Minim­al Wave is ex­cited to pre­sent a re­mas­tered re­is­sue of Soma Holiday‘s cult clas­sic, Shake Your Molecules. Soma Holiday was a Franco-American duo con­sist­ing of Jean-Marc Val­lod (FR) and Jane Honick­er (US), based in Wil­liamsburg, Brook­lyn back in the early 1980s. They re­cor­ded “Shake Your Molecules” along with “Too Many Peo­ple” and “Art Di­mens­ion” in 1984, at Uni­que Studios in Man­hat­tan. The studio was known for being the first NYC studio with MIDI capabilit­ies. With the help of Eric Dufaure, they had their 12” re­leased on Cac­halot Re­cords in the US, and later a furth­er pre­ss­ing was made by Les Dis­ques Du Sol­eil Et De L’Acier in Fran­ce. Whilst in NYC, they wor­ked with Jay Bur­nett, a protégé of Arthur Baker, who was ac­tive in the synth-pop, hip hop and electro scenes. He en­gineered their 24 track re­cord­ing sess­ions at Uni­que and later went on to col­laborate with Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Be­as­tie Boys on a 12” for Def Jam as well as doing a mix of the cult clas­sic I.O.U. by Freeez. That quin­tessen­ti­al NYC electro / hop hop sound in­fused with the French New Wave sen­sibil­ity is what ended up mak­ing “Shake Your Molecules” such a uni­que dance floor hit. Pro­ud­ly, we pre­sent four be­autiful­ly re­mas­tered tracks by Soma Holiday, the origin­al “Shake Your Molecules” mix, the un­released dub vers­ion and two other un­released out­takes of “Too Many Peo­ple” and “Art Di­mens­ion”, all from their 1984 studio re­cord­ings at Uni­que Re­cord­ing Studios. Soma Holiday’s Shake Your Molecules EP will be pre­ssed on 180 gram oxblood vinyl and li­mited to 999 co­p­ies. Full color gloss sleeve with two sided in­sert featur­ing photog­raph of Soma Holiday in front of their home in Brook­lyn and full liner notes with text by Jean-Marc Val­lod. Re­lease date: April 30th, 2014. Sound sam­ples below.

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