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'Trust No Woman'
is a minimal electronics masterpiece released in 1981 under the
name of Zyx in Austria. The people behind this record are Inge Graf
& Zyx, Austrian multi-media pioneers and musicians who have
become famous in their home country for some highly obscure TV commercials.
Over a quarter decade after its initial release, this outstanding
album sees the light of day again. And if that weren't yet enough,
we have added half an hour of very scarce bonus tracks. An absolute
must if you're into electronica a la Miss Kittin, Echo West or Genevieve
Pasquier.
"Das 1981 veröffentlichte
Album 'Trust No Woman' erinnert mit seinen schneidenden Synthiesounds,
minimalistischen Arrangements und seiner betont kühlen Atmosphäre
an Zeitgenossen wie Tuxedomoon, die frühen Human League oder
die ganz frühen Yello. Ein kleines Juwel zwischen Experiment
und Pop."
(Falter, July 2007)
"Stilistisch schwankt der Sound des Duos von 1978 bis 1984 von stark
experimentellen Arbeiten bis hin zu fast schon eingängigen NDW-Hits.
Dazwischen liegt der Hauptanteil aber im meist schleppend-blubbernden
Minimal Elektro-Kosmos und bei den insgesamt 24 Tracks gibt es so
einiges zu entdecken."
(Black, May 2008)
"The record is remarkably ahead of its time, and one wonders how it is
that Graf & Zyx have until now been so under-reported - and, indeed,
under-appreciated - in the history of synthesised pop music. It’s quite
staggering, in fact, to listen to a track like “Sorrow and Sadness”,
with its clipped, multi-tracked vocals, spacey synths and restrained
percussion, and to learn that it dates from as far back as 1977.
Those first Graf & Zyx songs - “I Look Out” and “Get Away Dark Side”
also date from this period - have a rough, weathered feel that points
to Cabaret Voltaire as being the duo’s closest peers at that stage."
(Viennese Waltz, November 2008)
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