DAVID BOWIE - DEAD AT 69

Hello and welcome back for another year...

Starts with a sad note with the death of music icon 'David Bowie' who passed away on 10th January 2016 from liver cancer

The master of re-invention was diagnosed 18 months ago but managed to keep it a secret from fans which shocked many (including me) with the news of his death.

The impact of what David Bowie had on the music industry was huge, actually, that's a understatement.

The influence on many guitarists, synth players, or any musician of the 70/80s nearly all stated they were influenced by non other than David Bowie.

The early 80s New Romantic / New Wave movement was one of the most influenced, not just by his music but also his fashion sense and the uncanny knack of being able to 'look to the future / look like the future'

On a personal note, I was particularly fond of Bowie's 1983 album 'Lets Dance' which spawned the tracks China Girl, Modern Love & Lets Dance.
Summer, 1983, lounging besides the swimming pool at my girlfriends place listening to radio station 2SM (Rock of the 80s) with Bowie's 'Modern Love' pumping from the speakers.... Life was such an amazing feeling back then, something i will never forget.

Such a sad loss...

R.I.P David Bowie (David Robert Jones)


Some of my fav 80s David Bowie videos below....


LETS DANCE



CHINA GIRL



MODERN LOVE



BLUE JEAN



THIS IS NOT AMERICA



ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS


#DavidBowie
#David Bowie
#electronic80s

THE COOL NOTES - HOUSE OF LOVE

Hello and welcome back... I found it!!! After 25 year of searching for this particular song, i finally found it.... Let me explain.

In 1989 i had a car accident and was recovering in hospital for 4 months so i had a lot of time to listen to the radio, catch up on daytime soaps.. ect.

An album that came my way was called '1989 Hot House Hits' and had a collection of various dance tracks... it was a pretty good album. Fast forward a year my tape got stuck in a tape deck and it was lost forever.
Trying to track down a song that all i could remember was a guy saying 'This aught to be a song'.. that was it, even google couldn't find it UNTIL...

Yesterday while searching for some old tapes on Ebay, i recognized the album cover and thought 'That looks familiar'.. it was my beloved album and the 25year search was over.
                                                           

Released on Public Records in 1988, The Cool Notes were a U.K band (south London).
The track 'House of Love' was a single/ 12" only as well as B side to the track 'Magic Lover.. doesn't seem to be on any albums that i can find.

Such an awesome song, so glad i found it...


THE COOL NOTES - HOUSE OF LOVE (1988)



LINKS

http://www.cool-notes.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/The-Cool-Notes-106425579409311/

http://www.discogs.com/Cool-Notes-House-Of-Love/master/890212

#thecoolnotes
#electronic80s
#houseoflove
#The Cool Notes
#House of Love

RENE & YVETTE (Allo Allo) - JE T'AIME...MOI NON PLUS

Hello and welcome back....

Being a huge fan of the 80s British sitcom 'Allo Allo', I was surprised that i didn't know about this track from 1986 called 'Je T'Aime.. Moi Non Plus'.

Gordon Kaye (Rene) and Vicky Michelle (Yvette) sing their love for each other in this, sometimes painful, rendition of a 1969 love song, originally sang by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg.

Released on Vinyl thru Sedition records in the U.K (Accord records in France), the B side was a rap song called 'Rene D.M.C. (Devastating Macho Charisma).... no words needed, it was pretty bad.


RENE & YVETTE - JE T'AIME... MOI NON PLUS  (1986)



(B-SIDE) RENE DMC



LINKS

http://www.discogs.com/Ren%C3%A9-Yvette-Je-TAime-Allo-Allo-Rene-DMC-Devastating-Macho-Charisma/release/2922758

#AlloAllo
#electronic80s

WALKMANS THAT IVE OWNED

Hello and welcome back.... My love of the Walkman (Personal Cassette Player).

I miss the Walkman.

Throughout the middle 80s till early 90s i was madly in love with my Walkman. I had several through the years. The best one was a Anniversary model from AIWA that was made in Japan.

It cost me a small fortune (around $800), for someone who pumped petrol for a living, it took a while to save up (about 6 months).

You could buy a gold model or a black model. I chose black because as i didn't want to get mugged (gold looked too flashy)
This thing was the ducks nuts of Walkmans, auto reverse, record from radio or built in mic (or plug in), all metal construction, amorphous head and leather case.
You could tell some serious work went into the design and build of these units from Japan.

As you can see from the pics above, they were a real work of art. This little walkman went everywhere with me.... Until, I was hit by a car going 80kmph early one morning on my way to work.
Sadly, i never seen it again. While i was laying on the road, dying (i died twice), bleeding internally, pelvis broken in 4 places.... Some shithead (excuse the french) stole my most prized possession. It was gone.

I had several since but none was the same as this model. I preferred AIWA over Sony units, the sound quality seemed better.
I owned several Sony, Phillips, Panasonic models but always went back to the AIWA models.

Their was something about Walkmans, they sounded amazing and looked amazing. The good ones played Normal, Chrome (my fav) and Metal tapes with a selection of 60, 90 or 120 mins to listen to. I usually used 60 min tapes because i found that the 90 or 120 min tapes would put too much stress on the motors / rubber bands.
You had to listen to the whole tape. Sure you could FF (Fast Forward) but you never really knew where you would end up, but you didn't mind because it sounded so good.
The auto-reverse was wicked. Finished one side and like magic would turn to the other side.

You could interact with your Walkman....  You could...
listen to the radio, preset channels for later use.
Change bias from Normal, Chrome and Metal / Dolby to hear the difference.
Add extra bass at the push of a button.
Fall asleep using the timer function to the sounds of Milli Vanilli,
Wake to the sounds of Milli Vanilli using the alarm function.

It was like your best friend.

I will put a few pics below of some of the various Walkmans i owned (that i can remember)

Lets hope in the near future, someone will bring back the Walkman... And hopefully will put some effort into it.
You can get a Walkman style tape player for around $49 dollars at the moment but its very basic. No auto reverse, no bias settings just a USB out for its claim to fame. Still its a start.

Vinyl Records are making a comeback so fingers (and legs) crossed.

Some Walkman's Ive owned and loved over the years.....

P.S Massive thanks to website Walkman-Archive.com for the memories / pics of these amazing units.
Visit them here = http://www.walkman-archive.com/gadgets/index.html

#Sony
#AIWA
#Walkman
#Tape
#Electronic80s

REBEL MC - STREET TUFF

Hello and welcome back... From 1989 came this track from U.K music producer 'Rebel MC' (Michael Alec Anthony West) called 'Street Tuff'. This song also featured rapper?  'Double Trouble'.

Street Tuff made it to No3 in the U.K and Netherlands music charts and was from the album 'Rebel Music' (Desire Records)

Is he a Yankee?, No, He's a Londoner...


REBEL MC - STREET TUFF  (1989)



OH, in case you were wondering about that Bassline, its from a track called "54-46 That's My Number" by The Maytals.

LINKS

http://www.discogs.com/Rebel-MC-Double-Trouble-Street-Tuff/release/49654

http://retrodisco-hi-nrg.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/the-right-stuff-2-nothin-but-house.html

#RebelMC
#electronic80s

MUSIC DOWNLOAD NOT WORKING

Hello and welcome back... Just a quick post to let you know that some of the music downloads are no longer active.
I was using Spreaker to host the downloads but i have been put back to 20 hours of airtime because i fail to upgrade, which is fair enough, but i just can't afford it... That's life
The ones i left behind are the bigger ones (ones with the most downloads).
The music downloads are on the right hand side of the page under 'Music Downloads' and i will slowly start taking the links off the page that are no longer active.
Cheers
Michael

DREAM SEQUENCE - TAKE ME (Sounds like the 80s)

Hello and welcome back.... Awesome new track for Australian music producer DREAM SEQUENCE

Called 'Take Me' the track mix's sweet sounding synths, lush choir/strings and a hint of Acid. For those who are wondering... What is Acid?
The Acid sound was heard in the late 80s House scene and is produced by tweaking a Roland 303 Bass synth.
Its a fairly distinctive sound and one that Dream Sequence uses in his music often...

Take a listen, see what you think..


DREAM SEQUENCE - TAKE ME



A FREE Download is available from their SoundCloud page (link below)


LINKS

https://soundcloud.com/the-dream-sequence/dream-sequence-take-me

https://soundcloud.com/the-dream-sequence

http://thedreamsequence.blogspot.com.au/

#DreamSequence
#dream sequence
#take me
#electronic80s

TELEX - TWIST A ST TROPEZ

Hello and welcome back.... Very early Synth from Belgian band TELEX
From the album 'Looking for St Tropez' (1979), this little gem also had the singles 'Moskow Diskow' & 'Ca Plane Pour Moi'
This album made it to No 36 on the U.S Dance charts.


TELEX - TWIST A ST TROPEZ




TELEX - MOSKOW DISKOW




LINKS

http://www.telex-music.com/

https://twitter.com/ElektroDiskow

https://www.facebook.com/Electrospective

https://twitter.com/Electr0spective


#Telex
#Telex-Music
#electronic80s

MISSING PERSONS - LIVE 1983

Hello and welcome back... Don't you wish you could get a time machine and go back and visit some awesome music concerts?... Ones like this one, from 1983, in full, Missing Persons live from San Bernardino California.

MISSING PERSONS - LIVE 1983  (Thanks to Eric F for the video)


TRACK LIST

1 - Mental Hopscotch
2 - Noticeable One
3 - Words
4 - Tears
5 - It aint none of your Business
6 - Bad Streets
7 - U.S Drag
8 - Windows
9 - Here and Now
10 - Walking in L.A

encore
11 - I Like Boys
12 - Destination Unknown
13 - No way Out

#MissingPersons
#electronic80s1

RIKY MALTESE - WARRIOR

Hello and welcome back... 1986 Italo Disco track from Riky Maltese / Ricky Maltese ( aka Ken Laszlo) also goes under DJ NRG

There's something about 80s italo disco that even today, sounds lively and fresh

RIKY MALTESE - WARRIOR  (1986)

Thanks to BionicCommander89 for the video

LINKS

https://itunes.apple.com/au/artist/ken-laszlo/id42011826

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ken-Laszlo-Official/275040749196533

https://play.spotify.com/artist/00OX175uYCsHJPLZOjNJqe?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify.com&utm_medium=open

#RikyMaltese
#KenLaszlo
#electronic80s

A-HA - UNDER THE MAKEUP (New Music)

Hello and welcome back... New music for 80s Norwegian band A-HA.

The new single called 'Under the Makeup' is out now and a album is soon to be launched (Sept 4 2015), called 'Cast in Steel'

Video and Links are available on my Sister Site - SOUNDZ80S (CLICK HERE)

Also a shameless plug for my Twitter feed Electronic80s1 (CLICK HERE).. Be sure to follow so you can keep up to date with both Electonic80s (Old Stuff)  and Soundz80s (New Music)

STREETHEART - ONE MORE TIME

Hello and welcome back... Love this track, such an amazing sound...
Canadian band 'STREETHEART' released this killer track back in 1982.
In 1975, vocalist Ken Shields, Daryl Gutheil (synths) and Ken Sinnaeve (bass) formed the band Wascana. After being renamed Witness, they then went through another name change when guitarist Paul Dean and drummer Matt Frenette joined... And Streetheart was born.

STREETHEART - ONE MORE TIME

Thanks to GordonYYZ for the video

LINKS

https://www.facebook.com/streetheart.band

http://www.kennyshields.com/index2.html

http://www.kennyshieldsandstreetheart.com/


2015 TOUR DATES

http://www.kennyshieldsandstreetheart.com/tour.html

#Streetheart
#StreetHeart
#Canada
#electronic80s

GLEAMING SPIRES - ARE YOU READY (FOR THE SEX GIRLS)

Hello and welcome back... Viewers who love the 80s movie 'Revenge of the Nerds' & 'Last American Virgin' will instantly recognize this song.
U.S band Gleaming Spires (founded by Les Bohem and David Kendrick) had this one and only hit with originally a B-Side called Sex Girls (Are you Ready) and was from the album 'Songs from the spires'
Several members of Gleaming Spires were also members of bands like 'Sparks' and 'Devo'
Oh, and if you were expecting the video to contain sexy girls... Forget it. Anyone for meringue?


GLEAMING SPIRES - ARE YOU READY (SEX GIRLS)  (1981)

Thanks to onlyalad for the video

LYRICS

Are you ready for the sex girls?
The hot, hot, lean, hot, big hot girls?
Are you ready for the sex girls?
The right, right, ultra-vital nice-nice girls?

They play pool in your house, take off their own clothes
They can talk about love, they know where it goes
They are women without any faults…

Are you ready for the pony girls?
The ride, ride, fast, ride, pony girls?
Are you ready for the lonely girls?
The sad, sad, oh, sad lonely girls?

They've got time on their hands, they've got skin like seals
They can talk about love, they know how it feels
They are women without any faults

One comes over
Then they all come over
Then they party all around your house
One gets too romantic
One is kinda frantic
One stays quiet as a mouse

Bikinis gleaming in the morning light
You might lose your life
They go crazy in the bedroom, baby
And they might explode your mind!

Are you ready for the sex girls?
The fine, fine, super-special real sex girls?
Are you ready for the best girls?
The knees-showin', knees-showin', big-breast girls?

There's that knock on your door and they're there in your house
If you can't talk love you better get out
These are women without any faults

And they are never accidental
And the party never ends
So close your eyes and make a wish
The sex girls will be there!

Are you ready for the sex girls?
Sex! Sex! Sex! Sex!

Are you ready for the sex girls?
The hot, hot, lean, hot, big hot girls?
Are you ready for the sex girls?
The hot, hot, lean, hot, big hot girls?
There's that knock on your door they have come back again
If you can't talk love you'd better pretend
These are women without any faults

Are you ready for the sex girls?
The hot, hot, lean, hot, big hot girls?
Are you ready for the sex girls?
The hot, hot, lean, hot, big hot girls?

There's that knock on your door, now you just gotta learn
Don't whine about love, every boy gets a turn
With these women without any faults

Are you ready for the sex girls?
No one is ready for the sex girls!
Are you ready for the sex girls?
No one is ready for the big sex girls

#GleamingSpires
#electronic80s

KUNG FURY - THE MOVIE (2015)

Hello and welcome back... Just released..

Be taken back to the 80s with fast cars, crappy VHS tracking and a renegade cop who works alone... This is KUNG FURY

With the help of a computer hacker 'Hackerman', our hero must go back in time to stop a madman... Can he do It?

Welcome to the 80s

KUNG FURY - THE MOVIE  (2015)

Massive thanks to LaserUnicorns for the video

LINKS

http://www.kungfury.com/

https://www.facebook.com/laserunicorns

https://instagram.com/laserunicorns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTidn2dBYbY

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/kung-fury-original-motion/id999155960

#KungFury
#electronic80s

CULTURE CLUB - LIVE (1983)

Hello and welcome back... Live from Hammersmith Odeon (London) - Dec 1983... Culture Club Live
Sounding amazing, I actually saw them live around 8 or so years ago with Village People and they were still rockin it...

Totally Rad..

CULTURE CLUB LIVE - 1983


Massive thanks to Giampiero N for the video

TRACK LIST

I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Mister Man 
It's A Miracle
Karma Chameleon
Black Money
Love Twist
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
Miss Me Blind
Church Of The Poison Mind
Victims
Time
White Boy
Melting Pot

LINKS

http://electronic80s.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/culture-club.html

#CultureClub
#electronic80s

THE PASSIONS - IM IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILM STAR

Hello and welcome back... From 1981 came this post punk / New Romantic track from UK band 'The Passions'
This was 'The Passions' only single to reach the charts peaking at No 25 in the U.K.

THE PASSIONS - IM IN LOVE WITH A GERMAN FILMSTAR (LIVE)

Thanks to PassionsUK for the video

LINKS

http://www.thepassions.co.uk/index.html

#ThePassions

THE BELLE STARS - SIGN OF THE TIMES

Hello and welcome back...UK all girl band 'The Belle Stars' released this track in 1983 after a series of cover songs inc 'The Clapping Song' & Iko Iko.
The 'Sign of the Times' made it to No 3 in the UK, 45 in Australia and even made it into American charts at No 75.
This single came from the bands only album "Sign of the Times"
In 1984 the band broke up... A sign of the times?

THE BELLE STARS - SIGN OF THE TIMES  (1983)


Thanks to UnionSquareMusic for the video

LINKS

http://www.thebellestars.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-belle-stars/id184065067

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Belle-Stars/121939774485789


#TheBelleStars
#electronic80s

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - LIKE A VIRGIN

Hello and welcome back... Something different, a alternative version of Madonna's 'Like a Virgin'... Its Different, Very Different... Released in 1985
New Wave band 'Lords of the new Church' consists of ex-The Damned (Brian James), The Dead Boys (Stiv Bators), The Barracudas (Nick Turner) and Sham 69 (Dave Tregunna)...
4 albums were released until 1988 when they split. 

LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - LIKE A VIRGIN

MUNCHIES FOR YOUR BASS (Music Download)

Hello and welcome back... Its finally here.
What was a Mixtape i did back in late 1989 to early 90s, I decided to call my creation 'Munchies for your Bass' because the tracks collected over the years were of Dance/Rave nature.

Then Mid 90s i transferred the tape to CD then somewhere over the years i lost both tape and CD.

Fast forward 30 or so years and i find my badly scratched CD in the back of a cupboard and... The legend continues.

Now its available to download and keep... Yours, Free.. Enjoy


TRACK LIST

1. Moby - UHF3
2. The KLF - Grim up North
3. Love Decade - So Real
4. Modular Expansion - Cubes
5. LA Style - James Brown is Dead
6. Anticappella - 2/231
7. Time Modem - Time of the Gathering
8. Congress - 40 Miles
9. Pacific 231 - 21st Century Schizoid Man
10. Exposure to Little Electronic Noises - Precaution
11. Vision Masters (Ft Kylie) - Keep on pumping it Up
12. Datura - Yeyba Del Diablo


DOWNLOAD / LISTEN HERE USING SPREAKER 

STREAM HERE WITH MIXCLOUD 

MUNCHIES FOR YOUR BASS POSTS

#munchies
#bass
#munchiesforyourbass
#80s
#electronic80s
#electronic80s1

DAVID HASSELHOFF - TRUE SURVIVOR

Hello and welcome back... The HOFF is Back... Your life is now Complete

DAVID HASSELHOFF - TRUE SURVIVOR  (2015)



KUNG FURY SHORT FILM ONLINE RELEASE 28th MAY-2015 WORLDWIDE ON YOUTUBE...

You Have Been Warned...

LINKS

https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/true-survivor-from-kung-fury/id980115572?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

http://www.kungfury.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/LaserUnicorns


You Can Go Home Now...

#TakeHoff
#electronic80s1