Trio “Trio – Mini LP” 1982. Six tracks of minimalist new wave German synth-pop, including the hit song “Da Da Da I Don’t Love You You Don’t Love Me Aha Aha Aha” – the EP has the long version which is just a lot longer and even more repetitive than the original, which first appeared on their debut LP Trio in 1981. “Da Da Da” went to #33 on the US Dance chart and to #2 on the UK singles chart.  The repetitiveness of that song (as well as several others on the EP) was intentional; Trio’s “main principle was to remove almost all the ornamentation and polish from their songs, and to use the simplest practical structures (most of their songs were three-chord songs). For this reason, many of their songs are restricted to drums, guitar, vocals, and just one or maybe two other instruments, if any at all. Bass was used very infrequently…” (wiki) The other tracks that employ this formula on the EP are “Anna Let Me In Let Me Out” and “Energie” (which has an identical background beat as “Da Da Da” with a spoken-German introduction before layering over some tropical-flavored guitar effects and rather lo-fi bluesy English-language lyrics). The other three tracks that break from the monotony: “Broken Hearts For You and Me,” which is surprisingly straight-forward classic rock, “Sunday You Need Love Monday Be Alone,” which is a pretty great post-punk rocker, borderline gothic new wave in the vein of early The Cure, and “Ja Ja Ja” which is a breakneck psychobilly punk rocker, complete with hoots and hollers (with a German accent).