Le Matos - Turbo Kid (Chronicles Of The Wasteland) - 2x LP Vinyl

2016 repress - Death Waltz Recording Company is proud to present another contemporary classic from the depths of genre cinema with Quebec-duo LE MATOS’ score to acclaimed science fiction picture Turbo Kid. A stirring tale of a boy, a girl, and a BMW amidst a post-apocalyptic landscape, the film is a delightful throwback to the teen wish-fulfilment fantasy films of the 1980s through the prism of modern splatter, complete with a deliciously villainous performance by legendary genre character actor Michael Ironside. Propelling this insanity is an incredible score that cherry picks its influences from the best of electronic film music from the past thirty five years, running the gamut from the inevitable John Carpenter bleedthrough to riffing off of the classics of Van Halen all the way through to Modern French electronic music from the like of Daft Punk and Ed Banger Records. Turbo Kid is diverse but not disparate; it plays fast and loose but not at the expense of cohesion, so there are moments where you can just lie back and relax to the mesmerizing ambience and dream of authentic alien landscapes, or freak out to the best of the '80s hedonistic synthpop, or let yourself be inhabited by an eerie chill from the evocative electro-goth vocals. Packaged in gatefold jackets with insert and obi strip. Edition of 1,000 copies.

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