Wide Angle Records
A fledgling regional dance label upon joining Twin/Tone in January 1985, Wide Angle Records is owned and operated by Jerry Sylvers and Walter McLean. Since the alliance, Wide Angle has hit the Billboard Dance and 12-inch charts three times, with releases by Insoc (who recently signed with Tommy Boy), Viola Wills, and Carol Hahn. A production deal for Wide Angle act Handover Fist was recently signed with Capital Records.
- from a 1987 Twin/Tone Catalog
A.K.A.
listen: YouTube
Cruel Lovin’
TTW 88117 (1988)
12” Dance Single
A.K.A. was a side project by Information Society members Kurt "Valaquen" Harland & Mithat Konar. Mithat is the brother of Murat Konar, who wrote and sang on Information Society's first hit, "Running".
Brian Brain
Fun With Music
TTW 8671 (1986)
12” Dance Single
Post-punk band started by Martin Atkins in 1981 which continued to record and perform through the 1980s. Atkins also used the band name as his alias.
Boy Wonder
Jackin’ The Beanstalk
TTW 87126 (1987)
12” Dance Single
Bromar
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Call Me Up
TTW 8550 (1985)
12” Dance Single
Dallas-born electro-soul duo stands above the croud of purple pretenders with a sound that’s urban-slick without being totaly predictable. Good hooks; warm, eager vocals; smart arranging.
Carol Hahn
Your Love (Is All I Need)
TTW 8680 (1986)
12” Dance Single
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Some Day b/w It’s Magic
TTW 87130 (1987)
12” Dance Single
listen: YouTube
With songs that not only touch the heart but reach into the depth and essence of love, singer/songwriter, Carol Hahn brings haunting melodies and passionate vocals. A consummate performer, Carol has been singing and playing for years with her five piece group. She moves easily from jazz standards and blues, to Top 40, Pop/Rock, and Dance; she can sing commercially for radio, work the club circuit or take charge in a recording studio.
- from Artistwiki
Ex-Sample
And So It Goes
TTW 87133 (1987)
12” Dance Single
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This House Is Cold
TTW 88149 (1988)
12” Dance Single
Engineer – Norton Lawellin
Producer – Doug Suiter, Walter McLean
Written-By – Doug Suiter, W. McLean*
Great Nation
Beat The Wall
TTW 8672 (1986)
12” Dance Single
listen: YouTube
Producer – Dale Goulet, Great Nation
Mixed By – David Rivkin
Hanover Fist
The Tyger
TTW 8549 (1985)
12” Dance Single
Razor Garden
TTW 8679 (1986)
12” Dance Single
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Hanover Fist was a synth pop duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded by Charles Erickson and James Harry. Active in years 1985 - 1988. The single "Love Kills / Boys In Furs" charted #36 in Billboard US dance.
Information Society
Running
TTW 8547 (1985)
12” Dance Single
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Creatures of Infuence
TTW 8548 (1986)
7 song - LP
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American band from Minneapolis, Minnesota (US). Originally known for performing avant-garde electronic music with electro and hip-hop influences, but better known for synthpop singles such as What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) and Think and the freestyle single Running.
Lipps, Inc.
Does Anybody Know Me?
b/w Hit The Deck
TTW 8545 (1985)
12” Dance Single
Lipps, Inc. was a funk/disco band from the Minneapolis featuring Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals best known for the 1980 worldwide chart-topping hit "Funkytown".
The name "Lipps, Inc." is a play on the words "Lip Sync". Cynthia Johnson was the group´s lead vocalist and saxophonist, who co-wrote also some of the band´s songs. The rest of the group consisted of a changing lineup of session musicians, including guitarist David Rivkin, guitarist Tom Riopelle or bassist Terry Grant. Steven Greenberg wrote and produced most of the group's music.
David Van Tieghem
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vi-Da
TTW 8682 (1986)
12” Picture - Dance Single
New York-based percussionist David Van Tieghem has shown a remarkably broad sense of what constitutes a percussion instrument, "playing" everything from kitchen items to a theater itself. Sometimes coming under the heading "performance art," his work as a soloist with several albums under his own name and as an accompanist to Laurie Anderson and others is wildly imaginative.
Venus II
Oh Boy
TTW 87120 (1987)
12” Dance Single
Viola Wills
Viola Wills, from Los Angeles, had a Top 40 UK hit with the double-sided hit "Both Sides Now" and "Dare to Dream". Wills enjoyed her biggest hit with a disco version of Patience & Prudence's 1957 hit "Gonna Get Along Without You" in 1979
Dare to Dream
TTW 8563 (1985)
12” Dance Single
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Love Transfussion
TTW 8696 (1986)
12” Dance Single
Over The Rainbow
TTW 87115 (1987)
12” Dance Single
These Things Will Happen
TTW 87137 (1987)
12” Dance Single
Karen Young
Change In Me
b/w Eye On You
TTW 87134 (1987)
12” Dance Single
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American singer from Philadelphia, PA (March 23, 1951-January 26, 1991); best known for her hit "Hot Shot". Well-known for her ability to scat-sing and deliver vocals with ferocious energy, Young was also a gifted pianist and songwriter.