Shatoo - Life (1988)

Norweski zespół synthpopowy Shatoo. Wydali dwa albumy: A True Story (1987) oraz Life (1988).

Alphaville - Despues De La Derrota (1999)

           
Alphaville śpiewa po hiszpańsku! A dlaczego nie? Tylko, że to nie jest zespół Mariana Golda - prezentowane Alphaville to zespół z Madrytu, który nie ma nic wspólnego z Forever Young.
Przez przypadek trafiłem na tę płytę i przez wzgląd na nazwę postanowiłem posłuchać.
Zespół powstał na początku lat 80tych w Madrycie. Pięciu kolegów postanowiło połączyć swoją kreatywność z dźwiękami post punku i new wave plus subtelność gotyckiej atmosfery lat 80tych i oto co otrzymaliśmy. Podobieństwo do Joy Division, Bauhaus, czy też Echo And The Bunnymen, ze względu na gitarowe brzmienie, czyli ciemne i ponure pieśni, pełne kontrastów. Ważnym elementem są teksty, w których znajdziemy dużo odniesień literackich do Nietzschego i Artauda.

Alphaville tworzyli: José Luis Fernández Abel (ideolog, głos, gitara), José Luis Orfanel (gitara), Daniel Mendialdúa (bas), Juan Antonio Nieto (perkusja i instrumenty perkusyjne) i Jose Carlos - Charles - Sanchez (instrumenty klawiszowe, trąbka, harmonijka, skrzypce).

Więcej informacji :
wiki/alphaville(espanola)
lluviadeestrellasenlaloberia.blogspot.com

Después De La Derrota to album z 1999 roku, który jest kompilacją wcześniej wydanych płyt.

1 De Máscaras Y Enigmas
2 La Escalera
3 Nijinsky (El Loco)
4 Paisajes Nocturnos
5 Muerte En Venecia
6 Stregocia
7 Despues De La Derrota
8 Nietzsche (Der Geisteskrank)
9 El Innombrable
10 Tu Dolor
11 Desde El Fondo Del Espejo
12 Artaud (Le Momo)
13 Arrebato
14 El Modelo De Pickman
15 Los Fantasmas Del Deseo
   

Kajagoogoo & Limahl - 12inch Collection (1998)

     Kajagoogoo - nazwa zespołu, która miała intrygować i zaciekawić - do końca nie wiadomo czy to coś znaczy. Mieli swoje 'pięć minut' w latach 1983-84, wykorzystali je i to by było na tyle. Ciekawe ile w tym całym zgiełku było udziału Nicka Rhodesa, czy bez niego też byliby takim "one hit wonder"? Pozostały piosenki, które znamy i ich niedawny powrót trochę rozczarował. Na osłodę przypominam wersje zmiksowane kilku przebojów w wydaniu Limahla i Kajagoogoo...

 
              

1. Limahl - Neverending Story (Dj A-Ichi's Flight With Falcon Mix) 

2. Limahl - Neverending Story (Extended Version) 

3. Limahl - Neverending Story (Us 12'' Dub Mix)
4. Limahl - Neverending Story (Original Club Mix)
5. Limahl - Neverending Story (12inch)
6. Limahl - Inside To Outside (12")
7. Limahl - Only For Love (12" Mix)
8. Limahl - Love In Your Eyes (Extended)
9. Limahl - Tar Beach (The City Blues Mix)
10. Kajagoogoo - Maybe This Time (12 Inch)
11. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy (12inch American Mix)
12. Kajagoogoo - Ooh To Be Ah (The Construction Mix)
13. Kajagoogoo - Big Apple (Metro Mix)
14. Kajagoogoo - Hang On Now (Extended Version) 

15. Kajagoogoo - Turn Your Back On

16. Limahl - L'histoire Sans Fin
     

1000 OHM - The Singles 1979-1988

                   
1000 Ohm/1000 Ω was a Belgian new wave/dark wave band.
              

 Founded by Frank Van Bogaert back in 1979, 1000 Ohm was one of the most successful Belgian 80’s New Wave bands. Key members were Johan Van Herck on keyboards, Koen Van Assche on drums, Erwin Vermeulen on Bass and Frank on keyboards and vocals. Their best known track and still a New Wave Ever Green up to this day is the 1981 track A.G.N.E.S. Although the band had more successes like the 1985 charting hit “The Claim”, it’s A.G.N.E.S. the band is mostly being remembered for . In 1987 Frank decided to pull the plug to concentrate on what was to become a very successful career as producer-sound engineer, later followed by a successful career in the Electronic music scene. He is now even being considered as one of the main players in the traditional electronic and ambient music scene.

Singles:

1979 A.G.N.E.S. 7''

1981 A.G.N.E.S. 12''

1983 You Lose 7''

1984 I Think She Understood 7''

1984 Love in Motion 12''

1984 The Claim 

1988 You're the One 

OFF - Organisation For Fun (1988)(2005)

OFF stands for Organisation For Fun.

These are some early steps of 3 people from Frankfurt/Germany who some years later will be considered as tremendous influence for the german Dance Scene. Luca Anzilotti & Michael Münzing will collect platinum records as the Producers behind Snap! And Sven Väth, as we all know, becomes Germany's DJ Guru, breaking all limits with the honorariums he gets for his performances.

01. Bad News
02. Time Operator
03. Step by Step (Album Version)
04. Electrica Salsa (Album Version)
05. Pure and Raw
06. Honigbrotpause
07. Harry ... Aber Jetzt
08. J.R. Is Dancing Pogo
09. Zak 
10. Be My Dream
11. Vorstellungskraft
12. Pure and Raw (Raw Club Mix)
13. Sven(s) Dab (Slow Mix)
14. Electrica Salsa (PWL Remix)
15. Step by Step (Core Mix)
  

Breakfast Club - Breakfast Club (1987)

Pomimo faktu, że zespół wydał tylko jedną płytę w ciągu swojego istnienia, Breakfast Club zostaną zapamiętani w historii muzyki pop lat 80tych. A to dzięki temu, że w zespole udzielali się dwaj ex-faceci Madonny, a co ważniejsze ona sama też była członkiem grupy. Oczywiście miało to miejsce przed jej światową karierą. Późniejsze utwory Madonny trochę (!) przypominają kompozycje Breakfast Club, posłuchajcie Never Be The Same, ten rytm wyraźnie coś mi przypomina...
 

The group was formed in New York in the late 1970s, and went through several line-ups including one in which Madonna was the drummer. By the early 1980s, the band included Madonna, Angie Smit on bass, and the Gilroy brothers, Dan and Ed, both on guitar (Dan sang lead vocals as well). Dan Gilroy was also briefly Madonna's boyfriend, and he eventually allowed her to sing some lead vocals. Madonna ultimately left to form a new band Emmy, but the remaining members soldiered on. By the mid 1980s, the band consisted of the Gilroys (with Dan now concentrating exclusively on vocals, while Ed provided all guitars), Gary Burke (bass), Paul Kauk (keyboards), and Stephen Bray (drums). Both Bray and Burke had previously been Madonna's bandmates in Emmy. Bray had also dated Madonna for a while, and reportedly, Madonna had initially suggested him as her replacement in Breakfast Club.[citation needed] They signed with Ze Records and released their eponymous album in 1987, which spawned the U.S. Top Ten hit "Right On Track". Later, Randy Jackson (bass) and E. Doctor Smith (The Drummstick, percussion) joined the band.

A second album was recorded but never released. Their last single was a cover version of The Beatles' song "Drive My Car", used in the film, License to Drive. Shortly afterwards the band broke-up. Bray later co-wrote several big hits with Madonna. They were nominated in the category of Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in 1988, losing out to Jody Watley. Many of their music videos, including "Right on Track," were filmed by Jeff Stein, director of The Who documentary, The Kids Are Alright.

1 Never Be the Same
2 Right on Track
3 Kiss and Tell
4 Always Be Like This
5 Rico Mambo
6 Expressway to Your Heart
7 Specialty
8 Standout
9 Tongue Tied

  

Landscape - Manhattan Boogie-Woogie (1982)

After leaving the soft rock band Easy Street, Richard Burgess formed a slick synth pop/jazz group called Landscape in 1975. In addition to Burgess, who sang and played drums, Landscape included Andy Pask (bass), Chris Heaton (keyboards), John Walters (keyboards, woodwinds), and Pete Thomas (trombone, keyboards).

After building a following through touring, the band released its self-titled debut in 1980, which sold rather poorly. 1981's From the Tea-Rooms of Mars...to the Hell-Holes of Uranus firmly accented synthesizers as the focus of Landscape's sound, and they scored a Top Five U.K. hit with "Einstein A-Go-Go."
1982's Manhattan Boogie-Woogie was the group's most danceable effort, but by the following year, the lineup had been pared down to a trio, and the band broke up for good in 1984. Burgess had already begun a production career, working with artists like Spandau Ballet, Living in a Box, Visage, and King.
~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Landscape were formed in the mid 70's and released two independent releases before signing to RCA Records in 1979. The band were pioneer users/experimenters of the changes in music technology at the time, utilising computers and electronic drum kits etc. The band released 3 albums and enjoyed a worldwide hit single with the incredibly catchy ‘Einstein A GoGo' in 1981… The first UK reissues of these two influential albums by electronic pop pioneers, Landscape.

Manhattan Boogie-Woogie is the third and final album by Landscape and was released in 1982. It is the only Landscape album that does not include any instrumental tracks.

1.     One Rule for the Rich

2.     Manhattan Boogie Woogie

3.     Colour Code

4.     Long Way Home

5.     It's Not My Real Name

6.     Bad Times

7.     Eastern Girls

8.     When You Leave Your Lover