Standing In The Rain, by Scenes De La Bohème

Standing In The Rain

by Scenes De La Bohème

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malaface Enchanting WAVE pop! It's kind of got a raw feel to it. Definitely gives it it's charm...digging the lyrics! Favorite track: A City Such As This.

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Minimal Wave is proud to present an LP of 6 songs by cult U.K. project Scenes de la Bohème, entitled ‘Standing in the Rain’. Scenes de la Bohème was formed by Anthony Waites in London, in 1981 with an innate desire to create poetic, subversive pop music. Without any intention of ever signing to a record label, he self-released one untitled 7” single in 1982, an edition of 150 copies, with money funded to him by his parents for his 21st birthday. He often used borrowed synthesizers to record his music in various bedroom studios and friends’ houses supplemented by his beloved cherry-red Hagstrom guitar. The two songs that he released were ‘Zara’, an earworm of a pop song about a longed-for girl standing in the rain, and ‘The Tale of the Butterfly’. Unlike many other bands of the time, he never sent the single or his demos to John Peel, The NME, Beggars Banquet, nor Rough Trade and so it was lost to obscurity until a few record collectors ‘discovered’ it some 15 years ago. Scenes de la Bohème’s Untitled 7” single continues to fetch exorbitant prices in collectors’ circles so we are especially happy to be able to make this release available in the form of a newly mastered LP, which includes four unreleased tracks that Waites had recorded at the time. The LP is pressed on 180-gram vinyl, as a limited edition of 600 (300 black and 300 transparent yellow), and features beautifully restored images of Waites and his main partner in crime, Seamus Fitzsimmons. The inner sleeve holds Waites’ story, his musical inspirations, and explorations as an Irish youth growing up in London in the early 1980s and discovering the avant-garde.

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1.	Zara 04:18	buy track
2.	Leap Into The Void 05:17	buy track
3.	Avant-Garde Guitar 07:10	buy track
4.	A City Such As This 07:06	buy track
5.	Hello Dorian Gray 04:19	buy track
6.	The Tale Of The Butterfly 02:31	buy track

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released March 7, 2020

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Scenes De La Bohème London, UK

Scenes De la Bohème was born out of adversity and an innate desire to create poetic, subversive pop music. I had long been been enamored by electronic music, though I was never able to afford a synthesizer. During my musical travels, I came across people who could lend me gear. Whenever possible, I schemed to borrow low budget synthesizers and proceeded to record my own music. ... more

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