Spanning synth-pop, lyrical post-punk and proto-house.

Bongo Joe Records is releasing a new compilation of experimental music from ’80s-’90s Switzerland, titled Intenta : Experimental and Electronic Music from Switzerland 1981-93, this February in collaboration with Décalé Records.

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Compiled by Matthias Orsett and Maxi Fischer, Intenta collects music from a period when synth and sampler use became more widespread, and politicised youth movements began embracing techno.

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Head here for more info in advance of Intenta’s 28th February release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

Side A

2. Claudine Chirac – Etudes

3. Sky Bird – Pasolini’s Trembling

4. Fizzè – Kulu Hatha Mamnua

5. Bells of Kyoto – Swiss Air

Side B

2. Dressed Up Animals – Mondtanz

3. Peter Philippe Weiss – Subway (Intenta Version)

Side C

2. Air Project – Rap Yourself

3. Jean-Pierre Huser – Chinatown

4. Olivier Rogg – GE/CH: Seq

5. Carol Rich – Computered Love

Side D

2. UnknownmiX – Django

3. Aborted At Line 6 – Mammut (Extended Version)

4. I Suonatori – Matrosen