Shop - Nostalgie Éternelle – Reaching the Elevation (IC045)

Descripción

Nostalgie Éternelle reappears on the Industrial Complexx label after three years with an album that allows us to trace the DNA of the style of a band formed in the mid-80s from the mists of Germany’s industrial northwest. Their sound, which defies categorization into a single genre, emerged as a dark electronic collage where the rhythmic rigor of post-punk, electronics, industrial pop, minimal-wave, and electro-punk converged. Their first period (1986-1992) was brief but intense, leaving a trail of cassette recordings, some of which have been recovered for this new work.

Reaching the Elevation is the purest testament to their origins. This album compiles twelve essential tracks, recorded during the fertile period between 1988 and 1990, which had until now remained scattered across limited cassette editions and are given new life through remastering. It is a sonic document that certifies how a raw, timeless, and profoundly human beauty was germinating.

The sonic character of these tracks physically embodies the experimental and creative landscape of the late eighties, a period in which pure inventiveness and expressive urgency more than compensated for technological precariousness. Reaching the Elevation allows us to hear that creative miracle with renewed clarity. It reminds us that during that era, music arose from a tangible struggle with sonic matter.

A1 Amnesia
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the split-tape wtth Maeror Tri titled ,Somnia Et Expergisci’ on lrre Tape, Germany in 1990.
A2 Boundary
The track was recorded in Mainz in 1989 and released on the split-tape ,Experiments from the Laboratory‘ on ZNS Tapes, Germany in 1989.
A3 A Perfect Situation
The track was recorded in Leer in 1989 and released on the double-cassette compilation ,Voices in the Dark Room‘ on Honeymoon Production, Netherlands in 1989. This compilation was re-released on CDr on Bake Records, Netherlands in 1999. The track also appears on our double-cd album ,Twee Keerlkes Kwamm Van Leer / Ostfreesland released on Infrastition, France released in 2012.
A4 Caama
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the compilation-tape ,Dopo No.5‘ on Megamagomusic, Italy in 1988.
A5 Reaching The Elevation
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the split-tape ,Let Me Out‘ on Mindscan Tapes, UK in 1988.
A6 Cold Sweat
The track was recorded in Mainz in 1989 and released on the split-tape with Maeror Tri titled ,Somnia Et Expergisci’ on Irre Tape, Germany in 1990.
B1 Indelible Remembrance
The track was recorded in Mainz in 1990 and released on the tape ,Courage and Despair‘ on One Last Dream, Germany in 1991.
B2 Tiny Hands Are Killing
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the double-cassette compilation ,Synthex Vol. 2‘ on Brainstorm Studio, Germany in 1988.
B3 Go And Boil Your Head!
The track was recorded in Mainz in 1989 and released on the split-tape ,Experiments from the Laboratory’ on ZNS Tapes, Germany in 1989.
B4 Attention
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the compilation-tape ,In the Shadow of the Cross’ on Dachau Productions, UK in 1988. The track also appears on our double-cd album ,Twee Keerlkes Kwamm Van Leer / Ostfreesland released on Infrastition, France released in 2012.
B5 Von mir weg
The track was recorded in Mainz in 1990 and released on the cassette-compilation ,And the Trees Are Waiting – Und die Bäume die warten‘ on NG Medien, Germany in 1990.
B6 At The Zenith
The track was recorded in Leer in 1988 and released on the split-tape with Radical change & T. T. T. F. titled ,Death of the Pop Noise‘ on Minus Habens Records, Italy in 1988.

Mastering: Martin Bowes (ATTRITION) at Cage Studio, Coventry in 2025.