Tag Archives: technopop

Serendipitous Synthpop: Discovering Neeva 42 Years Too Late

Posted on January 27, 2025 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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New YACHT Single “Two Heads” Makes Deep Dive Into New Wave Aesthetics

Posted on October 2, 2023 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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Head Noise Dive Deep Into Synthpop For “Head Noise VS Metric Squid” Cassette

Posted on April 21, 2023 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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Yukihiro Takahashi: 1952-2023

Posted on January 16, 2023 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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Cherry Red Issuing New Musik 4xCD Box With All Three Albums + More

Posted on December 28, 2022 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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REDUX: Scarcity vs. Ubiquity: The Rise And Fall Of Synthpop [part 1]

Posted on November 9, 2021 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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Want List: Cherry Red’s “Musik Music Musique” Box Tantalizes With Technopop

Posted on June 4, 2020 by postpunkmonk

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 →

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