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Minimal Compact

Minimal Compact

Minimal Compact has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 4 March 2013. Minimal Compact's music has been featured on 49 episodes.

Minimal Compact were a new wave band, formed in 1981 in Israel by the artists Sami Birnbach (lyrics and vocals), Berry Sakharoff (guitar), and Malka Spiegel (who learned to play bass guitar after joining the band). At first the band operated under the name S.O.B, and later (joined by Rami Fortis and Max Franken) become one of the very first artists signed to the Belgian Crammed label. the band gained fame in the Indie Rock scene, releasing several albums (some produced by Colin Newman of Wire, Spiegel's husband). their song "When I Go" appears on the "Wings of Desire" soundtrack by Wim Wenders.

After the group disbanded in 1988, Fortis and Sakharoff came back to Israel, releasing several albums (some together, some solo) and became main figures in the Israeli rock scene.

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Minimal Compact

Minimal Compact has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 4 March 2013. Minimal Compact's music has been featured on 49 episodes.

Minimal Compact were a new wave band, formed in 1981 in Israel by the artists Sami Birnbach (lyrics and vocals), Berry Sakharoff (guitar), and Malka Spiegel (who learned to play bass guitar after joining the band). At first the band operated under the name S.O.B, and later (joined by Rami Fortis and Max Franken) become one of the very first artists signed to the Belgian Crammed label. the band gained fame in the Indie Rock scene, releasing several albums (some produced by Colin Newman of Wire, Spiegel's husband). their song "When I Go" appears on the "Wings of Desire" soundtrack by Wim Wenders.

After the group disbanded in 1988, Fortis and Sakharoff came back to Israel, releasing several albums (some together, some solo) and became main figures in the Israeli rock scene.

Original source: Last.fm

Tracks featured on

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The Conference Of Snakes
Minimal Compact
Made To Measure1987
Scums & Halfwits
Minimal Compact
Made To Measure1987
Statik Dancin' (Mad Professor Extended Dub Mix)
Minimal Compact (Mad Professor mix)
Fortuna Records2022
Statik Dancin'
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs1981
When I Go
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs1985
Too Many Of Them
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs2004
Happy Babouge
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs1981
Next One Is Real
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs1988
Creation Is Perfect (I Am A Camera)
Minimal Compact
Crammed Discs1981
Statik Dancin'
Minimal Compact
RPM Records2011