Just listening to
The Golden Age of Wireless by
Thomas Dolby . A third version of it! A very kind New Zealander made me a copy with bonus tracks. Like it more than the UK and US versions which I also have. If the remaster comes out I´ll have a 4th version. Sounds wacky but don´t we love classic synth albums!
Revisted by
Cowboys International. Headed by ex Simple Minds producer
Ken Lockie and included some big names like
Terry Chimes,
Keith Levene and
Paul Simon, Robin´s brother! It´s an expanded reissue of
The Original Sin, which was one of those pioneering synth albums from 1979. Love the track
Thrash . The simplest and conniest of tracks often sound the best. Sometimes in songwriting it´s best to keep it simple and obvious.
Visage´s B-Sides & Rare. One of the best synth supergroups!
Duet Emmo´s Or So It Seems. As the title suggests about their music!! Very experimental built on gentle industrial sound. The title track stands out from the rest and the only track I remember from it! Duet Emmo was a one album project by
Daniel Miller with 2 of the guys from
Wire, Lewis and BC Gilbert.
Talking about
Daniel Miller, it´s taken me a while to go through the 10 disc compilation of the Mute Singles 1978 to 1984. The highlights
The Normal, Silicon Teens, Robert Rental, Fad Gadget, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, I Start Counting, DAF and Robert Gorl. The most hilarious track I´ve heard in years must be
Die Doraus und Die Marinas´ Fred Vom Jupiter. Outrageous!!
Chris C
