unknown Postpunk & Wave from Switzerland

Found these snippets on old tapes. I guess, all the bands are switzerland-based.
Is there someone who recognizes the songs?
Thanks to ‪@SkietSkijf‬ , @HunterPlaysGames and especially ‪@MorsMea‬ ( • Unknown Artist - Untit... ) plus the people from www.mx3.ch for the research so far! We have found out about several songs from previous videos I have uploaded - this video compiles the songs I am still searching for.
Thank you so much ‪@deandrahsyoutube‬ for this one ( • Club De Rome - Hypnotised )
I have just found out 2:15 is Nova Express: "La fille aux yeux téléscopiques" • Nova Express - la fill...
Thank you Randolurker/"Fond my mind" for finding & ‪@TomLostWave‬ for uploading the song by The Valets ( • The Valets - Holocaust... )
As far as I can remember the tiny little snippet came from a song called "complex" and had male & female vocals reciting the lyrics at the same time. I always thought this track is by the band MICRO KIDS or MINIMAL KIDS. there was a band called MICRO KIDS with female vocals but all the records I know are more guitarpop. maybe this song is on a very early tape but I couldn't find it yet.

[@mistaegg2639]

0:00 known ("club de rome - hypnotized") 0:12 unknown ("cheer") 0:19 known ("parkin'sons - state of stress") 0:31 known ("the valets - holocaust ride") 1:38 unknown ("damenwahl") 2:15 known ("nova express - la fille aux yeux téléscopiques")

[@Zinkquer]

"cheer" sounds a little more like the end of someone saying here

[@JacobLeaks]

cheer shouldnt go THAT hard but at the same time it should 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TomLostWave]

0:31 found by randolurker on jaykay server The valets - Holocaust Ride

[@T_ufy]

On mobile the 0:00 reloads the entire comments section

[@pandasylver]

@@TomLostWave bless em

[@HVY526]

CHEER! 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

[@erinredmond5688]

I swear that I heard the first snippet of this song on an 80's marathon on one of the local radio stations couple of years back. I know I heard the first snippet before.

[@TheEasterBunny9633]

Is this it kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKwfIOXjqaglc0&feature=shareb

[@AAlgeria]

class de rome - hypnotized

[@pandasylver]

@@AAlgeria *club de Rome

[@deandrahsyoutube]

The first song is! Club De Rome - Hypnotised

[@stauwehr]

YOU ARE A GENIUS! Thank You!

[@jesilva4726]

unbelievable! very weeeell done! adding to playlist for sure!

[@sammytimgaming2947]

This is my new favorite song

[@pandasylver]

Did you already know the song, like from your youth?

[@Element30Zn]

cheer was one of the first lostwave songs i've discovered back in october/november 2023, i get nostalgic whenever i hear it (yeah i get nostalgic for times that weren't that long ago, whats wrong with that)

[@TheAce426.]

So basically even EKT was found before this, i wonder if the complex and damenwahl are next

[@probablynotblufur]

for cheer/complex, i found a SoundCloud band called minimal kids who made a song called “little by little - complex route #2” and it does sound similar but it has no vocals

[@FatRat47]

#2 could mean there was a #1, and that could be "cheer!"

[@somkeve]

I can't hear the similarities??? (Plus I think OP mention "cheer/complex" had female and male vocals)

[@NateIsNotOkay]

Wait, this could be useful, is there a Complex Route #1? Or perhaps other songs from them that can prove it’s a male and female singing?

[@senyaiv]

very enjoyable

[@2zk7]

CHEER 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alien_enthusiast177]

state of stress sounds very nice

[@KacperJurgielewicz]

why is cheer such a bop

[@Webbs_archive]

Lyrics interputations of Damenwahl (1:38) from 5 different people 1: Damenwahl 2: Der letze *tag/tanz* ist Damenwahl 3: *Die* Frauen haben die Qual der Wahl 4: *Beim .../Ist das Stueck von [band name]/ es ist ein Stück von (???)* (english word on second part?) 5: Sind sie voll dabei 6: *[inaudible] Versprechen (?) vibrieren im Gaumen/Manchmal sprechen sie.../sprechen sie bitte fur die* (everybody had a different idea of the line) 7: Frauen *Schnappt/schnappen* nach Maennern 8: Wahnsinsstimmung 9: Wahnsinsstimmung 10: Damenwahl

[@Webbs_archive]

The bold text is debated lyrics

[@stauwehr]

@@Webbs_archive according to the swisspunk.ch-concert list there was even a band called DAMENWAHL in 1982/1983, probably even with famous Stephan Eicher as guest musician

[@Webbs_archive]

@@stauwehr Wasn't Damenwahl a riot grrl band though and Stephan Eicher sings in French?

[@stauwehr]

@@Webbs_archive I don't know, it probably was - maybe there is more than one band of that name.. Stephan Eicher sings a lot in French, but he has many faces/voices and he plays various instruments (and nobody seems to know if he even WAS part of that group anyway..) :D

[@somekindofbox264]

About 4: I think it's more "Graue Haare, die Qual der Wahl", there is a pause between the identify as Haare and die Qual which would make sense as a commentary.

[@nickkfaygd]

I'm glad that the case revived, unfortunately for me, my favorite one "damen vals" has not been resolved yet, but that doesn't matter :v, but now only "damen vals" and "cheer" are lost,only two left

[@stauwehr]

I think it's strange noone of the Swiss German people I asked knows about the Damenwahl (Ladies Choice/Ladies Night) song

[@nickkfaygd]

So bad ​@@stauwehr

[@stauwehr]

the link is now part of the actual Swisspunk-newsletter, so maybe soon...@@nickkfaygd

[@TomLostWave]

wait really? on what part of Swisspunk-newsletter do they talk about this video?@@stauwehr

[@stauwehr]

@@TomLostWave swisspunk.ch/index.php/2024/01/10/1-swisspunk-newsletter-2024-eine-weitere-runde-punk-rock/

[@jesilva4726]

Here i am again, i think i found out that said comp. and two more compilation related with a possible lead, and one more a special separated lead here on youtube. I'am gonna check it out, let's see tomorrow...

[@saltwatertastesgood]

0:13 does anyone know what genre this song is? Ive been trying to look for it

[@mistaegg2639]

new wave probably

[@saltwatertastesgood]

@@mistaegg2639k thanks dude

[@ChuckRHG]

@@saltwatertastesgood most unknown songs afrom the 80s are new wave, some are other bu you'll probably see that most of them are new wave (from what I saw)

[@Element30Zn]

Chiptune

[@Pot-head_VR]

​@@Element30Znchiptune didnt exist back then 💀

[@TomLostWave]

Hey OP, we found another song, i uploaded it fully to my channel since i cant find it anywhere else online, is called "Holocaust ride" by "The valets"

[@stauwehr]

wow! Thank you so much!

[@nickkfaygd]

OMG,yes,i have seen that they responded to me with the answer in my watzatsong

[@nickkfaygd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYbHl6aoqN6DgZIfeature=shared

[@FirstWaveLostMedia]

I own a copy so the high quality version will be uploaded to my channel soon

[@Coolwithcheese]

Do you have a longer sample of 0:13

[@SeBaCzYT]

He said its all he have

[@jesilva4726]

Uau!, i enjoyed very much these music especially the first one sounds very crazy hit!. In fact i've never listened it before...I'd love to have all these song completely full. Would you provide me a link to obtain em all please, or could you post all these song complete in a video ? I will be very grateful! Also, if i find who's singing these songs i promise to come back here at the comment area to tell you it. Hugs from Brazil!

[@stauwehr]

sadly I have only those snippets but I'll let you know as soon as there is more information available..

[@jesilva4726]

@@stauwehr Thank you for reply me, attentively waiting for the news.

[@mistaegg2639]

​@@jesilva4726 solved i think?

[@jesilva4726]

Hi @Erin Redmond, this first snippet is very cool, could it be any marathon or sport theme like [Carnaby Street Pop Orchestra And Choir - Hyde Park]?. Therefore don't know why when reading in your comment some freshes memories came into my mind, i say something came as a fast spark through my mind right off the bat, however don't know how sure i am. At the third track, of which the singer plays the snippet i hear follows [I don't know if i reach the end], it's probably a 70s band. There exist a great chance that it's on a compilation although, unfortunately i can't remember it's name by now, but remember very well the art of this comp, something like a newspaper chart used in protests and some people crying as well, then it's written in the newspaper "Save the Beatles". This comp has about 15(or even more) different artists, almost em all aren't so popular artists, that's really a big shame for me i can't even remember a artist name, what makes this compilation difficult to find. Remember also the played time's even less than 2 hours, as matter of fact, it has nothing to do with any Beatles's musics at all, not that i record. The fact the Lepra's tape's labeled as 'The Beatles' could be a very very coincidence for this be on this comp, therefore i'm almost sure this comp is from Austria or Australia. I can say that cause i vaguely vaguely vaguely remembers the announcer dude speaking in english, but might be messing things up and it was in dutch instead. In fact i'll look up for this comp again, cause i'm sure i have this one on my stuffs, just gotta give a deep search on this weekend cause i have a lot . I hope this music is in my humble files, this third snippet is the best one, somebody gotta find it. I hope the video explode of millions views and these snippets get spread to the right ears.

[@TheEasterBunny9633]

The first song was found kzbin.info/www/bejne/b36wfaCNeLWcr8Usi=autgHwuqc4ixhv8c And to me the singer to the first somg and the third song sounds the same

[@fab555trainspottingandmore]

Maybe ask SRF 3 about this cheer song because Maybe they have it archived somewhere

[@stauwehr]

Hi, I have contacted SRF ages ago but at that time it was impossible to get any further because of the lack of information. a few weeks ago I tried again because it has since emerged that the recordings were probably made around 1987. also there has been some work with the archives of SRF3 as I was told but I'm still waiting for a response at the moment.

[@jzc3011]

2:12

[@maximisakov2993]

look into "die welttraumforscher", cool mysterious swiss band

[@TomLostWave]

Is there any active search?

[@Webbs_archive]

How come the cheers snippet is so short? (I have this question for all the snippets tbh) And do you have an idea of what language it was in?

[@Binglesquirk]

/e cheer

[@TomLostWave]

Hey OP, question about the short snippet you labelled as complex, do you remember if the song was in english? Or was it on another language?

[@poweroutageslimepup]

1:38 “ladie’s choice? I did transalte that and that is Interesting..”

[@TheOSTation]

The name of the band Euristics sounds familiar to you, it is a Swiss band that has a song called complex

[@HQ847]

Any new updates? 1:40 and 2:15 sounds amazing, I hope someone knows the names/bands

[@stauwehr]

just bought a bunch of old compilation tapes, thanks to "TheMidnightTantrum" the year of recording this tapes is "narrowing down" ..

[@HQ847]

@@stauwehr Ohhh okay

[@stauwehr]

@@HQ847 2:15 is Nova Express: "La fille aux yeux téléscopiques"

[@HQ847]

@@stauwehr Oh wow I didn't saw your answer! Thank you, that's amazing!

[@sammytimgaming2947]

@@stauwehr why is it when I vibe any ghost reader device I have goes crazy?

[@Queen_Vibri]

I feel like Damenwahl could be a Ifa Wartburg demo. They sound similar..

[@jesilva4726]

There's something strange from 0:13 ~ 0:20, this piano scale sound is not present in the Club D' Rome song , could it be another snippet? Thought that last snippet "La fille aux yeux telescopiques" was going to be most hard to find, moreover it's a nice music! The girl with telescope eyes! The next one is 0:32!!!

[@stauwehr]

yeah, that's another track but I still haven't found out what it is. I always thought, this is a song called "complex" with female & male vocals by a band called Minimal Kids but I never found out anything about such a band.. There was the group MICRO KIDS from Switzerland but they played an indie-guitar-style.

[@jesilva4726]

@@stauwehr Really interesting. And not clues yet? Also, do you have any idea of the next one track to be discovered???

[@MrDannMann]

@@stauwehr I know I'm a little late but could it be a swiss band like that one called LOG or Leage of gentlemen?

[@stauwehr]

the LOG-EP is on youtube

[@Mike7aB9x]

I love the snippet at 0:13. I wish it was found :(

[@stauwehr]

people did such an awesome job during the last few weeks, it surely will pop up soon :)

[@Mike7aB9x]

@@stauwehr I can hear a voice as soon as the snippet starts

[@stauwehr]

@@Mike7aB9x the voice originates from the earlier version of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHesYquvncp3pbsfeature=shared - it’s the voice of THE INDIAN FEAST and his version of „the loneliest person in the world“ (a song originally by THE PRETTY THINGS)

[@Mike7aB9x]

@@stauwehr Ah so it’s not from the little snippet

[@rileymoran841]

Can only find two songs off of Swiss Techno Sampler - Real Noise online. Saw some downloads I did not trust them. Maybe one of these songs is in the compilation, anybody mind checking?

[@stauwehr]

Hi, I have that CD. unfortunately no luck there.. thanks for the input.

[@rileymoran841]

​@@stauwehr Aw man. There were 3 samplers released by the German Punk Fanzine Vollsuff from 1984-1985. They are online (uploaded by a untermensch tv, who has uploaded quite a bit of Punk). Maybe that information could help. Either way I hope the search ends soon, have a nice day!

[@ha_ol]

Where is a Full Version of state of Stress?

[@inklingtile45782]

The man in the intro of 2:15 sounds like 83-86 James Hetfield

[@Collector2452]

xD

[@just_a_regular_human]

Do you think you could do a recreation of Damenwahl? Like you did with Complex.

[@stauwehr]

:D

[@Mike7aB9x]

I would love to see that

[@stauwehr]

@@Mike7aB9x gonna start my lostwaves-coverband. ready to play at weddings & funerals

[@just_a_regular_human]

@@stauwehr yay!

[@Retikulum01]

@@stauwehr i wonder what the lyrics will be. And if i can understand them ;)

[@SeBaCzYT]

Could you upload the whole cassettes where these songs were recorded from?

[@stauwehr]

hi! no. tape doesn't exist anymore..

[@SeBaCzYT]

What happened to it? Such a pity

[@ChuckRHG]

@@SeBaCzYT they were probably thrown in the garbage, since cassettes are old

[@izumihiyorilove]

Cassette tape is often considered to be crumpled as it gets longer, so it's often not true

[@Mike7aB9x]

This video has snippets from multiple cassette tapes digitized around 8 years ago. (EDIT: i think)

[@ZeroBatzen]

huh what this is cheer

[@FirstWaveLostMedia]

Cheer is the second unknown song

[@ambatukam-oe2ii]

Do you have the full version of cheer

[@ambatukam-oe2ii]

I’m still waiting for response

[@iilogl]

all these songs are lost@@ambatukam-oe2ii

[@iilogl]

im dying to find cheer@@SalvatoreRiguzlithe1st

[@Mike7aB9x]

@@iilogl It is really short. The OP did recreate it

[@Sadness321]

0:32 ?

[@pablourielhernandezponcian3596]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmmanXeKo9x3rdU

[@FirstWaveLostMedia]

High quality coming to my channel next week

[@Mike7aB9x]

The Valets - Holocaust Ride

[@Collector2452]

Somebody Solve DamenWahl Please!

[@Da_Trololz]

Also, this playlist may have the remaining lost songs kzbin.info/aero/PLGm68sVPx2V2SXCH1BIx20kMhvooczbUm&si=DFkVTzMZ1FTQNARN

[@swagisswaggest]

I am determined to find out what band made the clip at 0:13 to 0:20 ,even if this videos from 2 years ago

[@stauwehr]

I want to believe

[@swagisswaggest]

@@stauwehr gentlemen..i return empty handed 7 months after but the video was re-recommended to me and ill try again to find the second snippet of music

[@TheEasterBunny9633]

0:31 sounds like the first song singer to me (The found version) the snippet has no vocals

[@Mike7aB9x]

@@swagisswaggest did u find anything

[@Webbs_archive]

Could Cheers/Complex be made by the Cassandra Complex?

[@stauwehr]

I remember the vocals completely different than the CC ones

[@Webbs_archive]

@@stauwehr What do you remember the vocals being?

[@stauwehr]

@@Webbs_archive it was more in a harsh spoken word type, the refrain used a melody but in an unemotional way, Cassandra Complex seems to use a gothrock-type of singing. both voices - female & male - were very similar: somber, but not Andrew Eldritch-alike-deep and no etheral or classical singing. it sounded desperate and angry but no EBM-type aggressive shouting. (But yeah... it's decades ago....)

[@Webbs_archive]

@stauwehr Aboriginal voices maybe? kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3nEnYdvfKuja80si=6VXLsn9ua3ex6Dkz

[@Webbs_archive]

@@stauwehr How come the snippet for this song is so short? (I have this question about all the song snippets but this one in particular)

[@TAPE-HISS]

Gah damn, I want to hear that first song so bad 0:00

[@TAPE-HISS]

Nvm, I should have read the commments, lol

[@FirstWaveLostMedia]

Found club de Rome hypnotised

[@Da_Trololz]

Is this a part of "Complex" or "Cheer" ? Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXm0e4V-gMufmbssi=7OiU6Ennq56RXg9t

[@Element30Zn]

No

[@onewantsboy]

no

[@Da_Trololz]

So, is it a part of "Complex"? If you remember?

[@ziro_the_hiro]

When did you find the Nova Express song?

[@stauwehr]

I bought the Post Tenebras Records-compilation when I learned about CLUB DE ROME. awesome compilation BTW - the tracks by S.M.O.G. are tremendous!

[@ziro_the_hiro]

@@stauwehr That would be on March 26th 2021, right?

[@stauwehr]

@@ziro_the_hiro Salutations!

[@pandasylver]

@@stauwehr Club De Rome is truly an amazing band

[@stauwehr]

@@pandasylver indeed! :)

[@nickkfaygd]

1:38 song language is german? possible lyric: damen vals lästert handspring damen vals kraue haben ich war de wal mann spritzt die herzdruhe sind sie voll dabei schwarzer sprecher hebrieren im raume kraue schnapp nach männerhals vahnsinnstimmung vahnsinnstimmung lästert handspring lästert handspring

[@stauwehr]

yes, german lyrics. der letzte Tanz ist Damenwahl, die Frauen haben die Qual der Wahl, es ist ein Stück von (???) sind sie voll dabei (...), Frauen schnappen nach Männern, Wahnsinnsstimmung! Wahnsinnsstimmung!

[@stauwehr]

(or probably "Frauen - schnappt nach Männern!")

[@nickkfaygd]

​@@stauwehrI see...

[@nickkfaygd]

​@@stauwehrQuestion, has there been any progress on any songs?

[@stauwehr]

@@nickkfaygd I don't see any. Unfortunately.