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Doxa Sinistra
The Other Stranger / Strange
Midnight Drive - Cat No: DRIVE009
- updated:2025-09-22
A dig by Brian Not Brian of Going Good, released on the Midnight Drive label: Doxa Sinistra, from the Netherlands' mysterious industrial cassette scene of 1983. A vinyl reissue of a track that became a cult favorite among collectors and DJs. Dialogue cut up from various films, a strangely warped world — once you settle into its peculiar sense of time, the charm of this strange world starts to reveal itself.
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Mysterious Dutch outfit Doxa Sinistra have been operating on the fringes of the industrial-experimental and sound collage tape scenes since the very early 1980s. Their output has long been coveted by fans of DIY and left-field music since their earliest transmissions, and this featured 1983 recording 'The Other Stranger' might well be one of their most known. A truly strange offering, the track is a cascading acidic and minimal stripped piece, bathed in disparate resonant sample sources that could possibly have been recorded straight from the TV set. Nobody really knows what it all means, but it doesn't matter as the end result is an engaging mesmerising hypnagogic masterpiece of sampling and rhythmic free sound. A true classic from the outer reaches of electronic music.
Midnight Drive label owner Brian Not Brian featured 'The Other Stranger' on his now infamous 'Holywell Session' cassette tape for the sadly missed Blackest Ever Black ever label in 2014, and the track was also a highlight of Boards Of Canada's cult 'Societas X Tape' for NTS in 2019. This special 7" vinyl only edition also features the more stripped back rhythm track version entitled 'Strange' on the b-side that is a slightly longer mix with a different arrangement and no samples, letting the minimalist acid and drum machine workout unfurl at its own steady woozy pace. This is the first time both versions have been remastered and have appeared together as a single and it is presented here with the blessing and involvement of Doxa Sinistra.
Midnight Drive label owner Brian Not Brian featured 'The Other Stranger' on his now infamous 'Holywell Session' cassette tape for the sadly missed Blackest Ever Black ever label in 2014, and the track was also a highlight of Boards Of Canada's cult 'Societas X Tape' for NTS in 2019. This special 7" vinyl only edition also features the more stripped back rhythm track version entitled 'Strange' on the b-side that is a slightly longer mix with a different arrangement and no samples, letting the minimalist acid and drum machine workout unfurl at its own steady woozy pace. This is the first time both versions have been remastered and have appeared together as a single and it is presented here with the blessing and involvement of Doxa Sinistra.
MIDNIGHT DRIVE reissues on vinyl a cassette release by Doxa Sinistra, long known to hardcore diggers of obscure music. The track appeared on a mixtape Brian Not Brian once made for Blackest Ever Black, was picked by Helena Haff, and was also featured on "Societas X Tape," which Boards Of Canada delivered to NTS in 2019 — while Manequinn Records put a Doxa Sinistra compilation onto vinyl. Now this cult favorite among collectors and DJs gets a 7-inch 45 reissue. (Original Japanese text by Saito)