Discom Vinyl & CDs

Review: Belgrade's Discom inaugurates its new catalogue with a rather special debut, an anthology by forgotten Serbian artist Misa Mihajlovic AKA Max Vincent. Due to the war-torn state of Yugoslavia back in the mid '80s and through to the late '90s, Vincent's synth jams never made it out of his recording studio, and although he was known in certain circles, the then young producer was simply not able to get his music out there. Luckily, Discom have compiled material from Vincent's library that was made between 1984 and 2002, quite a large gap in time. In this album, you can hear Vincent's love for 80's electronic music and the cutting-edge of the time, bands like Kraftwerk on the opener "OStavi Sve", the influences of EBM over tracks like "Beogradska Devojka", and plenty of synth-pop all over many corners of the album. The slow, wavy and pensive "Noc Pored Reke Nil" is also a winner. Recommended, don't snooze!