THE SHORT WAVE MYSTERY s/t VERY RARE Minimal Synth PRIVATE PUNK EP-SEALED

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Here is "The Short Wave Mystery". This is a sealed copy. Some minor shop wear and a small ding on the cover but overall a nice example.

Let me cut this short for those who don't want to read more: this record is full of perfect synth and dark electro. It was privately released on Good Records in 1985. There. Now, for much, much more info, read on...

Short Wave Mystery were a band from Escalon, CA - a one-horse (now a one-Starbucks) town in the middle of bum-f&%* nowhere. But their isolation only led them to make one truly perfect record of synth bliss. It's melodic, dark, lo-fi, and comparable to Iron Curtain, early Xymox, Depeche Mode, Neon, Kirlian Camera, League of Nations, and others. 
Because the music on this record is almost completely unheard, and because quite a few people want it, (and because I love this record myself!) I'll go over this track-by-track. 
Escantino Szabo: This is an instrumental with some vocal samples. It's a great slow minimal synth instrumental, with lots of different synth lines and samples, and if this was the best track on the EP it would still be a great record. 
Szabo (version): This is a different, better version of the previous track. It contains some excellent cold melodic vocals (in Polish?). This is the best song on the second side, and is a dreamy minimal electronic classic. 
Nice Girl: This song proves how great these guys were with samples. The entire melody is made of the very first split second of the word "I", altered and played at different pitches. It's a mainly insturumental track, with layers and layers and layers of synths, samples, and more synths. Yet it isn't cluttered by too many sounds at all, and somehow retains a minimal feel. 
Pilots: Now, if only those previous three songs made up the EP, it would be an incredible record worthy of any synth collector. But the boys in Short Wave Mystery apparently didn't want to make just a "worthy" record, they wanted to make an "essential" record... so they created the song Pilots. This song is a lo-fi dark electro classic of epic proportions. This song blows Iron Curtain's "Condos" away! With deep drumbeats, incredible synth lines, and dark, melodic vocals, this song is five and a half mintes of perfection, and is fit for any minimal electro dance party!