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V.I.S.A. Présente

1984 compilation album; various artists

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2025
Entity authorityQ7905959 ↗
Source-derived summary

V.I.S.A. Présente was a live compilation released in 1984 by labels Bondage Records and V.I.S.A. This release included 14 tracks by experimental groups from the European alternative scene, including Kukl, an Icelandic group led by singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir next to second vocalist and trumpet player Einar Örn Benediktsson, Rubella Ballet, Lucrate Milk and more.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “V.I.S.A. Présente” is 1984 compilation album; various artists. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Présente, compilation and album, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984. For this dossier, Présente, compilation and album is the immediate research focus.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7905959. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “V.I.S.A. Présente” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.