A scene of French, Belgian and Polish musicians, dubbed "cold wave", emerged between the late 1970s and early 1980s. The French scene was also known as "la vague froide," which was a term coined by the French music press to describe the sound of the band Marquis de Sade. According to "Vice", the most notable acts were Marquis de Sade, Asylum Party, and Twilight Ritual. "Brave Punk World" author James Greene cited Marquis de Sade's 1979 album "Dantzig Twist" as "a classic" of the genre. He also referenced KaS Product as a group that "pushed cold wave to icier places in the early 1980s and ended up one of its preeminent voices." In "The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture" (2019), Eric S. Strother identified Ruth, Charles de Goal, Marquis De Sade, KaS Product, Asylum Party, and Resistance as "significant early cold wave groups".