Gina X – Greatest Fits

Description

Label: Dark Entries – DE-335
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Remastered, Stereo
Country: USA & Europe
Released: 30 May 2025
Genre: Electronic
Style: Synth-pop, Disco, New Wave

Tracklist:
A1 No G.D.M.
A2 Exhibitionism
A3 Be A Boy
A4 Tropical Comic Strip

B1 Nice Mover
B2 Cologne Intime
B3 Opposite Numbers
B4 Vendor's Box

C1 Strip Tease
C2 I.C. Code
C3 Kaddish
C4 Hypnosis/Hypnose

D1 Babylon Generation
D2 Die Kunst Des Liebens (The Art Of Loving)
D3 Kanal Banal
D4 French Lift
D5 Waiting

Companies:
Copyright © – Dark Entries Records
Recorded At – The Sound Experience
Recorded At – Studio Saint-Nom la Bretèche
Recorded At – Odyssey Studios
Recorded At – The Garden
Recorded At – The Barge
Mixed At – The Sound Experience
Mixed At – Studio Saint-Nom la Bretèche

Credits:
Design – Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh
Drums – Lasio Czigany
Guitar – Dierk Hill
Keyboards, Electronics, Percussion – Zeus B. Held
Mastered By – Anne-Marie Suenram
Producer, Recorded By – Martin "Jimmy" Homberg, Zeus B. Held
Recorded By – Marc Frank (tracks: D2 to D5)
Vocals – Gina Kikoine
Written-By – Gina Kikoine, Zeus B. Held

Notes:
© 2025 DARK ENTRIES RECORDS
Deluxe gatefold sleeve with photos and notes. Insert lyric sheet with memories about each song.
Mastered by Anne-Marie Suenram, 2024
To my beloved Manhatta Gang 2&1+2!

With the exception of vocals and drums the sound on this album was produced with the following keyboard instruments: Mini Moog, Polymoog, ARP Synthesizer 2600, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Sequencer, Fender Rhodes Piano, Grand Piano, Hammond A 100, Sennheiser Vocoder. Some analog and digital Delays and Flangers took part in the realization of this music.

A1 to B1 originally released on the album Nice Mover on Crystal Records, Germany in Autumn 1979
Recorded & mixed at The Sound Experience Studio am Dom, Cologne in Summer 1978
B2 to C1 originally released on the album X-Traordinaire on Zorro Productions/EMI Electrola Germany in September 1980
C2 to D1 originally released on the album Voyeur on Electrola Records, Germany in 1981
Music tracks recorded and produced by Zeus B. Held and Martin Homberg
Vocal tracks recorded and produced by Zeus B. Held. Mixed by Zeus B. Held and Martin Homberg at The Sound Experience, Cologne, March-April 1981
D2 to D5 originally released on the album Yinglish by Gina X on Statik Records, UK in 1984
A Trigger Production by Zeus B. Held Recorded & Mixed at Studio St. Nom, Paris. Additional Recording at Odyssey Studios, London by Marc Frank; The Garden, London & The Barge, Little Venice by Zeus B. Held
Mastered by Anne-Marie Suenram, 2024

Greatest Fits is a deep dive into the superb sounds of German avant-garde new wave pioneer Gina X on the cult Dark Entries label. This double LP compilation spans the whole of the bold, boundary-blurring career of Gina X Performance, which came together first in 1978 when singer Gina Kikoine and producer Zeus B set out to create "the absolute union of music, poetry and travesty". With selections take from four of thieves albums, you'll find their signature blend of icy electro, camp theatrics and subversive pop throughout, and it all ranges from the pulsing 'Nice Mover' to the decadent 'No G.D.M.' Greatest Fits is both a musical time capsule and a vital reminder of how far ahead Gina X always was while also serving as a celebration of queer culture and synth-driven hedonism.
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Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode (Printed sticker): 0794811515883