VA - La Cage Sessions vol.06

W nawiązaniu do zestawów z cyklu 'The 80s Music' prezentuję podobną kolekcję świetnie zmiksowanych utworów w jedną całość. Mamy tu około 70min muzyki New Wave nonstop bez zbędnych przerw. Wspaniale się tego słucha.
Polecam dzisiaj taki zestaw:

ANGELIC UPSTARTS - SOLIDARITY
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. - HAPPY
NITZER EBB - LET YOUR BODY LEARN
THE MISSION - WASTELAND
U2 - NEW´S YEAR DAY
MARC ALMOND - TEARS RUN RINGS
SWANS - LOVE WILL TEAR US APPART
COMMUNARDS - SO COLD THE NIGHT
DEPECHE MODE - IT´S CALLED A HEART
MOEV - IN & OUT
IGGY POP - CRY FOR LOVE
THE CURE - LOVESONG
FUZZTONES - JACK THE RIPPER
DANIELLE DAX - CAT HOUSE
NEW MODEL ARMY - POISON STREET
THE CURE - BOY´S DON´T CRY
BILLY IDOL - REBEL YELL
NITZER EBB - ISN´T IT FUNNY HOW YOUR BODY WORKS
THE B-52´S - ROCK LOBSTER
RICHARD STRAUSS - ALSO SPRAH ZARATRUSTRA

Fra Lippo Lippi - Small Mercies (1983)

Fra Lippo Lippi to grupa New Wave/Synth Pop z Norwegii. W latach 80tych mieli kilka piosenek na listach przebojów, z których najbardziej znany hit to chyba "Shouldn't Have To Be Like That", i co ciekawsze nagrywali albumy aż do roku 2002. Słychać tu wyraźne echa muzyki Joy Division, ale wszystko zostało wygładzone i brzmi bardziej popowo w porównaniu z debiutem 'In Silence' z roku 1981 (niestety na chwilę obecną nie posiadam tego albumu, jeżeli ktoś to ma, to prośba o udostępnienie :))

The Norwegian band Fra Lippo Lippi swam in the depths of despair before diving into pop and jazz. Per Oystein Sorensen (vocals, synthesizer, keyboards), Rune Kristoffersen (guitar, bass, keyboards, piano), and Morten Sjoberg (drums, keyboards) formed Fra Lippo Lippi in 1978. Fra Lippo Lippi enveloped their first album, In Silence, with ominous bass lines, death-march percussion, pensive keyboards, and sinister, indecipherable vocals. However, by 1983's Small Mercies, Sorensen's pop background helped the group to become increasingly melodic. In 1985, Fra Lippo Lippi signed with Virgin Records in the U.K., releasing their third album, Songs. Fra Lippo Lippi jettisoned the gloom of their earlier efforts on Songs, experimenting with synth-pop and romantic balladry powered by Kristoffersen's piano. The transformation enabled the group to achieve minor chart success in England and Canada, but in the Philippines many of their singles became staples on the country's new wave radio stations. Tracks such as "The Distance Between Us" and "Come Summer" topped request lines. When the jazz-inflected Light and Shade was released in 1987, Fra Lippo Lippi had become superstars in the Philippines, much to the band's surprise. Largely unknown throughout most of the world, Fra Lippo Lippi performed to sold-out audiences of thousands in Manila, Philippines, in 1989. Financially, the band was very disappointed with Philippine distributor and producer OctoArts, who gave them no idea at all how popular they were, with OctoArts profits at such unimaginable levels that the band had no right to claim even a percentage of. Fra Lippo Lippi released two more albums, 1989's The Colour Album and 1991's Dreams, before the lack of commercial success forced the group into indefinite hiatus. Since Fra Lippo Lippi's departure from the recording studio, Kristoffersen released two instrumental albums, Elephant Song and Monolight, and started his own label, Rune Grammofon. Sorensen has worked with fellow Norwegian artist Trine Rein.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra_Lippo_Lippi_(band)



Some Things Never Change
A Small Mercy
Barrier
Sense Of Doubt
The Treasure
Slow Sway
Now And Forever
French Painter Dead

The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle (1980)

The Comsat Angels to zespół z kręgu post-punk/new wave z Sheffield, byli aktywni na scenie muzycznej w latach 1978 do 1995. Tworzyli nastrojową i ciekawą muzykę, lecz nie do końca trafiali w gusta pop kultury. Ich dorobek płytowy najczęściej porównywany jest do Joy Division, The Chameleons, The Cure, The Sound oraz Echo & the Bunnymen.
Nie można niedoceniać wpływu muzyki The Comsat Angels na inne zespoły takie jak:  Catherine Wheel, Kitchens of Distinction, oraz neo-post-punk grupy jak Interpol, Engineers oraz Editors.
Prezentuję reedycję CD z 1995 roku wzbogaconą o trzy utwory: "Home is the Range", "We Were" i "Juju Money".

It's a remarkable debut with a spare sound that's clean yet hits hard. Stephen Fellow sings his lyrics of paranoia and romantic decay in a strong English accent, ensuring they don't overtly sound like any of their influences. "Total War" is a riveting statement of mutual disgust as it lurches, constantly on the verge of a smack but holding back. The title track features an awesomely heavy bass sound, while "Independence Day" is the band's biggest single, and one of their most distinct statements. Ironically, they were compared to Joy Division, even though they claim not to have heard them until completing their first album. Either way, Waiting For A Miracle measures up to the best of that year's post-punk efforts by Joy Division, The Associates, The Cure, Magazine, The Sound, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes and Simple Minds.
http://www.fastnbulbous.com


1 Missing In Action
2 "Baby"
3 Independence Day
4 Waiting For A Miracle
5 Total War
6 On The Beach
7 Monkey Pilot
8 Real Story
9 Map Of The World
10 Postcard
11 Home Is The Range
12 We Were
13 Ju Ju Money

Minor Detail - Minor Detail (1983)

Minor Detail to irlandzki duet new romantic z Blackrock. Zespół tworzyli bracia John i Willie Hughes, którzy byli obecni na scenie juz w latach 60tych i 70tych grając głównie covery The Beatles czy też Black Sabbath. Na początku lat 80tych zaczęli tworzyć melodie synthpop i tak powołali do życia Minor Detail. W nagraniu albumu pomagali im gitarzysta Des Moore, Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant) oraz perkusista Paul McAteer. Zespół rozpadł się w roku 1984, powrócili w 1986 wydając jeden singiel, a John Hughes został menedżerem zespołu The Corrs. 
Panowie głównie śpiewają o miłości (a jakże !), muzycznie najbliżej im do OMD oraz White Door czyli wesołe i miłe 
dla ucha klimaty new romantic zapewnione.
wikipedia.org

1 Canvas of Life
2 Hold On
3 20th Century
4 Why Take It Again
5 I've Got A Friend
6 Ask The Kids
7 We Are Winners
8 Others Need You
9 I'll Always Love You
10 Columbia

Sad Lovers & Giants - Feeding the Flame (1983)(CD1988)

SAD LOVERS & GIANTS play classy, alternative pop music. their multi-layered, many-faceted songs have been described by such words as ‘psychedelic’, ‘moody’, ‘exciting’, ‘wistful’, and ‘brooding’. Sweeping keyboards and dramatic piano; chugging, chiming, and eclectic guitars; inventive, melodic bass lines and steady drums with colourful embellishments all contribute to the depth of their sound. integrated into this are the vocals; sometimes confidential, sometimes forceful; always balancing the mood of the charismatic, often mysterious, lyrics. Like the music, the lyrics work on many levels. Just when you think you've unravelled the meaning of a song, another possibility presents itself…
SAD LOVERS & GIANTS’ music is food for the imagination, a film without pictures, to transport you to other, but very real, worlds; or another dimension of our own. Commonplace, everyday situations are studied from different viewpoints at a tangent to reality.
http://www.sadloversandgiants.co.uk
This album contains the nine tracks found on the "Feeding the Flame" LP (1983), plus four bonus tracks: "Imagination"", "Cow Boys", "3 Lines" and "Close To The Sea".



1 Imagination (7:22)
2 Cow Boys (5:34)
3 3 Lines (3:13)
4 Big Tracks Little Tracks (3:31)
5 On Another Day (5:01)
6 Sleep (Is For Everyone) (5:04)
7 Vendetta (4:37)
8 Man Of Straw (6:18)
9 Close To The Sea (4:44)
10 Strange Orchard (6:11)
11 Burning Beaches (4:12)
12 Your Skin And Mine (5:21)
13 In Flux (5:57)

Twice A Man - The Sound Of A Goat In A Room (1983)(CD1997)

Twice a Man to szwedzka grupa, którą tworzą Dan Söderqvist (electric guitar and vocals) oraz Karl Gasleben (synth and vocals). Poprzednia nazwa grupy to Cosmic Overdose, a pod nazwą Twice A Man muzycy wydają płyty od 1981. Grupa od początku nagrywa płyty z użyciem syntezatorów, od połowy lat 80tych zespół staje się bardziej projektem okołomuzycznym i zaprasza do współpracy różnych twórców z kręgu muzyki, teatru, tańca, filmu. Przez te lata stworzyli 15 CD/LP, 7 produkcji teatralnych, 3 filmy muzyczne oraz zagrali wiele koncertów na całym świecie.
Twice A Man zawsze byli zainteresowani wizualizacją swojej muzyki przy użyciu zaawansowanych technik komputerowych dodając do tego wrażliwość muzyczną.
Prezentowana płyta to wersja CD kasety wydanej w 1983 roku i zawiera nagrania zbliżone stylistycznie do Rational Youth, Blancmange czy też White Door.
Materiał oryginalnie wydany na kasecie w 1983 roku, tutaj w wersji CD zremasterowany.



1 Room I
2 Goat I
3 Liquid Observations
4 Voices
5 Killing Angels
6 Coffins Of Snow
7 Goat II
8 Sorrow
9 Balloons
10 Talking To The Wall
11 Goat III
12 Room II