The Neon Judgement has always been one step ahead. Coming from Leuven, a small town near Brussels, where Dirk and Frank shape their own sound from the start. They released a spellbinding series of albums that offered a bold variety of tracks. ‘Chinese Black’, ‘TV Treated’ and ‘Miss Brown’ were (and still are) pure underground hits at the height of new wave. It’s no coincidence that they are rightly considered pioneers of the EBM genre.

Tracklisting:

A1. CHINESE BLACK
A2. MISS BROWN
A3. TOMORROW IN A PAPER
B1. AWFUL DAYS
B2. TV TREATED

New Fast Automatic Daffodils (also known as New FADS) were an alternative rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 1988 by Andy Spearpoint, Dolan Hewison, Icarus Wilson-Wright, Justin Crawford and Perry Saunders. The band had a distinctly more artistic and experimental style than many other bands associated with the then popular baggy/madchester style, music reminiscent of A Certain Ratio as well as Happy Mondays. Signed in 1990 to Play It Again Sam Records, their debut album, Pigeonhole, reached the UK top 50 in November. The band released nine singles and three albums before breaking up in 1996.

Tracklisting:

A1. BIG (VERSION ALBUM)
A2. FISHES EYES
A3. STOCKHOLM (RADIO MIX)’
B1. MUSIC
B2. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW
B3. LIFE IS AN ACCIDENT (VERSION SINGLE)

Channel Zero is a band from Brussels formed in 1990 by Franky “DSVD” De Smet Van Damme, Xavier Carion, Tino De Martino and Phil Baheux. Their name came from an American rap song by the group Public Enemy called ‘She watch Channel Zero?’. Inspired in its beginnings by Metallica and more generally by the thrash movement of the 90s. Play It Again Sam signed the group in 1994 and produced its third album Unsafe. This album allows them to make themselves known in the States, to perform in major European festivals and to be the headliner on a tour in Australia.

Tracklisting:

A1. SUCK MY ENERGY
A2. HEROIN
A3. HELP
B1. BLACK FUEL
B2. FOOLS PARADE

Tiga (Tiga Sontag) is an electronic music DJ, producer-composer, and performer from Montreal. Before producing music, Tiga was involved in rave parties in his hometown, he was also involved in the establishment of the after-party club SONA. Known for his remixes of Tomas Andersson, Scissor Sisters, and Felix da Housecat, he made his own compositions such as the hit ‘You Gonna Want Me’. His album Sexor quickly became one of the references of electronic music. He also participates in many electronic music festivals. He is part of the generation of artists who strongly mark a return to new wave in electronic music. The two tracks selected for the PIAS40 were co-produced by Soulwax and Jesper Dahlbäck.

Tracklisting:

A1. MIND DIMENSION 2
B1. MIND DIMENSION (BEN STERLING REMIX)

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian band Influenced by pioneering industrial bands such as Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire or Suicide. Skinny Puppy was born in 1982 in Vancouver. Formed by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie). It is considered an important and influential band in the electro-industrial genre. In 1985, Key and Ogre were joined by Wilhelm Schroeder who participated in the recording of the first album Bites before giving way to Dwayne Goettel. The arrival of the latter directs the group in a fusion of industrial music, gothic and electronic which finds a first outcome on Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse, Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate and VIVIsectVI, respectively released in 1986, 1987 and 1988.

Tracklisting:

A1. DIG IT
A2. ADDICTION FIRST DOSE
B1. ASSIMILATE
B2. SMOTHERED HOPE

The Cassandra Complex are a British electronic rock band formed in Leeds in 1980 by Rodney Orpheus, Paul Dillon and Andy Booth. Its name refers to Cassandra syndrome. Over the years, the band’s sound has included elements of EBM, industrial rock, gothic rock, dark wave, new wave and synthpop, and the band’s style has been described as a mix between Joy Division, Ramones and Kraftwerk. Their albums Theomania or Satan, Bugs Bunny and Me are considered as “classics” of the genre.

Tracklisting:

A1. ONE MILLIONTH HAPPY CUSTOMER (EBM MIX)
A2. THE WAR AGAINST SLEEP
A3. NIGHT FALL
B1. WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU?
B2. (IN SEARCH OF) PENNY CENTURY
B3. GIVE ME WHAT I NEED