CURSES - NEXT WAVE ACID PUNX TROIS [3CD]

Format: 3 x CD
Catalogue No.: 541416669264     
Barcode: 5414166692644
Release Date: 05 Jun 2026
Genre: Electronic/Post-Punk/EBM/Industrial

Starting in 2021 the critically acclaimed Next Wave Acid Punx series has seen Luca Venezia, aka Curses, celebrate the music that has shaped both his life and career. Across the first two compilations Luca took us from the industrial and post-punk sounds of the late 70s, through the emergence of EBM, new beat and freestyle in the 1980s and onto the music he both makes and plays himself in clubs today. Bringing the series to a close Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS sees the Berlin-based musician and DJ return full circle, this time exploring the sounds that first initiated him into Brooklyn's rave scene and the music that, in some way, continues to embody its eclectic spirit today.

Spread across three X 2LPs and 3CD Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS captures a moment whose influence can still be heard reverberating around clubland today. With the nascent rave scene obliterating boundaries, this was a moment where the darker, harder industrial electronic sounds of the mid 1980s were crashing headfirst into the ecstatic wave that was washing over clubland creating thrilling juxtapositions. Whether in the clubs and warehouses of New York, London, Frankfurt, Valencia and beyond, electronic music would never be the same again as countless new genres we take for granted today were born from the chaos and energy that had been unleashed.

Featuring 46 hard-to-find, new and exclusive tracks, Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS both documents that fertile period and shows how, despite rumours to the contrary, that early anarchic spirit can still be found today. From the Detroit Techno of Model 500 to Nitzer Ebb's EBM and the proto-Trance of Age of Love and onto brand new tracks from some of today's best producers such as Zaatar, Italo Deviance and Leona Jacewska, this compilation closes out a series that has to date revelled in exploring the darker corners of clubland in uplifting style.

3CD: 
1 Cybex Factor - No Rock 2 Space Trax - Atomic Playboy (Beyond His Mind Mix) 3 Metropolis - Time Of War (A.C. Mix) 4 Megabeat - Jet Harris Tecno Dub (¿Sabe Ya Quien Mato A Laura Palmer?) 5 Robotiko Rejekto - Injection (Robotiko Part 2) 6 P II Syndicate - Diesmal Bist Du Ganz Allein 7 Model 500 - Testing 1-2 8 New Scene - Out Of Control (The Belgium Mix) 9 Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (New Age Mix) 10 Interactive - No Control (Radio Version) 11 Die Krupps & Nitzer Ebb - The Machineries Of Joy (True Work Mix) 12 Konzept - Human Transmission (Cybotron Mix 2) 13 Skila - Hypno Art (The Power Mix)

1 Perdí La Luz - Megadance 2 ROTCIV - The Sign 3 C.ru.z - No Hay Comunicación 4 Facets feat. Kasbaraine - Cold Blooded 5 Josh Ludlow - Hammer Town 6 Leona Jacewska - I Need Another Excuse 7 Church of Ajijik - Eppenepp 8 Digitalism - Into The Club 9 Phunkadelica & Dina Summer - Stars Align 10 Acid Washed & Ubu Noir - Brutal #1 11 Orion Agassi - Pacifier Away (Calm Mix) 12 Brixx & Stockholm Syndrome AU - T.S.C. Systems 13 A.M.Q.N. - Futuro Soldado 14 Gunce Aci feat. Avni Ertepe - Timeless 15 In Trance 95 - Last One to Die 16 Italo Deviance - Point Breeze 17 GOTT - Mirage

1 ESTADO DE BIENESTAR & Dark Vektor - Rewind! (Short Mix) 2 Curses - Crown Of Ruin 3 Iggor Cavalera & P.I.M. - Wrong III 4 Innershades - Neon Dreams 5 Kendal & Andi - Still Human 6 Sesto Senso - Danza Macabra 7 Tronik Youth - Hellfire 8 VELVET VELOUR - Night Bird 9 Radondo & Neu-Romancer - Moving On
10 Zaatar & Mike Sacchetti - Distant Memories 11 RAKANS - Mon Amour 12 Younger Than Me feat. Lourene - I Can't Relax 13 Javi Redondo - HALT [Process] 14 Primal Baby - Hurricane 15 Mala Ika & Tutto Vetro - E-ternal 16 Harlem Electronics - Au Chateau