馃 SUICIDE [Synth-Punk]
- SUICIDE➤Sweet White Lady➤Ghost Riders➤00:00:25
- SUICIDE➤Mujo➤Why Be Blue➤00:09:08
- ALAN VEGA➤Station Station➤Station➤00:13:20
- ALAN VEGA➤Viet Vet➤Collision Drive➤00:19:01
- MARTINE REV➤Little Rock➤Cheyenne➤00:31:47
- THROBBING GRISTLE➤TG: Psychic Rally In Heaven➤TG: Psychic Rally In Heaven➤00:38:46
- THE SISTERHOOD➤Finland Red, Egypt White➤Gift➤00:46:38
- EFFIE BRIEST➤Universe➤Jonny➤00:54:55
- ETANT DONNES + ALAN VEGA + LYDIA LUNCH + GENESIS P-ORRIDGE➤Brutal Piss Rods➤Re-Up➤01:00:34
- SOL IXENT +ETANT DONNES➤Dog's Attack [Exotica Remix]➤Blind Speed➤01:11:47
- REVOLUTIONARY CORPS OF TEENAGE JESUS➤Motox➤Daddy Died - A Brooklyn Nightmare➤01:19:25
- GAVIN FRIDAY + DAVE BALL➤Ghostrider➤Ghostrider➤01:25:35
- CRUISE [CTRL] + RICHARD 23 + PATRICK CODENYS➤Radiation➤Suicide Tribute To Iconic New York Legends (V/A)➤01:28:26
- MARTINE REV➤Rodeo➤Clouds Of Glory➤01:32:56
- VAINIO + VAISANEN + VEGA➤No Home Kings➤Endless➤01:39:32
- MARTRIN REV➤Baby O Baby [Mix]➤The Sum Of Our Wounds (Cassette Recordings 1973-85)➤01:44:59
- ALAN VEGA➤DTM➤IT➤01:48:25
- MARTIN REV ➤Sophie Eagle [Early Version]➤3 Raw Takes➤01:55:06
- SUICIDE➤Rocket USA➤Suicide➤02:04:15
- SUICIDE➤Death Machine➤American Supreme➤02:08:32
✚ Suicide was one of the earliest and most radical electronic music duos, formed in New York City in 1970. Comprised of Alan Vega (vocals) and Martin Rev (electronics), Suicide pioneered a confrontational and minimalist ap-proach to music that prefigured industrial, synth-punk, EBM, techno, and noise. Their name, aesthetic, and sound were deliberately abrasive—an anti-commercial reaction to the cultural and political decay of post-‘60s America. Emerged from the downtown art world alongside the likes of The Velvet Underground, No Wave, and early punk at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City. From a Ghost Rider comic, reflecting a fascination with violence, isolation, and modern alienation. Alan Vega was a visual artist before music, involved with the Project of Living Artists and influenced by Warhol, Artaud, and action painting. Martin Rev brought a stripped-down, loop-heavy, and aggressive approach to electronics. His use of cheap drum machines and keyboards created a hypnotic, brutalist foundation for Suicide’s sound. Suicide was among the first bands to describe themselves as “punk music”, even before the term became associated with guitar-driven rock. Their performances were aggressive and theatrical, often provoking hostile reactions from unprepared audiences. Alan Vega's confrontational stage presence, combined with Martin Rev’s stripped-down, repetitive synths, was as much performance art as music. Pioneering Use of Drum Machines and Synths in Rock, Suicide were among the first to abandon guitars entirely in favor of electronic instrumentation—before Kraftwerk reached American audiences and before industrial music formed a genre. Their raw sound directly influenced a many bands as DAF, Cabaret. Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Ministry, Ricardo Villalobos, Pan Sonic, Vatican Shadow, Bruce Springsteen, M.I.A., Radiohead, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain The Horrors, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk and Nine Inch Nails… Alan Vega’s delivery ranged from Elvis-style croons to screams of despair—a precursor to vocal techniques used in industrial, darkwave, and even post-punk. Suicide blurred the line between sound and performance art, helping shape how electronic music could be expressive, political, and transgressive. Suicide is not just an early electronic band—they are a conceptual break: taking electronic tools not for futurist optimism like Kraftwerk, but for emotional destruction, rage, and revelation.
✚ Suicide fut l’un des duos les plus pr茅coces et radicaux de la musique 茅lectronique, form茅 脿 New York en 1970. Compos茅 d’Alan Vega (chant) et de Martin Rev (茅lectronique), Suicide a 茅t茅 pionnier d’une approche minimaliste et frontale de la musique, annon莽ant l’industriel, le synth-punk, l’EBM, le techno et le noise. Leur nom, leur esth茅-tique et leur son 茅taient volontairement abrasifs — une r茅action anti-commerciale 脿 la d茅cadence culturelle et politique de l’Am茅rique post-60. Issus du monde artistique du downtown new-yorkais, ils 茅voluent aux c么t茅s de figures comme The Velvet Underground, la sc猫ne No Wave, et le punk naissant de CBGB et Max’s Kansas City. Leur nom vient d’une bande dessin茅e Ghost Rider, traduisant une fascination pour la violence, l’isolement et l’ali茅nation moderne. Alan Vega 茅tait un artiste visuel avant la musique, impliqu茅 dans le Project of Living Artists et influenc茅 par Warhol, Artaud, et la peinture gestuelle. Martin Rev, quant 脿 lui, adopte une approche 茅pur茅e, r茅p茅titive et agressive de l’茅lectronique. L’usage de bo卯tes 脿 rythmes bon march茅 et de claviers rudimentaires forge le socle hypnotique et brutaliste du son de Suicide. Suicide fut l’un des premiers groupes 脿 se qualifier de "punk music", avant m锚me que le terme ne soit associ茅 au rock 脿 guitares. Leurs performances sc茅niques, agressives et th茅芒trales, d茅clenchaient souvent des r茅actions hostiles de la part de publics non pr茅par茅s. La pr茅sence sc茅nique provocante de Vega, alli茅e aux synth茅s minimaux et it茅ratifs de Rev, relevait autant de l’art-performance que de la musique. Suicide fut l’un des premiers groupes 脿 abandonner compl猫tement les guitares au profit d’une instrumentation 茅lectronique — avant m锚me que Kraftwerk ne touche le public am茅ricain et bien avant que la musique industrielle ne constitue un genre. Leur son brut a influenc茅 DAF, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Ministry, Ricardo Villalobos, Pan Sonic, Vatican Shadow, Bruce Springsteen, M.I.A., Radiohead, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Horrors, Aphex Twin, Daft Punk et Nine Inch Nails. Le chant d’Alan Vega oscillait entre des croonings 脿 la Elvis et des hurlements de d茅sespoir, pr茅figurant les techniques vocales utilis茅es dans l’industriel, la darkwave et m锚me le post-punk. Suicide brouillait la fronti猫re entre son et performance, red茅finissant la musique 茅lectronique comme un m茅dium expressif, politique et transgressif. Suicide n’est pas seulement un groupe 茅lectronique pr茅curseur — c’est une rupture conceptuelle : utiliser les outils 茅lectroniques non pas pour une utopie futuriste 脿 la Kraftwerk, mais pour une destruction 茅motionnelle, une col猫re visc茅rale, une r茅v茅lation existentielle.

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