Various
Sowas Von Egal 3 (german Synth Wave 1981-86)
With Sowas von Egal 3", the Hamburg-based Damaged Goods DJ team continues its compilation series on Bureau B, once again turning its attention to the underground scenes of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in the early 1980s. The selected tracks originate from a period in which, alongside the commercial Neue Deutsche Welle (NDW), a number of innovative and often more abrasive bands and artists operated outside the mainstream. They combined influences from new wave, synthwave, post-punk, and the avant-garde with German lyrics and occasionally other languages releasing their music in very small editions on indie labels or entirely DIY. As a result, many of these records are now rare and highly sought after.