A MAN & A MACHINE 02 :
New late 70's - early 80's synth-punk / cold-wave compilation , featuring 2 Polyphonic Size tracks : Space Rejection + Je T'ai Toujours Aimée. Other bands are Suicide, Cabaret Voltaire, Kas Product, PIL, Crash Course In Science, etc...
Label : Le Maquis
Ref : LM 54165

FRENCH UP ! LA NUIT EIGHTIES
New Roger-Marc Vande Voorde interview in a special 80's New Wave radio show broadcasted on Radio Aligre FM (Paris) January, 9th, 2010.
You can download the whole show on this blog (in french only, I'm afraid) : frenchup.blogspot.com

HI-FI WORLD :
Excellent review of the Polyphonic Size boxset in the last issue (September 2009) of Hi-Fi World magazine.

WWW.STRANGLERS.CO.UK :
Nice Polyphonic Size introduction (intitled "French Connection") in the Guests page of this Stranglers... fansite.

POLYPHONIC SIZE Story : end section (Epilogue 1992 - 2009) updated.

ARCHIVES : Archives pages display (photos, posters, texts, documents and press reviews) updated.

DISCOGRAPHY : Compilations (Flexi-Pop, Bel 80, Nouvelle Vague, ...) and covers (Taxidermists, Recyclers, ...).

TELL ME : Tell Me video clip, directed by Eric Peereman in 1988, available on YOUTUBE.

INTERVIEW : Roger-Marc Interview (in french) by Serge Coosemans for POP-ROCK.COM

MYSPACE : somebody opened a myspace/Polyphonic Size site some time ago. Please note that this site wasn't made by Polyphonic Size, but by some guy who "borrowed" texts, photos and mp3 directly from the official site, and even presents one funny song as being from the band, though it's not.

! SMASHING COMPLETE 1979 - 1982 POLYPHONIC SIZE REEDITION IN A 4 VINYL LP BOXSET + UNRELEASED TRACKS + DEMOS + OUTTAKES !

FEATURING : ALL SINGLES, MAXI SINGLES, 1ST LP PRODUCED BY JJ BURNEL (Live For Each Moment), B-SIDES AND RARE TRACKS, PLUS SUPERB UNRELEASED MATERIAL (in excellent sound quality), CAREFULLY SELECTED AND REMASTERED FROM ROGER-MARC VANDE VOORDE'S ARCHIVES.

including unreleased songs (Me Or You, Citizen Of Science, Asakusa Dub, Her Toys Dub), unreleased electronic instrumental tracks (Electronic 14-7, Electronic 65-4, Electronic 69-7, Electronic 15-5, ...), fantastic rehearsings with Bernard Dradin on vocals (Space Rejection, Girlscout, Saison), alternate versions and demos.
10" bonus includes extended instrumental tracks taken from Live For Each Moment sessions, plus Saison (from Algorhythmic EP sessions).

POLYPHONIC SIZE - SAISON 1979-1982 (VOD 63) available (in limited quantities) at the end of this month on VOD Records :
www.vinyl-on-demand.com

LP 1 : ALGORHYTHMIC EP / PRAGMATIC SONGS / Nagasaki Mon Amour / Mother's Little Helper / B9
Side A (24:22) :
ALGORHYTHMIC EP : Saison / Space Rejection / Mode / Plage Privée.
PRAGMATIC SONGS : Logique Polygonale / Ommatidia / Party / Travelling Things.
Side B (23:20) :
Nagasaki Mon Amour / Hiroshima 1945 / Kyoto (version) / RDA-RFA / Kyoto.

LP 2 : LIVE FOR EACH MOMENT / VIVRE POUR CHAQUE INSTANT
Side A (19:16)
Zas / Rendez-vous / Winston & Julia / King Of Hong Kong / NBC Gmbh.
Side B (19:15)
Action Man / Night Is Coming On / Le Temps Du Swing / Je T'ai Toujours Aimée.

LP 3 : P.S. / Winston & Julia 12“ / OUTTAKES / DEMOS / UNRELEASED / INSTRUMENTALS
Side A (22:38) :
Mother's Little Helper / Girlscout / Men & Construction / On The Way To Medora / Saison / Winston & Julia (Remix) / Parties Dance.
Side B : OUTTAKES / DEMOS / UNRELEASED / INSTRUMENTALS (31:10) :
ZAS 1 / Mode (instrumental version) / Medora / Saison (rehearsing, vocals : Bernard Dradin) / Rendez-Vous (rehearsing, vocals : France) / Electronic 14-7 / Me Or You / Citizen Of Science / Electronic 65-4.

LP 4 : OUTTAKES / DEMOS / UNRELEASED / INSTRUMENTALS
Side A (33:10) :
Saison (vocals : France) / Electronic 69-7 / Asakusa Dub / Electronic 15-5 / Her Toys dub / Girlscout (rehearsing, vocals : Bernard Dradin) / Space Rejection / Space Rejection (rehearsing, vocals : Bernard Dradin) / ZAS 3 (demo).
Side B (33:00) :
ZAS 4 (studio rehearsal) / PS intro / Kyoto / Nagasaki (instrumental) / Nagasaki (rehearsing) / Night is Coming On (demo) / Electronic 65-6 / RDA-RFA 2 (rehearsing) / Electronic 14-12 / Mother's Little Helper (different version).

10“ BONUS : INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS (26:19)
Saison / Rendez-Vous / RDA-RFA / Night is Coming On / Le Temps du Swing / King Of Hong Kong / NBC Gmbh.