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Serendipitous Synthpop: Discovering Neeva 42 Years Too Late
I love it when these sort of things happen. My last post on PPM was a look at Grace Jones, and at a certain point I needed to find out data about the “Hurricane” album. So I went to Discogs … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Content, New Wave Blind Spots, Want List
Tagged 1983, Neeva, Our Daughters Wedding, technopop
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New YACHT Single “Two Heads” Makes Deep Dive Into New Wave Aesthetics
As we begin to catch up with the present after being temporally lost for much of the summer period, I couldn’t help but notice that there was recently a missive in my inbox trumpeting a new DL single from Los … Continue reading
Head Noise Dive Deep Into Synthpop For “Head Noise VS Metric Squid” Cassette
Head Noise: Head Noise VS Metric Squid – UK – CASS [2023] I somehow missed last April’s “Scram” EP from Aberdare’s finest Synth Punk combo, Head Noise. But at least I’m under the wire to discuss their upcoming cassette release … Continue reading
Yukihiro Takahashi: 1952-2023
We were blindsided by more sad news on Friday night. Yukihiro Takahashi, the drummer and vocalist of Yellow Magic Orchestra dies at the age of 70, after a two years of dealing with brain cancer. I was aghast to note … Continue reading
Posted in obituary
Tagged 2023, Bill Nelson, Roxy Music, Ryuichi Sakamoto, technopop, YMO, Yukihiro Takahashi
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Cherry Red Issuing New Musik 4xCD Box With All Three Albums + More
We’ve always got time for New Musik; Tony Mansfield’s enormously appealing Technopop project that happened at just the right time in the ’79-’82 period, where analog synths were jostling up against new digital technologies like sampling to give him a … Continue reading
Posted in Want List
Tagged 1979, 1981, 1982, Cherry Red, New Musik, technopop, Tony Mansfield
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REDUX: Scarcity vs. Ubiquity: The Rise And Fall Of Synthpop [part 1]
June 25, 2015 It was back in the late 70s when I began to notice a change in the perception of synthesizers among musicians in the Post-Punk era. In 1977, Punk Year Zero, synthesizers were viewed with much suspicion as … Continue reading
Want List: Cherry Red’s “Musik Music Musique” Box Tantalizes With Technopop
Various: Musik Music Musique – UK – 3xCD [2020] Disc One Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark : Messages Zeus: Musik, Music, Musique Fad Gadget: Coitus Interruptus Xynn: Computed Man Rod Vey: Metal Love Gina X Performance: Vendor’s Box Our Daughter’s … Continue reading
Posted in New Romantic, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides, Want List, Your Prog Roots Are Showing
Tagged 2020, Cherry Red, technopop
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