Peter Godwin‘s 1983 Italo/Pop ‘hit’ ‘Baby’s In The Mountains’. I use the word ‘hit’ loosely, despite it being a classic slice of 80’s electronic Pop it has been largely forgotten.
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Goin’ Old School: Fad Gadget – Collapsing New People
Frank Tovey A.K.A Fad Gadget was a genius and a pioneer. That’s science fact! 1984’s ‘Collapsing New People’ features Einstürzende Neubauten banging away on stuff in the background (as they do).
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Goin’ Old School: Arcadia – Election Day
Arcadia; what Duran Duran did in 1985 when they got a bit board of tropical beaches. ‘Election Day’ was their biggest hit.
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Goin’ Old School: Blancmange – Don’t Tell Me
Blancmange‘s ‘Don’t Tell Me’ from 1984. that’s how you make bass heavy, catchy, SynthPop. The beats are all a bit proto-Balearic really.
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Goin’ Old School: Fresh Color – Disco Future
Some classic Italo for you today in the form of Fresh Color’s ‘Disco Future’ from 1985.
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Going Old School: 808 State – Pacific State
After the seminal Acid album, ‘Newbuild’ 808 State embraced the smooth in 1989 with ‘Pacific State’. Digital sax win!
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Goin’ Old School: Soft Cell – Torch
Here’s Soft Cell doing ‘Torch’ on TOTP in 1982. There really wasn’t anyone or hasn’t been anyone since who sounded like them.
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Goin’ Old School: Classix Nouveaux – Is It a Dream
This’ll be the1982 single ‘Is It a Dream’ from ex-punks and early new romantic’s Classix Nouveaux then.
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Goin’ Old School: Belouis Some – Imagination
Belouis Some, 1985 hit ‘Imagination’ is a nice mix of SynthPop, Post-Punk and smooth Electro Soul all wrapped up in a catchy Pop package.
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Goin’ Old School: Toto – Africa
Anyone who hates Toto’s 1982 hit ‘Africa’, hates fun.
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