Friday, May 6, 2011

BREAKDANCE TIME

Hello and welcome back.. Around 1983-84 a new style was coming out of America with funky music and these amazing moves.. put it all together and you have "Breakdancing" add to that Movies like "Breakin"  and "Breakdance" ( the movie ) add artists like "Irene Cara", "Ollie & Jerry" & "The Rock Steady Crew" and your ready to make some moves. All you needed was a boom box and a smooth surface and you were set.
 I tried breakdancing when I was at school and nearly did just that.. break something.. my neck. but it was fun.
 Both the movies had soundtracks which were chocked full of dance and hip hop- electro funk classics.. re-live what I can no longer do.. Breakdance

UPDATE 30/08/2013 - Download Breakdance Mixtape HERE

BREAKIN 1984



OLLIE & JERRY - there's no stopping us


IRENE CARA - breakdance


BREAKIN - turbo broom dance


Excellent moves...  CLICK HERE to download "electro breakdance" 1 & 2 ... enjoy

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU LAUGH - safety dance

Hello and welcome back ...something quick to put a smile on your face... it's a redone version of the " men without hats " song "safety dance"..loved the "well little man jump high as you can, well thats not very high".. haha.. hope you like.. made me laugh.


Love it.. for the real version.. CLICK HERE .. cheers

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

SABRINA - BOYS (Lost Hit)

Hello and welcome back..

Italian songstress Sabina ( Sabrina Salerno ) graced our screens back in 1987 with the hit "Boys".
The video to this song caused a huge controversy due to the fact that she was wearing a swimming costume that seemed to have a mind of its own.. so due to that, this video was banned in the U.K until it was edited.
It is one of the most downloaded video clips ever shown ( 14 million and counting ).
Apart from the eye candy, the song is quiet catchy and the album ( Sabrina ) also had the hit "sexy girl" which was also a huge hit.....Belissima

SABRINA -BOYS (1987)



SABRINA - SEXY GIRL


#Sabrina
#Electronic80s

Monday, April 18, 2011

SOUNDS LIKE THE 80S - todays songs that sound like yesterday

Hello and welcome back... Music is a huge part of my life and I am often looking for new music. Alot of new music sounds very 80s and is often a fresh alternative to crap that is played over and over by radio stations. This is my favorite top 10 of  newish songs that have a 80s flavor.

Also if you like these tracks, check out my new website called Soundz80s... Its chock full of Rad new music from 80s inspired bands and updates on the ones you already know and love.. (CLICK HERE)

###UPDATE## 1/08/2014 = An Audio version is now available LISTEN / DOWNLOAD HERE

Number1 = GRUM - Through the Night..to me, sounds like human league ( the video even looks 80s)



Number 2 = DURAN DURAN - Being Followed...to me sounds like Duran Duran ( obviously ) Hold back the Rain, My own Way.



Number 3 = OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL - The Key... to me sounds like O.M.D., Erasure



Number 4 = ROYSKOPP  - Girl and the Robot... sounds like Animotion ( obsession )



Number 5 = BAG RAIDERS - Way back Home... to me sounds like New Order



Number 6 = THE QUADRAPHONIC ALL STARS - New York...to me sounds like Gary Numan, Human League

CLICK HERE to visit website.. i used audacity while listening to the music player ; ) .. they are also on itunes

Number 7 = ELEGANT MACHINERY - Feel the Silence ...to me sounds like Depeche Mode



Number 8 = MARSHEAUX - Popcorn... to me sounds like Hot Butter ( popcorn ).. funny bout that.



Number 9 = SHINY TOY GUNS - Major Tom ...to me sounds like Peter Shilling.



Number 10 = ROBYN - Indestructible...to me sounds like Berlin


So much great music ... so little time,

DOWNLOAD these songs and more HERE from my Mixtape series ... hope you liked..

Thursday, April 14, 2011

COLLETTE - RING MY BELL ( Lost Hit )

Hello and welcome back... In 1989, it became quiet fashionable to wear your gym wear as your normal attire.
Collette ( Collette Roberts ) did this very well, dancing hi-energy in her bike pants and bra top, she released "Ring my Bell" ( an Anita ward cover ).
I don't mind this song, it's very catchy with the acid sound that was popular around this era.
She also had another song which did well called "All i want to do is Dance" and came of the same album "Raze the Roof".





COLLETTE - RING MY BELL



COLLETTE - ALL I WANT TO DO IS DANCE



#Collette
#Electronic80s


Tuesday, April 12, 2011

MI-SEX - 79-85 ( best of )

Hello and welcome back... Yet another band that had heavy presence on countdown, Mi-sex was a New Zealand/Australian new wave band that had a huge hit called "computer games"... I found this album in the Virgin megastore in Sydney 1988 and has always been a big favorite of mine. Its chocked with hits like "but you don't care", "castaway", "falling in and out", "people", "computer games", "space race" and my pick of the album would be "blue day" with its moody synths and the amazing voice of Steve Gilpin.The band continued till 1984 then disbanded then Steve was working with a band called "under rapz". In 1992 Steve was involved in a car accident and lapsed into a coma and died. The album 79-85 is a collection of 3 albums... "graffiti crimes", "space race" and "shanghaied" and even has a best of song called "non stop sex" ...
Track listings are =

1 = graffiti crimes


2 = but you don't care


3 = castaway


4 = down the line ( video starts 10 secs )


5 = falling in and out


6 = people


7 = lost time

8 = shanghaied


9 = computer games

10 = it only hurts when I'm laughing


11 = space race


12 = only thinking


13 = blue day


14 - non stop sex

Excellent album .... CLICK HERE to download album... cheers
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