Members: Philippe Escartin (alias Tiburce), Xavier Niel (until 1990), Marie Cardenne (1985-1986) French industrial and extreme electronic group formed in 1984 by Philippe Escartin and Xavier Niel. The very same year they made their debut release on New Wave Records with the tape Mit Lautem Geschrei. 1985 saw the group expanding with a third member, Marie Cardenne, in addition to their second tape-release, Methylmercure, on the small imprint Europa. Minamata had their third cassette, Niigata 1964-1965, published on the newly launched label Les Nouvelles Propagandes in 1986, however, soon thereafter the group split up. A posthumous tape, titled Résiduels, appeared late in 1987. At the tail end of the 80s, Minamata was resurrected as a duo of Xavier and Tiburce. Recordings made in the summer of 1989 by the pair resulted in a CD — Tomoko Uemura — that was published in 1991. Almost two decades of silence followed this sudden resurge of a CD, but once again, in 2009, Minamata made its return through the ambitious Cyclator-project, that materialized in two CD+DVD releases. Since its ”third coming”, Minamata solely consist of Philippe Escartin.
2017
Force Majeure (2)
CD, Album
2010
Les Nouvelles Propagandes, L. White Records
CD, Album + DVD-V, PAL, 4:3
2010
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
DVDr, DVD-V, PAL
2009
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
CD, Album, Ltd + DVD-V, Ltd
2009
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
CD + DVD-V
1991
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
CD, Album
1987
1986
1985
1984
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
7", Ace
1990
Psychic Rally
2xCass, Mixed, C60
2023
Chamber Music Records
5xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Ltd
2021
SPH
Cass, Comp
2017
2011
2010
Licht Und Stahl
CD, Comp, Ltd
2010
Chamber Music Records
CD, Comp, Ltd, Num
2009
2006
1988
Créations Alternatives
VHS, Comp, SECAM
1987
Tâche de Sang Production
Cass, Comp, Ltd
1986
Émergence Du Refus
Cass, Comp, C60
1986
Medicinal Tapes
Cass, Comp, C90
1986
Sinfonien Produkt
Cass, Comp
1986
Réseau Phallus 3
Cass, Comp
1985
VP 231
2xLP, Comp, Ltd
1985
Underground Productions
Cass, Comp, C90
1984
Graf Haufen Tapes
2xCass, Comp, Ltd, C90
1984
Les Nouvelles Propagandes
Cass, Promo
Europa (2)
Cass, Comp
NEdS, Les Nouvelles Propagandes
Acetate, 7", Ltd, Num, Unofficial
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