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  O Veux - O Veux [OS31 BEL 2016 24-Bit FLAC] As requested a while back, I've finally tracked down a copy of this release. This was the second double vinyl compilation of O Veux recordings, I posted the first here about a year ago. This edition (let's refer to it as the white album) focuses on this obscure Belgian post-punk band's earliest recordings, using a mix of live tapes and rehearsals. The main chunk of this set is from their very rare  Profound Profane cassette album, released in 1982. Although lacking in fidelity, there is some fabulous stuff on these recordings, most of which was never recorded in a proper studio. Combine this with the Softspot Records compilation and you will have virtually everything that O Veux put on tape. A1 Montage A2 Sex A3 Imagine A4 What's The Use A5 Headache A6 Beneath Shallow Graves B1 Two Hearts Beat As One B2 Embrasse-Moi B3 Measure Of Exposure B4 Happy Years B5 I'm Different B6 ...

O Veux - O Veux [SFT-005 USA 24-Bit FLAC] Continuing my investigation of Belgian wave acts (especially those from the late seventies and early eighties) here is a US released compilation of the studio works of Hasselt band, O Veux. Active between 1981 and 1986, O Veux released no full albums, just a couple of singles and a rare cassette of their very British sounding raw post-punk which became Belgian synthwave as they very quickly diversified. I really like those early tracks, compiled here from Akinai 7 inch EP and the 1983 Belgo-Punk tape,  Allez Crachez . The unreleased 1983 demo tracks reveal a move away from their roots towards synthesizers and slap bass before you get the three later EPs, Just A Slit , Heat Of The Flesh and Gunman's Beat . The a-sides, Heat Of The Flesh and La La Bolivia reveal a more commercial approach with tinges of goth. There is plenty of good stuff here to want you to hear more and I notice that the band's self-released live and...