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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