Coldwave

Coldwave initially referred to a French style of post-punk and early Dark Wave music in the 1980s, taking its cue from bands like Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, Siouxsie & The Banshees and the dreamy style of The Chameleons, Sad Lovers and Giants and And Also The Trees. The style manifested in music by artists such as KaS Product, Martin Dupont, Asylum Party, Norma Loy, Clair Obscur, Opera Multi Steel and Trisomie 21.
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