la primera entrega del nuevo panorama de Cold Wave actual ofrecido por el sello británico Soul Jazz Records (el segundo volumen saldrá a la venta próximamente).
La mayoría de los artistas presentados tienen su base en Europa e incluyen a Krikor, Dissemblance y VQOA de Francia, De Ambassade de los Países Bajos, Moisture de Suecia, Kreidler de Alemania, Celine Gillian y Carcass Identity de Bélgica siendo la excepción FIT Siegel de Detroit, que conecta las vías electrónicas de Europa con la Ciudad del Motor.
Cold Wave se presenta en edicion en vinilo de alto gramaje con fundas interiores individuales e impresas.  La edición en CD incluye un libreto sobre los artistas y un estuche. Todas las ediciones están impresas en acabado especial.
 
ENGLISH
Soul Jazz Records new ‘Cold Wave’ is a new collection of current electronic artists who have all been shaped by the early European cold wave artists of the late 70s and early 80s.
This is the first release of Soul Jazz Records’ new Cold Wave overview and a second volume will be released just four weeks later.
 
This first edition of Cold Wave comes as heavyweight double vinyl housed in bespoke individual inner sleeves and the limited edition first pressing of this album comes with its own free pull-out fanzine on the groups featured. The CD edition comes with artist booklet/fanzine and slipcase. All editions are printed in special dayglo colour finish.
 
These first artists created new electronic musical landscapes as well as pursuing a stubborn D-I-Y aesthetic, often releasing material on cassette and pioneering use of lo-fi technology, primitive drum machines and home-recording techniques. As part of this continued evolution today many of the artists featured here also self-release their own material, run labels, publish fanzines, or are part of wider musical collectives.
Aside from the first electronic, no wave, and post-punk artists cited as influences –Suicide, Patrick Cowley, The Normal, Martin Hannett, Laurie Anderson, Public Image – this new generation of artists also show an exquisitely open source of electronic and disparate influences, everything from Underground Resistance to Purcell, from Scientist to New Beat and more besides.
Most of the featured artists are based in Europe and include Krikor, Dissemblance and VQOA from France, De Ambassade from the Netherlands, Moisture from Sweden, Kriedler from Germany, Céline Gillain and Carcass Identity from Belgium. One exception is FIT Siegel out of Detroit, connecting the electronic pathways of Europe to the Motor City.
All of the bands featured here make distinctive contemporary music out of the 80s roots of the first cold wave movement.
 
A1 Dissemblance – Capture
A2 Carcass Identity – Reflexion Ocean
A3 Fit Siegel – Wayne County Stomp

B1 De Ambassade – Standhouden
B2 Wang Inc – Approdo
B3 Krikor Kouchian – Niños Matadores

C1 Céline Gillain – Fight Or Flight
C2 Kreidler – Kannibal

D1 Moisture – Gammut
D2 Violent Quand On Aime – Of Course I'm A Liar