🤖 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 prĂ©coces et radicaux de la musique Ă©lectronique, formĂ© Ă New York en 1970. ComposĂ© d’Alan Vega (chant) et de Martin Rev (Ă©lectronique), Suicide a Ă©tĂ© pionnier d’une approche minimaliste et frontale de la musique, annonçant l’industriel, le synth-punk, l’EBM, le techno et le noise. Leur nom, leur esthĂ©-tique et leur son Ă©taient volontairement abrasifs — une rĂ©action anti-commerciale Ă la dĂ©cadence culturelle et politique de l’AmĂ©rique post-60. Issus du monde artistique du downtown new-yorkais, ils Ă©voluent aux cĂ´tĂ©s de figures comme The Velvet Underground, la scène No Wave, et le punk naissant de CBGB et Max’s Kansas City. Leur nom vient d’une bande dessinĂ©e Ghost Rider, traduisant une fascination pour la violence, l’isolement et l’aliĂ©nation moderne. Alan Vega Ă©tait un artiste visuel avant la musique, impliquĂ© dans le Project of Living Artists et influencĂ© par Warhol, Artaud, et la peinture gestuelle. Martin Rev, quant Ă lui, adopte une approche Ă©purĂ©e, rĂ©pĂ©titive et agressive de l’Ă©lectronique. L’usage de boĂ®tes Ă rythmes bon marchĂ© et de claviers rudimentaires forge le socle hypnotique et brutaliste du son de Suicide. Suicide fut l’un des premiers groupes Ă se qualifier de "punk music", avant mĂŞme que le terme ne soit associĂ© au rock Ă guitares. Leurs performances scĂ©niques, agressives et théâtrales, dĂ©clenchaient souvent des rĂ©actions hostiles de la part de publics non prĂ©parĂ©s. La prĂ©sence scĂ©nique provocante de Vega, alliĂ©e aux synthĂ©s minimaux et itĂ©ratifs de Rev, relevait autant de l’art-performance que de la musique. Suicide fut l’un des premiers groupes Ă abandonner complètement les guitares au profit d’une instrumentation Ă©lectronique — avant mĂŞme que Kraftwerk ne touche le public amĂ©ricain et bien avant que la musique industrielle ne constitue un genre. Leur son brut a influencĂ© 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 Ă la Elvis et des hurlements de dĂ©sespoir, prĂ©figurant les techniques vocales utilisĂ©es dans l’industriel, la darkwave et mĂŞme le post-punk. Suicide brouillait la frontière entre son et performance, redĂ©finissant la musique Ă©lectronique comme un mĂ©dium expressif, politique et transgressif. Suicide n’est pas seulement un groupe Ă©lectronique prĂ©curseur — c’est une rupture conceptuelle : utiliser les outils Ă©lectroniques non pas pour une utopie futuriste Ă la Kraftwerk, mais pour une destruction Ă©motionnelle, une colère viscĂ©rale, une rĂ©vĂ©lation existentielle.

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