oliver mandic

Oliver Mandić - Probaj Me (1980)

This Serbian genderfucker really took it there. This video really does it.

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3 x YELLO

Plenty of impressive sequencing and sampling on these first 3 albums from Yello, starting with the whacked out disco of Pleasures and culminating in the slick tongue-in-cheek electro of Gotta Say Yes. These guys had lots of ideas and the equipment to realize them.



Yello - Solid Pleasure Remastered (1980)

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Yello - Claro Que Sí Remastered (1981)

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Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess Remastered (1983)

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MASKINDANS

VA - Maskindans / Norsk Synth: 1980-1988

COLD WAVES

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dynamo beat

Shock - Angel Face + Dynamo Beat (1980, 1981)




Shock was an early project of robot performance artists Tik and Tok. Two singles here for download.

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Dalek i

posted tracks from this a while back, here's the whole thing.

Dalek i - Compass Kum'Pas (1980)

Dalek i - Freedom Fighters
Dalek i - Mad

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strawberry switchblade + home service addendum

my favorite kind of bubble gum <3<3<3

collected demos, Peel Sessions, home recordings, B-sides, singles, etc (26 songs):

Strawberry Switchblade - Life's Full of Wonders (Peel Session '85)
Strawberry Switchblade - Nothing Changes (Peel Session '85)

Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets (Peel Session '82)
Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers (Peel Session '82)

The Janice Long sessions on here sound like they were produced by Ariel Pink!!

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Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)

Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets
Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is

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Let Her Go 12" (1985)

Strawberry Switchblade - Michael Who Walks by Night

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Strawberry Switchblade's full length was produced by David Motion of Home Service, who released 3 singles back in the day. Only Men Fall In Love is TOPS



Home Service - Wake-Up 7" (1979):

Home Service - Wake-up



Home Service - Thin Hours 7" (1980)

Home Service - Thin Hours



Home Service - Only Men Fall In Love 12" (1981)

Home Service - Only Men Fall in Love

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Cowboys International® + The Teardrop Explodes

good band name / bad band name



Cowboys International - The Original Sin/Revisited (1979)

Cowboys International - Aftermath
Cowboys International - Future Noise

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The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro (1980)

The Teardrop Explodes - Poppies in the Field
The Teardrop Explodes - Brave Boys Keep Their Promises

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untergruNDW - Die Wahre Deutsche Welle

2 disc german new wave comp from a few years ago, lots of interesting stuff on here from early 80s...didn't find any info in english on this, guess it was for the german market.

disc 1 - download

1 Was kostet die Welt - FSK
2 Die wilde Dreizehn - Fehlfarben
3 Kebab Träume - DaF
4 Jonny - Holger Hiller
5 Gummitwist - Der Plan
6 Tulpen & Narzissen - Die Doraus & Die Marinas
7 Angriff auf's Schlaraffenland - Die Radierer
8 Ein Mann zuviel - Grosse Freiheit
9 Hallo Kartoffelsalat - Nichts
10 Kotzbrocken - Jawoll
11 Spaß muß sein - Neonbabies
12 Klein + Doof - Ede und die Zimmermänner
13 Telefon - Palais Schaumburg
14 Angst vorm Tanzen - Saal 2
15 Incubus Succubus - X-Mal Deutschland

disc 2 - download

1 Los Paul - Trio
2 Nöte des kleinen Mannes - Ede und die Zimmermänner
3 Fluß - Rheingold
4 Polizisten - Extrabreit
5 Der große Mafioso - Wirtschaftswunder
6 Polaroid - The Front
7 Himmel auf Erden - Geisterfahrer
8 Tanze - Konec
9 Sexappeal - 4-D
10 Sehnsucht - Einstürzende Neubauten
11 Sehnsucht aus Beton - Weltschmerz
12 Max - Pyrolator
13 TV-Glotzer (White Punks On Dope) - Hagen Nina Band
14 Strom - Morgenrot
15 Ich brauch mein Suff - Strassenjungs

dull forms in light

Moderne's Moderne from 1980. Minimal synth from France, innocent and sweet and sad melodies dripping down my insides like sap.

Moderne - Vers l'Est
Moderne - Histoire Ordinaire

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zed

The Associates' first album Affectionate Punch from 1980.

The Associates - Amused as Always
The Associates - Transport to Central

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Way of the West

I don't know much about this Boston band Way of the West, and Google didn't help, but it's pretty good shit. I tracked this down after hearing "White Boys" sandwiched in between The Hawaiian Pups and Cluster by one of the DJs at The Echo. I think it was at an Ariel Pink show.  If you know anything about these dudes, do tell.

Here's a folder with all their singles and a few extras:

Don't Say That's Just For White Boys (1980)
Drum (1981)
See You Shake (1981)
City for Lovers (1984)
Feel the Steel (1984)

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