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Raging souls...



Minimal Compact is an Israeli group formed in 1980 and originally composed of Malka Spigel, Samy Bimbach and Berry Sakharof.


Group that produced a first eponymous mini album a year later in 1981, mini album with limited success but which will still produce two Singles of certain interest that are "Statik dancin'" and "Creation is perfect".


First real album "One by one" the following year in 1982, album which confirms the rise of the group with titles like "Disguise" and "It takes lifetime".


It is two years later in 1984 that the group will reach a semblance of consecration with the release of the title "Next one is real", flagship title that we will find on the album "Deadly weapons" which will also be released the same year.


On the albums side, it is "Raging souls" which will be released in 1985 which is considered to this day as their reference album, notably through titles like "My will", "When I go", "The traitor" and "Autumn leaves".


A major success which will be the last because everything that will come out after will only have a level of success that is limited to say the least.


To discover or rediscover...


 

Discography (among others...) :


80s  Decade :

  • Statik dancin’ 1981

  • Creation is perfect 1981

  • Babymonian tower 1982

  • Disguise 1982

  • It takes a lifetime 1982

  • Next one is real 1984

  • My will 1985

  • When I go 1985

  • The traitor 1985

  • Autumn leaves 1985

  • Sananat 1985

  • Immigrants songs 1986

  • Inner station 1987

  • New clear twist 1987

  • Piece of green 1987

  • Low flight 1987

  • Naked as you came 1987

  • Nil Nil 1988

  • This scent of love 1988


2010s  Decade :

  • Take me away 2019

  • Nada 2019

  • Raging souls 2019


 

Tracks :


1981...rare, very rare, were the Israeli groups to distinguish themselves during this decade of the 80s. Here is surely one of the main ones...



1981...a sound and a style that fit perfectly with the times and that would not let you imagine for a single second where the group comes from...



1982...because we really have the impression of dealing with a basic Anglo-Saxon group. And yet we are far from it, that's clear...



1982...in any case it would have been a shame not to talk about this group, that's for sure. Because even if he looks like a UFO he is far from being unworthy, it must be said...



1982...he knew how to adapt perfectly to his time but unfortunately he didn't know how to break through internationally more than that...



1984...this is the title that will surely remain as the reference title of the group. A reference title certainly but which did not have many assets to break through with the general public...



1985...it must be said that they remained stuck to their rather dark fundamentals and that didn't help to make them more popular than that...



1985...whatever, they were part of this decade just like the others and it was therefore normal to talk about them...



1985...afterwards everyone will form their own opinion on the intra sec quality of this group, for better or for worse. There is no accounting for taste as they say...



1985...what is certain is that they will have quietly but surely crossed this decade without asking too many questions...



1985...a refusal to evolve for which they will unfortunately pay a high price with effective marginalization as the years go by...



1986...the musical niche they chose will never have been the most accessible to the uninitiated, hence a level of possible influence that is limited to say the least...



1987...afterwards it may be a deliberate choice to remain exclusively in this very particular niche, everyone leads their career as they see fit...



1987...but that necessarily has a price. The price of a career outside the traditional circuits and therefore the wider public...



1987...but that doesn't seem to bother them that much, otherwise they would have changed their strategy a long time ago, that's for sure...



1987...the adventure continues in full swing no matter what and it doesn't matter whether there is success or not as long as they continue to enjoy what they do...



1987...and on principle who could blame them ? It is first up to them to take pleasure in what they do, the rest is just a bonus...



1988...and they enjoy it, otherwise they would have thrown in the towel a long time ago. After that, whether there is success or not, it doesn't matter...



1988...it is certain however that it cannot continue like this for decades. End of the 80s adventure...



2019...because they will be reborn in a totally unexpected and above all unhoped-for way almost 30 years later. Who would have believed it...



2019...and yet it is indeed the case. An unexpected return that delights the basic fans to the highest degree, who obviously did not expect so much...



2019...so last title or not ? Now that we know they can come back at any time, we might see them again later...


 

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