PS NEWS 22 04 2025 : IN SEARCH OF LOST TAPES 1 (1978-1982)
Following the complete early Polyphonic Size discography now available on Bandcamp, In Search Of Lost Tapes 1 is a collection of demos, outtakes and instrumentals, recorded between 1978 and 1982, taken from Roger-Marc Vande Voorde's archives cassettes. Most of this material is previously unreleased, although some tracks appeared on the 2009 VOD records LP set.
Total : 61 minutes. More détails on Polyphonic Size official Bandcamp page !
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In Search Of Lost Tapes 1 (1978-1982)
1. ZAS (demo instrumental 3) / 2. New Arcade / 3. Night Is Coming On (demo) / 4. Aquatik Rok / 5. Citizen Of Science / 6. PS Intro / 7. Electronic 69-8 / 8. Space Rejection 2 / 9. Saison (instrumental) / 10. Nagasaki (rehearsing) vocals Martine / 11. Electronic 69-2 / 12. Me Or You / 13. Electronic 69-10 (v2) / 14. The Star's Waltz / 15. RDA-RFA (instrumental) / 16. Mother's Little Helper (dif. version 2) / 17. ZAS (demo instrumental 4). |
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PS NEWS 01 03 2025 : POLYPHONIC SIZE BANDCAMP OFFICIAL PAGE (continued 4)
Live For Each Moment / Vivre Pour Chaque Instant, Polyphonic Size first LP, will be available for streaming and download on Bandcamp from Sunday evening. Like all previous records, it will include lots of bonus tracks : 12" remix, B-side, outtakes and instrumental versions.
Released in September 1982.
Produced by JJ Burnel (The Stranglers).
Featuring Winston & Julia and Je T'ai Toujours Aimée, with JJ on lead vocals.
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Live For Each Moment / Vivre Pour Chaque Instant (expanded)
1. Zas / 2. Rendez-Vous / 3. Winston & Julia / 4. King Of Hong-Kong / 5. NBC gmbh / 6. Action Man / 7. Night Is Coming On / 8. Le Temps Du Swing / 9. Je T'Ai Toujours Aimée.
Bonus tracks :
10. Winston & Julia (12" remix) / 11. Parties Dance (12" B-side) / 12. Rendez-Vous (vocals France) / 13. Winston & Julia (different version) / 14. NBC gmbh (instrumental) / 15. King Of Hong-Kong (instrumental) / 16. Night Is Coming On (Live tape 82) / 17. ZAS 1 (outtake). |
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PS NEWS 14 01 2025 : POLYPHONIC SIZE BANDCAMP OFFICIAL PAGE (continued 3)
New record now available for streaming and download on Bandcamp. With 5 bonus tracks, including an alternative version of Mother's Little Helper, Polyphonic Size robotic cover of the legendary Rolling Stones hit single. |
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PS (expanded)
1. Mother's Little Helper / 2. Girlscout / 3. Men & Construction / 4. On The Way To Medora / 5. Saison / 6. RDA-RFA / 7. Medora - Saison (vocals Bernard Dradin) / 8. Girlscout (vocals Bernard Dradin) / 9. RDA-RFA (rehearsing) / 10. Mother's Little Helper (different version).
Tracks 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 : from original album, 1981.
Tracks 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 : bonus tracks, recorded 1981 - 1982
Track 6 : RDA-RFA original version
Tracks 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 : demos and outtakes. |
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PS NEWS 14 01 2025 : POLYPHONIC SIZE BANDCAMP OFFICIAL PAGE (continued 2)
New record now available for streaming and download on Bandcamp. As for the two previous one, this is an expanded version, with four bonus tracks. |
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Nagasaki Mon Amour (expanded)
1. Nagasaki Mon Amour / 2. Hiroshima 1945 / 3. Kyoto / 4. Kyoto (version) / 5. Asakuza Dub 1 & 2 / 6. Her Toys Dub / 7. Kyoto (live tape 1981) / 8. Nagasaki Mon Amour (different version).
Tracks 1 / 2 from Nagasaki Mon Amour (Sandwich Records, 1980).
Track 4 from Nagasaki Mon Amour (Radical Records, 1981).
Track 3 from B9 compilation, 1981.
Tracks 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 : bonus tracks, recorded in 1980.
Tracks 1 and 2 produced by JJ Burnel (The Stranglers). |
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PS NEWS 07 01 2025 : POLYPHONIC SIZE BANDCAMP OFFICIAL PAGE (continued)
Records currently available for streaming and download on Bandcamp : Polyphonic Size first and second EP, in expanded versions, with demos, outtakes and unreleased material. Plus Polyphonic Size live at the Bains-Douches, Paris, Nov. 4th, 1982. |
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Algorhythmic EP (expanded)
1. Saison / 2. Space Rejection / 3. Mode / 4. Plage Privée.
Bonus tracks : 5. Saison (vocals Nathalie) / 6. Space Rejection (vocals Bernard Dradin) / 7. Mode (instrumental) / 8. Hymn Of The Korg MS 20 (Plage Privée).
All tracks recorded 1978-1980. |
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Pragmatic Songs (expanded)
1. Logique Polygonale / 2. Ommatidia (vocals Régine K) / 3. Party / 4. Travelling Things.
Bonus tracks : 5. Electronic 65-6 / 6. Electronic 14-7 / 7. Electronic 14-12 / 8. Birth, Life and Death (Logique Polygonale).
All tracks recorded 1978-1980. |
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Live in Paris, Les Bains Douches, November 4th 1982
1. intro - Action Man / 2. Rendez-Vous / 3. Girlscout / 4. Night is Coming On / 5. Winston & Julia / 6. NBC Gmbh / 7. Mother's Little Helper / 8. King Of Hong-Kong / 9. L'Europe / 10. Nagasaki Mon Amour / 11. Le Temps du Swing. |
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PS NEWS 03 01 2025 : POLYPHONIC SIZE BANDCAMP OFFICIAL PAGE
Polyphonic Size Bandcamp Official page is now open !
Starting with Algorhythmic EP (1979) and Pragmatic songs (1980), expanded versions, both including 4 bonus tracks, available in streaming and download.
Next ones : Nagasaki Mon Amour and all the original PS records, live shows and unreleased studio material.
Click on the image below or on the store link above to access to Bandcamp.
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