Jun 14 2011

Goin’ Old School: Depeche Mode – Strangelove

Strangelove from 1987’s ‘Music For The Masses’ by Depeche Mode, arguably (or at least, I will argue it with you) their finest album.

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Jun 7 2011

Goin’ Old School: The Rock Steady Crew – Hey You (The Rock Steady Crew)

I love this song so much words cannot express, the synth riff in it is just so catchy it’s not even funny. The Rock Steady Crew’s 1983 hit ‘Hey You (The Rock Steady Crew)’ followed Malcom McLaren’s ‘Buffalo girls’ in being one of the first tracks that introduced Hip Hop to the UK.

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Jun 6 2011

Goin’ Old School: The Human League – Love Action (I Believe In Love) in memory of Martin Rushent

Legendary producer Martin Rushent passed away at the weekend aged 63. Marin was responsible for not only shaping the sound of SynthPop and ElectroPop but, with the The League Unlimited Orchestra’s ‘Love And Dancing’ was a pioneer of the reMix world. He also produced the greatest album of all time, The Human League’s ‘Dare’, in 1981. Here is ‘Love Action (I Believe In Love)’. The world is slightly worse off today.

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Jun 2 2011

Goin’ Old School: Bronski Beat – Hit That Perfect Beat

Here’s Bronski Beat’s 1986 top ten hit ‘Hit That Perfect Beat’. The track contains one of the catchiest lead lines you will ever hear! The clips in the video come from the film Letter To Brezhnev, which features the song on it’s soundtrack.

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May 28 2011

Goin’ Old School: Jean-Michel Jarre – Zoolook

Jean-Michel Jarre is one of my all time heroes, a synthesizer king who has made some of the most epic music ever. In the mid-80’s he got a little funky and experimental with emerging sampling technology resulting in 1984’s ‘Zoolook’ album. This is the title track.

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May 27 2011

Goin’ Old School: Freeze – IOU

We’re going to start putting up videos, maybe daily, of classic tracks and performances ‘cos, well, why not!

Kicking things off is UK DancePop act Freeze’s Pop/Electro crossover ‘IOU’ from 1983. Arthur Baker produces for that B-Boy feel the track made it onto the soundtrack for Beat Street.