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# 1: Analog CyberPunk I

01) Tuxedomoon: "Incubus (Blue Suit)"
02) Plus Instruments: "Big Man"
03) Easter And The Totem: "Nothing There"
04) Dark Day: "No, Nothing, Never"
05) Tara Cross: "PK-15"
06) R. Stevie Moore: "What Are You Looking At?"
07) Pavillion 7b: "La Manege"
08) Solid Space: "10th Planet"
09) Ende Shneafliet: "Midnight Train"
10) I'm So Hollow: "Dreams To Fill The Vacuum"
11) Van Kaye + Ignit: "Thinktank"
12) Chrome: "In A Dream"
13) Der Kunftige Musikant: "Es Is Kalt"
14) Count Vertigo: "I'm A Mutant"
15) Metal Urbain: "Panik"
16) Vice: "See!"

# 2: Analog CyberPunk II

01) Vice Versa: "Riot Squad"
02) Doxa Sinistra: "The Other Stranger"
03) Kitchen And The Plastic Spoons: "Fantastic"
04) Pink Military: "War Games"
05) UV Pop: "Sleep Don't Talk"
06) Alien Skull Paint: "Automatic Man"
07) AD Conspiracy: "12-Bar-64"
08) The Party's Over: "Crash"
09) Fad Gadget: "Ricky's Hand"
10) Len Liggins: "All The Dead Men"
11) The Distributors: "TV Me"
12) Blue Sound: "Berlin"
13) Oi The Robot: "Manifestoi!"
14) Guerre Froide: "Ersatz"
15) Ciarin Harte: "Love Is Strange"

# 3: Analog CyberPunk III

01) Nash The Slash: "Swing Shift"
02) Das Kabinette: "The Cabinet"
03) Chandra: "Kate"
04) The Normal: "Warm Leatherette"
05) Nine Circles: "What's There Left"
06) Patrick D. Martin: "I Like 'Lectric Motors"
07) Tuxedomoon: "No Tears"
08) Anomy: "Lone Wolf"
09) Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller: "Cleanliness And Order"
10) Instant Music: "Do Not"
11) Trumpetto & Einstein: "Parkeergarage II"
12) Grauzone: "Eisbar"
13) Interior: "Bizarre Disco"
14) Exkurs: "Natur"
15) Kevin Harrison & Steven Parker: "Cavalcade"

# 4: Analog CyberPunk IV

01) Brian Brain: "The Asthma Game"
02) Moral: "Slottet I Luften"
03) G-Spot: "Idol Worship"
04) Friz Be: "I Throw Punches..."
05) J.J. Burnell: "Jellyfish"
06) Xex: "Svetlana"
07) Dom Dummaste: "John"
08) Charles De Goal: "Exposition"
09) Soft Cell: "Metro MRx"
10) Fall Of Saigon: "Visions"
11) Inertia: "Injury Time"
12) Ash Wednesday: "Love By Number"
13) Zwischenfall: "Tausend Jahre"
14) Information Society: "Der Mussolini (DAF cover)"
15) Philippe Laurent: "Exposition Partie 5"

# 5: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition I

01) Voice Farm: "Modern Things"
02) Low Class: "Alienation Ballade"
03) Causey Way: "Geological Lust"
04) Trick 17: "City Nacht"
05) Ex Post Facto: "Ex Post Facto"
06) The Units: "Digital Stimulation"
07) Body Falling Downstairs: "The Politics Of Ecstasy"
08) Burlesque: "Collision Of Sex"
09) Testcard F: "If Only It Wasn't"
10) The Fast Set: "King Of The Rumbling Spires"
11) Bizarre Leidenschaft: "Plasticpuppen"
12) Los Microwaves: "Time To Get Up"
13) Three To Forgotten: "Kitano"
14) Grauzone: "Hinter Den Bergen"
15) Polyphonic Size: "Winston & Julia"
16) Do-Po: "Rhythm"
17 Schmaalhans Weltraum: "Montagne Du Boef"
18) Ausgang Verboten: "Joy And Erase"

# 6: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition II

01) Tone Set: "Slim"
02) Snowy Red: "Nowhere"
03) Dalek I Love You: "Freedom Fighters"
04) Chromagain: "Spot"
05) Ti-Tho: "Die Liebe Ist Ein Abenteuer"
06) Some Of My Best Friends Are Canadian: "Feeling Sheepish"
07) Kein Mensch: "Kein Mensch"
08) X-Ray Pop: "La Machine A Rever"
09) Bobby And Synthia: "Video Violence"
10) 1000 Ohm: "Berlin"
11) Ruth: "Polaroid/Roman/Photo"
12) Greg Horn: "You're In Control"
13) The Instant Automatons: "Invertebrates"
14) 1000 Ohm: "A.G.N.E.S."
15) Deux: "Game And Performance"
16) Komputer: "Komputer Pop"
17) Profil: "Beruhren"

# 7: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition III

01) Wonders Of Science: "Let's Start A Rumour"
02) Rational Youth: "Coboloid Race"
03) Berlin Express: "Die Russen Kommen"
04) Kaa Antilope: "The Break Of Day"
05) Jesus Couldn't Drum: "I'm A Train"
06) Reducers: "Airways"
07) Ceramic Hello: "Ringing In The Sane"
08) Social Climbers: "Hello Texas"
09) Ruins: "Short Wave"
10) The Parapluies: "Necessities"
11) Ensemble Pittoresque: "Maitre Satori"
12) Inertia: "The Screen"
13) Moderne: "Seduction"
14) CKC: "20h25"
15) Comateens: "The Munsters Theme"
16) Psychic Youth: "Step In Time"
17) UV Pop: "No Songs Tomorrow"

# 8: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition IV

01) The Metronomes: "Justification"
02) Red Zebra: "I Can't Live In A Living Room"
03) Experimental Products: "Feeling Left Out"
04) B. Troop: "Just Because"
05) Absolute Body Control: "Waving Hands"
06) Ad Astra: "A&R"
07) Martin Dupont: "I Met The Beast"
08) El Aviador Dro: "Programa En Espiral"
09) Mechanical Servants: "Responsateen"
10) Tone Set: "Living In Another Land"
11) Schlussphase - Schnawwl: "Euroshima Mon Amour"
12) Dementia Precox: "Maladie D'esperit"
13) Gleitzeit: "Ich Komme Aus Der DDR"
14) Jeunesse D'Ivoire: "A Gift Of Tears"
15) One Plus One: "Nite Time Rhythm"
16) Hongkong Syndikat: "Gonohrro"
17) Bitoks A La Russe: "Tu Dois Partir"

# 9: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music I

01) Family Fodder: "Accapulco"
02) Surplus Stock: "Let's Kill Each Other"
03) AKA: "Mental Timebombs"
04) Les Georges Leningrad: "Georges Five"
05) The Stupid Set: "S.W. Digestion"
06) Research Library: "Alien Love"
07) Foundation Boo: "Nap"
08) Roter Rot: "Get Away Dark Side"
09) Blah Blah Blah: "In The Army"
10) Palais Schaumburg: "Telephon"
11) Inflatable Boy Clams: "Skeletons"
12) Ptose: "Ecraser La Vermine"
13) ZYX - "Get Away Wisdom"
14) Polyphonic Size: "King Of Hong Kong"

# 10: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music II

01) Systematics: "Pulp Baby"
02) I.U.D.: "Precious"
03) Gerry And The Holograms: "Gerry And The Holograms"
04) Minny Pops: "Footsteps"
05) QRN: "Very Loud Silence"
06) Dennis Duck: "Davey The Worm"
07) Monitor: "Beak"
08) Picky Picnic: "My Life 1.2.3."
09) Wirtschaftswunder: "(Don't Listen) Politsong"
10) Los Iniciados: "Resurreccion"
11) Plebs: "Change"
12) Those Little Aliens: "Sentimental"
13) P-Model: "Art Blind"
14) {E}: "e925"

# 11: The Unheard Synth New Wave I

01) Moev: "Cracked Mirror"
02) Seppuku: "Under Your Control"
03) Ian North: "White Gardens"
04) Didi Und Die Herzschrittmacher: "Modern"
05) Pseudo Echo: "Walkaway"
06) Iron Curtain: "The Condos"
07) Men Without Hats: "Telepathy"
08) Taxi Girl: "S.O.S. Mannekin"
09) Days Of Sorrow: "Travel"
10) Q Lazzarus: "Goodbye Horses"
11) Hilary: "Kinetic (long version)"
12) Circuit 7: "Video Boys"
13) Trek With Quintronic: "Zolian Space"

# 12: The Unheard Synth New Wave II

01) Shox: "No Turning Back"
02) Moderne: "Electronique"
03) Electronic Circus: "Direct Lines"
04) Solid State: "Recalling You"
05) Music For Pleasure: "The Human Factor"
06) Fred: "All Rights Reserved"
07) Kuruki: "Such A Liar"
08) The French Park: "The Turn Of A Card"
09) Linear Movement: "Magic Melody"
10) Faith Global: "Knowing The Way"
11) Stahlnetz: "Der Seemann Und Die Stewardess"
12) Trees: "Delta Sleep"
13) Class Action: "Blast Off"
14) The Vyllies: "Whispers In The Shadow"

#13: Further Readings For The Ears I

(Hypothetical) Prophets: "Fast Food"
2+2=5: "Meeting Mc. L."
20-20 Systems: "Dresden"
BOB: "The Things That You Do"
C.O.M.A.: "Femme Robot"
Comix: "Pomme D'Api"
Enzo Kreft: "I Don't Understand It"
Fall Of Saigon: "She Leaves Me Alone"
Family Fodder: "Savoir Faire"
Fault 151: "Radiation Man"
Fun With Animals: "The Test Of Love And Sex (stereo)"
Jacket Weather: "Trust"
X-Quadrat: "Kauf Dir Die Freiheit"
Yppasswdd Daemons: "Bin-Ksh"
Jirkel Junger Musiker: "Michael Neufeld"

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1000 Ohm: "A.G.N.E.S." (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Another one from Belgium's 1000 Ohm. A stronger track, from 1982. I hope A.G.N.E.S. means something. Nobody names their daughter Agnes anymore. Maybe the name was retired in honor of the great Agnes Moorehead.
1000 Ohm: "Berlin" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
1000 Ohm have a little website with pictures. Belgium allowed this to be exported in 1983. I'll bet they made up a dance for this, and it spread through Belgium like mad.
Absolute Body Control: "Waving Hands" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
This is the second entry for Belgium’s Absolute Body Control, an ongoing operation since 1980. Most of their earliest releases were on cassettes. The title might be “Weaving Hands” but I lean towards “waving”. What makes this a keeper beyond keep is the melancholy horn-sounding synth. If I felt human emotions I’d feel melancholy, or anything for that matter.
Ad Astra: "A&R" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
From a 1983 UK compilation. A really great song for headphones. Pong gone wild.
AD Conspiracy: "12-Bar-64" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This ditty is from a 1979 album called Conspiracy. It's a great song to do a card trick to, with great gesticulations to the back of the crowd.
AKA: "Mental Timebombs" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Here's what I found on White Rock, British Columbia's AKA. From between 1978 and 1980 this strange and glorious track cometh from.
Alien Skull Paint: "Automatic Man" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Alien Skull Paint might be a one man operation. With a name like Holger Rixen he probably ain’t from these here parts. His first release is from 2001, which would normally disqualify this from "The Project”, but damn if “Automatic Man” doesn’t sound like it could have dropped out in the analog era, when 8-tracks still roamed free and wheatie pennies were still relatively plentiful in the general penny population. I go back to the infrequent buffalo nickel era, so put that in your bong and toke it.
Anomy: "Lone Wolf" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
The A-Side from this 1981 US single is a cover of Bowie's "TVC 15", and it's not very good. The B should have been the A and the A should have been track two on the B. C? The Raincoats are either proud or should be proud of Anomy.
Ash Wednesday: "Love By Number" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
I hate math but I seem to love any song with a lot of numbers in it. Ash Wednesday is a person's name, and he has both a website and a wikipedia page, where I learned he's in that noisy German band with the name that babblefishes into "Collapsing New Buildings". This Australian winner is from 1980. It reminds me indirectly of "The Name Game" and "Dancing With Myself".
Ausgang Verboten: "Joy And Erase" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
This Kraftwerk-sounding tune is from Germany, originally on a 1984 cassette that tends to be slower and less happy. I can't get enough Kraftwerky tunes in my life.
B. Troop: "Just Because" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Not much info on B. Troop, but this, from their 1981 debut album, followed 7-inchers in both 1980 and 1981. Extra points awarded for the gosh darn real saxophone.
Berlin Express: "Die Russen Kommen" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)Berlin Express were from Germany and they put out one album in 1982. I can't take the singing seriously but it's a fun song all the same.
Bitoks A La Russe: "Tu Dois Partir" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Bizarre Leidenschaft: "Plasticpuppen" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
A real life German Guy told me the title means "Plastic Puppet". I rest my case. From 1982.
Blah Blah Blah: "In The Army" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Blah Blah Blah were a weirdo band from Essex in the UK. “In The Army” was from their first 7”, released in 1979. The vocals are an angry Pee Wee Herman meets Bobcat Goldthwait when he's speaking normally.
Blue Sound: "Berlin" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
[Update: I decided to include this after all. The singing, which at first did nothing for me, grew on me like a cold sore on the lip] .Nothing on Blue Sound comes up on the intertubes. I'm not tossing it into the main category because of the singing, which isn't bad in itself but it's not of a kind with the rest. The guitar reminds me of early XTC records.
Bobby And Synthia: "Video Violence" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
There's a little Lene Lovich going on here with this band of unknowns (to me at least). It has a nice little insistent rhythm that makes me smile. Or maybe I just have gas.
Body Falling Downstairs: "The Politics Of Ecstasy" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
These kids were from Seattle and this was recorded around 1981.
Boyd Rice & Daniel Miller: "Cleanliness And Order" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Daniel Miller of Mute Records and The Normal joined with self-impressed noisemeister Boyd Rice to record what I call "Son Of No, Nothing, Never" around 1980. It too is a great talk-sing song. The ghost of Rex Harrison is pleased.
Brian Brain: "The Asthma Game" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Brian Brain info can be found here. There’s a PIL connection, so adjust your beret and pay attention hipsters! I love this one. At first I thought he was singing "Let's play the asp again".
Burlesque: "Collision Of Sex" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Not much on Burlesque except that “Collision Of Sex” appeared on a nice 1981 comp. called From Bromley With Love. Sex Pistols’ fans know of that city because of the Bromley Contingent, not to be confused with the Barmy Army. I leaned towards not including this because they sing about sex, which then and now reminds me of the disco plague we thought was eradicated long ago. Sadly, history has been written by the (disco) losers. The song itself is strong, so here it is, as is.
Causey Way: "Geological Lust" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
I almost included this as an honorable mention as it was probably written around 2000. It's a real toe-tapper though. Brian Causey was in Man Or Astroman? and is better known for writing music for Jimmy Neutron. Causey Way had a bit of a Church of The SubGenius thematic thing going, which would have impressed me more if more of their songs weren't inside jokes. Servotron had a better gimmick and a sweeter catalog.
Ceramic Hello: "Ringing In The Sane" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Ceramic Hello have a website even I could have made. This came out in 1981, and it reminds me a heck of a lot like like The Stranglers' "All Roads Lead To Rome" and the rest of 1983's Feline LP. Crap, maybe The Stranglers ripped off Ceramic Hello lock, stock and c--k!
Chandra: "Kate" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This one creeps up on you before it knocks you over and dishes out an atomic wedgie. Chandra Oppenheim was twelve when she recorded this in 1980, showcasing a jaded old soul trapped in a skinny pre-teen's body. Her website is dead, so who knows what she's up to now. I've only found a few references to her doing anything musically.
Charles De Goal: "Exposition" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This led off their debut LP from 1980. From France. Charles has a MySpace page and has a long-running career.
Chromagain: "Spot" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Chromagain were an Italian band who put out a 12" in 1985. I love the keyboardist working overtime tapping out individual notes.
Chrome: "In A Dream" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Two sites for Chrome, here and here, and their allmusic page is here. What I’d heard them before was noise, so it’s nice to know they recorded melodic tunes too. Their catalog is huge! Not that I stare at other guy's catalogs or anything.
Ciaran Harte: "Love Is Strange" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
[Update: The singing may not be the best but the song is otherwise good enough for the general category]. 1980, from the UK. This might be from their only single. This is a close but no cigar because of poorly sung backups (like Spinal Tap) and a general awkwardness that goes a little beyond DIY.
Circuit 7: "Video Boys" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
From what I can tell they only put out two UK singles in 1984. A nice dark tone runs throughout.
CKC: "20h25" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
French new wave from before you were born. Remember kids?
Class Action: "Blast Off" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
From a 1984 12" single from the US of Yea.
Comateens: "The Munsters Theme" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
While I'm not a big fan of their catalog I will say this, The Comateens have a nice website. "The Munsters Theme" came out in 1981 and I danced to it each time 'till it ended. Somewhere in the world of 0's and 1's it says it was released in 1984. Liars all.
Count Vertigo: "I'm A Mutant" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Something I Learned Today has some info on this Portland band, named after Count Chocula's dizzy cousin.
Dalek I Love You: "Freedom Fighters" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
I remember Dalek I (also Dalek I Love You) fairly well from 1980 or so, but they were a band I knew mostly from two singles I found in used bins. Living in New York I suspected they were a UK band with a big following there but not where I was. The Dr. Who reference gave them a few extra lines of media attention. I find them uneven at best (and that's being generous), but "Freedom Fighters", their first single from '79, finds them full of focus and punk energy. The original UK punk movement inspired a lot of bands to forget they were fops for a while and to go out and rip it up a bit. Vice Versa later became ABC. Ultravox belted a few out of the park before they became a new romance band. I'll stop before I get started.
Dark Day: "No, Nothing, Never" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
It took me many years to get over the fact that while a Dark Day song is original, most Dark Day songs sound pretty much the same. Exterminating Angel came out in 1980, and the dry, disaffected talk-singing of both Robin Crutchfield and "Mystery Woman" on "No, Nothing, Never" is a cornerstone of my love for this kind of music. What sounds like a violin is I guess a synth, since no string instrument is listed in the album credits.
Das Kabinette: "The Cabinet" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
1983's "The Cabinet" is a legendary hit that surprised no one more than Das Kabinette themselves. Enjoyable to no end, it owes its lunch money and a few dimes extra to Bauhaus' 1979 dub-driven stare-at-yourself-twirl-fest classic "Bela Lugosi's Dead".
Dennis Duck: "Davey The Worm" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
There is no song more Residents-esque than this one. It's got it goin' on! Mr. Duck started recording in 1977, and over the years he's had his hands in a many an odd musical pie.
Days Of Sorrow: "Travel" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Days Of Sorrow were a German band who recorded a few short players between 84-86. This one's circa 1984.
Dementia Precox: "Maladie D'esperit" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
I love noisy, cascading synth lines, and this one gives it away for free. Slut. From a 1982 US LP.
Der Kunftige Musikant: "Es Is Kalt" (Category: Close But No Cigar: Analog Cyber-Punk)
This “Mommy, why is that man screaming?” classic from 1982 would have been included outside of an honorable mention if the break into unrelated noise didn’t kick in at 2:11. I swear at one time I had an edit that kept the beat the whole way through. If I find it again, “Es Is Kalt” will be promoted to the big time of Analog Cyberpunk excellence.
Deux: "Game And Performance" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
France birthed this keeper in 1983. There's another version with a male singer alone. Visit them now, won't you?
Didi Und Die Herzschrittmacher: "Modern" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
This track is a bit sloppy for what I consider to be great Synth New Wave, but it gets better with time and Nyquil.
The Distributors: "TV Me" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Discogs links to this page for the band, but at first glance I couldn't find a reference to the band. From a UK 7" from 1979. Whatever it has going, it's going for sure.

Dom Dummaste: "John" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)

Do-Po: "Rhythm" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
[Update: added to the main category]. Italy's Do-Po released one single in 1981. I find this track a bit silly so I've added it as an honorable mention. Otherwise it does everything right. I apologize in advance that the rip of this isn't the best.
Doxa Sinistra: "The Other Stranger" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
I'd love to know what film these samples are from. I'd buy it in a second. From a 1985 cassette. From the samples you can almost figure out the story, and as a New Yorker I think the British accents are f--king classy.
{E}: "e925" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
The ending sealed the deal to make this a weird one. The comp. this appears on came out in 1979. It's hard for me to type { and }.
Easter And The Totem: "Nothing There" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This might be the same band, and it probably is. Minted around 1981. Nice one-man band material. Minimal by definition.
El Aviador Dro: "Programa En Espiral" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
El Aviador Dro is "The Greatest Spanish Synthpop Band Ever". Is this a heavily contested issue? So far in my journey this is the most fun track by them by far.
Electronic Circus: "Direct Lines" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
The singer's voice has it's own inner harmony, like the throat singers of Tuva! Am I overstating it, yes!
Ende Shneafliet: "Midnight Train" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Ende Shneafliet have been around since 1982. Bable Fish says their name means “End To Shneafliet”. I’m not a big fan of Shneafliet but I don’t see the need to end Shneafliet, at least not yet. The post-punk guitar work stands out on this one.
Ensemble Pittoresque: "Maitre Satori" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
1983, from The Netherlands. Ensemble Pittoresque has an extensive website to check out. Crack that tin-sounding synth drum pad, funky guy!
Exkurs: "Natur" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
These Germans have a site right here. From 1981.
Experimental Products: "Feeling Left Out" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Experimental Products call themselves an Electro / Disco House / Experimental band, so hey, good luck with that. Before they composed for the glow-stick generation they managed to record some decent minimal wave, including this dry, clinical ode to The Leftorium, from their 1982 self-released debut album. If this one doesn’t make you want to get up and dance, then please consider doing so, as it’s a great song to dance to.
Ex Post Facto: "Ex Post Facto" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
1981 UK release. They put out two shorties and then returned to their day jobs without recording more at night and on weekends.
Fad Gadget: "Ricky's Hand" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
I'm generally not a fan of Fad Gadget, and "Ricky's Hand" was to me too well known when it came out to include in what I consider a comp of unheard music. but it wins the day by being as good as it is.
Faith Global: "Knowing The Way" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
The UK gave birth to this track in 1983. The voice sounds familiar, but it's just a guy named Jason Guy.
Fall Of Saigon: "Visions" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Superlative 1983 French lo-fi. I feel like a beatnik listening to this.
Family Fodder: "Accapulco" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
The Fast Set: "King Of The Rumbling Spires" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
A 1981 UK product. It makes me want to run and dance The Pony at the same time. Very sweet. A Marc Bolan cover.
Foundation Boo: "Nap" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
I was first going to put this in as Analog CyberPunk, but oh does it get more weird with time. I'm a total sucker for disinterested female singing. This was on the infamous Darker Scratcher LP, which helped inspire me to do this project in the first place. Blame Darker Scratcher.
Fred: "All Rights Reserved" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Can’t say I know Fred but his song is nice enough. The singing is about as Roxy Music as I can handle. That’s all I have to say, so take amongst yourselves for a while. Thank you.
The French Park: "The Turn Of A Card" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
This appeared out of nowhere on Return Of Flexi-Pop Vol. 7., if my lazy research is accurate. This reminds you a lot of that other band, doesn't it?
Friz Be: "I Throw Punches..." (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
I think I'd dance better to this one if I owned a tux, top hat and cane. There's a Puttin' On The Ritz thing going on with this one.
G-Spot: "Idol Worship" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of G-Spot? The Shadow knows, but not me. Nice.
Gerry And The Holograms: "Gerry And The Holograms" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
An odd little tune, wouldn't you say?
Gleitzeit: "Ich Komme Aus Der DDR" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
1982, from Germany.
Grauzone: "Eisbar" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Germany’s Grauzone formed in 1979. Eisbar was their second single, from 1981. The short, jagged guitar solos are sweet.
Grauzone: "Hinter Den Bergen" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
1981 + Germany. A second selection from Grauzone. Another track with a great synth line. Don't mind the freakout near the end.
Greg Horn: "You're In Control" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Greg Horn was in Analog CyberPunk fave band Tone Set, and his career is summed up here. This song is from a 1983 cassette. Once again, Devo fans sit up, stop slouching, and take note.
Guerre Froide: "Ersatz" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Guerre Froide were solid citizens of the French new wave, forming in 1980. Ersatz was on a 1981 12”er. A great, great track.
Hilary: "Kinetic (long version)" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
“Kinetic” must have been a big chunk of her career because it’s in the URL of her website. Sadly, she passed away in July of 2007. From her looks I’d guess she was competing with Toyah Wilcox (or some such person).
Hongkong Syndikat: "Gonohrro" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Hongkong Syndikat had a long run. This is from Germany in the year1982.
Ian North: "White Gardens" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Ian North is a musician, and artist AND he cuts hair. He grew up on Long Island like I did, yet we've never met. That's odd.
I'm So Hollow: "Dreams To Fill The Vacuum" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Definitely one of the loosest songs you’ll find here, I’m So Hollow truly are both punk and cyber. The vocals go on a nice roller coaster ride.
Inertia: "Injury Time" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Only three 7”s are listed from this UK band, spanning the years 1980 – 1981.
Inertia: "The Screen" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
“The Screen” is my favorite song right now. I can’t stop singing “S.C.R. double E.N.” I mean, I can, but I chose not to.
Inflatable Boy Clams: "Skeletons" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
From Inflatable Boy Clams 1981 2x7"er. From San Francisco. Top 40 music for people who can smell shapes.
Information Society: "Der Mussolini (DAF cover)" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Information Society owns the John Holmes of discography lengths. The official site is here. “Der Mussolini” is a D.A.F. cover, a cornerstone of the industrial scene. Industrial in general, and the original specifically, are humorless, so here’s a fun cover version. I’ve always thought industrial was disco for pissed off skinny white boys.
The Instant Automatons: "Invertebrates" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Electronic dub reggae for white kids, at least on this one. Their site is here, with a defense of the "Free Music" concept. Yes, it did destroy western civilization.
Instant Music: "Do Not" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
From Germany in the year of 1980, from an untitled 10". Like Lilliput or The Raincoats maybe. There's a lot of nice little touches if you calm the frick down and listen.
Interior: "Bizarre Disco" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
The Netherlands birthed a 7” single with this track in the beer of our toad 1979. I can't track down if Harry Vanda was the singer for Flash & The Pan, but he was born in The Netherlands and he sure sounds like he's singing on this one.
Iron Curtain: "The Condos" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
What I’ve heard from Iron Curtain I’ve liked. Mr. Curtain’s Myspace page demands “TOTAL REVOLUTION NOW!” Oh, those crazy Americans, with their endless freedoms and daydreams of proletariat totalitarianism. Uber-pleasant synth-pop will be the worker’s anthem as they toss off the yoke of capitalism!
I.U.D.: "Precious" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
No info on this one but from the singing I'm guessing it's of a more recent vintage.
J.J. Burnell: "Jellyfish" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This 1979 track from Stranglers bass player J.J. Burnell works on so many levels, like man being hit in the groin with a football. It's electro, it's reggae and it's Burnell singing like XTC's Andy Partridge. It makes a body move.
Jeunesse D'Ivoire: "A Gift Of Tears" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Jeunesse D'Ivoire appeared on a 1983 comp. out of Italy. The simple one finger piano progression sent this one over the top for me.
Jesus Couldn't Drum: "I'm A Train" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Jesus Couldn't Drum were a two-piece band from Brighton. From an eBay sale, "Original 1986 3-song 12” EP from brighton-based duo, one of whom later joined wacky indiepopsters THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Title track is a great slab of electronic indiepop with a driving groove and a bit of a MORRISSEY influence on the vocals. Rare 12”, and long out of print." I like how the singer holds notes. It also gots a flute!
Kaa Antilope: "The Break Of Day" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
From Belgium in the year of 1981. The drum machine is set to "Mexican Radio", and that's fine by me in twelve ways. The horn sounds are soothing and soaring at the same time. Yikes.
Kein Mensch: "Kein Mensch" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Ok, the ending with the singing German Youth freaked me out a bit, but I'm ok now....
Kevin Harrison & Steven Parker: "Cavalcade" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Kevin Harrison has a website filled with color and confusion. I want this dirge played at my funeral, bookended by my theme song, "Popcorn".
Kitchen And The Plastic Spoons: "Fantastic" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Kitchen and the Plastic Spoons (Myspace), from Sweden, formed around 1980. Vocalist Anne Taivanen sings a bit like Siouxsie Sioux, who's an amazon in person, by the way.
Komputer: "Komputer Pop" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
[Update: moved up to main category].Komputer is too new to include in this project, but they sure know how to record a great lost Kraftwerk album! There are songs and then there are SONGS. Komputer write SoNgS.
Kuruki: "Such A Liar" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
From Belgium, from 1981, from writer Sally Joy. “Such A Liar” is what you get if The Cars and Gary Numan teamed up to kick it olde skool. “Candy-O” comes to mind.
Len Liggins: "All The Dead Men" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
This is from 1982 comp called No Platform For Heels. On a song like this people would stroll arm-in-arm around the dance floor having pleasant conversations. The Churchill quote is sweet, followed by a funny "how true".
Les Georges Leningrad: "Georges Five" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Canada's Les Georges Leningrad were famous for being strange. It's impossible not to laugh (in a good, approving way) at the dueling incomprehensible vocalis on this. From 2002 or so. Or so I say.
Linear Movement: "Magic Melody" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
From Belgium circa 1983. Great music for strutting down the street pointing at all your friends and enjoying the sunshine.
Los Iniciados: "Resurreccion" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
According to discogs.com: “Los Iniciados were an El Aviador Dro side project which formed in 1981. They combined performance art and music to deliver their message. The line-up was constantly evolving and the member's identities were never revealed.”
Los Microwaves: "Time To Get Up" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
The Los Microwaves site is nicely done, and I’ll have to seek out more of their product. “Time To Get Up” first hit me as too new-wave quirky, but the joke’s funny and the instrumentation surprisingly intense.
Low Class: "Alienation Ballade" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
There's not much to be known about Low Class except they appeared on a cassette compilation in 1984. It's a charming song of little consequence but I find it immensely pleasant and happy. I want to do the Keep On Truckin' walk to it.
Martin Dupont: "I Met The Beast" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
French fellow Martin Dupont has a site officiel. Released in 1985. It sounds like Wall Of Voodoo with Rubber Rodeo's Trish Milliken singing, so you know I'm all over this like stink on poop. The singer is Beverly Jane Crew, who's led a very full life so she can relax and smell the decaf for a while.
Mechanical Servants: "Responsateen" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Like Anomy this has a great Raincoats vibe working. I'm also reminded of a Minneapolis group called Tetes Noires. If I mentioned The Roches would I be that much more pretentious?
Men Without Hats: "Telepathy" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Men Without Hats were a one-hit wonder with four great records in their catalog. They were not a synth band by any account but a new wave band with keyboards. No Hats Beyond This Point came out in 2003, a whole twelve years after the disappointing rock album Sideways. 1989's Adventures Of Men & Women was equally lacking. No Hats takes up where Pop Goes The World left off in 1987, and while it's not as good it's pretty close. "Telepathy" is an update on The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star", and it's fun to croon along with Ivan Doroschuk. I CAN say enough nice things about Men Without Hats, but it would take a long time.
Metal Urbain: "Panik" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
France's Metal Urbain are a first-wave punk band. I'm shocked, SHOCKED, that allmusic doesn't have Suicide listed as a direct influence. I would have had a seizure if they didn't list The Silver Apples as a direct influence on Suicide. "Panik" was their debut 7" from 1977, officially making it the oldest Analog CyberPunk track. And with that, I bid you a doo-doo.
The Metronomes: "Justification" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
This one gets better each time I listen to it. It's pretty damn perfect, even how it ends as a cutoff. Good job, Metronomes! Super highly recommended with a bullet.
Minny Pops: "Footsteps" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Dutch treats Minny Pops record a lot of noise, but this one I like. They have a site, so like Joe Bob Briggs says, "Check it out!".
Moderne: "Electronique" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
From France from 1980 from three French guys. They have a Myspace page so you know they're down with the youth of today.
Moderne: "Seduction" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
A second go for France's Moderne. This one from 1980. Their MySpace page indicates they have friends.
Moev: "Cracked Mirror" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Canucks Moev recorded a bunch of stuff and are giving some of it away even as we speak! Short term member Madelaine Morris has a lovely voice. This grows on you like a cold sore on the lip (so says Gravis Mushnick).
Monitor: "Beak" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
It’s hard not to find a place in your heart, specifically to the left of the right ventricle, for 1979’s “Beak”, especially whenever the word “beak” appears. Here’s a discography.
Moral: "Slottet I Luften" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
From their 1984 LP, which followed a 1982 cassette. Hanne Winterberg's voice is fantastic. Here's a MySpace page fer ya.
Music For Pleasure: "The Human Factor" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
This 1980 UK single was the start of a career that lasted five years.
Nash The Slash: "Swing Shift" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Legendary Nash The Slash has an annoyingly loud web site. Here's one a little more quiet. And another. God, what old song was that where Nash The Slash is name-checked? It's on the tip of my something. It might have been Bowie or Mott The Hoople. Anyhoo, Nash started around 1976 and for all I know he and Abe Vigoda might still be alive.
Nine Circles: "What's There Left" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Nine Circles were from the Netherlands and this comes from 1982. It's a slow track that packs the wallop of detached euro-gal singing, strong synth lines and a bunch of other electronic weirdness. Be sure to note the foley artist-like rendering of the sound of two hollow coconut halves being hit together to sound like a galloping horse.
The Normal: "Warm Leatherette" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Oi The Robot: "Manifestoi!" (Category: Honorable Mention: Analog CyberPunk)
[Update: added to main category] Listening to the Reducers reminded me of this track from Garry Bushell's first-wave UK skinhead record conglomerate. Bushell populated his oi comps with a few filler tracks of his own invention. Frankie Flame performed the electronics on this one, more than borrowing an Ultravox riff along the way. Hyper-technically this is real skinhead music.
One Plus One: "Nite Time Rhythm" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
This one has a surf-garage thing going for it, and I dig it, man. It's a complicated little tune that comes across at first as maybe a little too simple.
P-Model: "Art Blind" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
“Art Blind” from Japan’s P-Model is one compelling little tune, if not eleventeen little tunes.
Palais Schaumburg: "Telephon" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Palais Schaumburg is led by cult figure Holger Hiller, who when not leading his cult works as a language teacher in Berlin. His site is neat.
The Parapluies: "Necessities" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
The Parapluies were from Germany, and this 1984 track is from a cassette.
The Party's Over: "Crash" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
[Update: moved into the main category]. I found nothing on this but it's filled with great and assorted oddball riffs and noises. It's an honorable mention because I find the vocals aren't on par with the music.
Patrick D. Martin: "I Like 'Lectric Motors" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
From 1979, I wish Patrick D. Martin's material was more widely available. I loved it back in the day, It was before you were born but you're so hardcore now it dwarfs my firsthand experience. I understand that, so please stop e-mailing me about it. Listen to all the tracks on MySpace. They're great.
Pavillion 7b: "La Manege" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
As per The Internet ©, Pavillion 7b are, were, or shall be from Dijon Mustard and this cassette was released in 1985. "La Manege" translates, probably loosely, into "Horse Gear". Yes indeed.
Philippe Laurent: "Exposition Partie 5" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Philippe Laurent went by the unfortunate nickname of Hot Bip, which might be non-snickerable outside the USA. This instrumental track goes back to the 1983 or so era.
Picky Picnic: "My Life 1.2.3." (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
This Japanese duo released three albums from 1982 through 1989. It says on discogs.com they’re similar to The Residents. YA THINK?!
Pink Military: "War Games" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
I'm a fool for military drum rhythms and the sound of British police cars. 1980's "War Games' can be found on the album "Do Animals Believe In God?". I dare you to tell me it doesn't kick tushie.
Plebs: "Change" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Plebs are the common people, derived from the Latin for common people. Sax and no violence. The yelling is like The Big Boys, so me likey.
Plus Instruments: "Big Man" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
Don't know much about Plus Instruments beyond this. They might have been from New York. I'm from New York but we've strangely never met.
Polyphonic Size: "King Of Hong Kong" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
A second track by Polyphonic Size, from 1982.
Polyphonic Size: "Winston & Julia" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Belgium's Polyphonic Size sports a nice website. The singer reminds me of Nigel Tufnel from Spinal Tap, especially when he sings "No, No, No". I also love the crooning. Cam you make out the title of the song on the sleeve?
Profil: "Beruhren" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
A 1981 track from Germany. Their run seems to have been from 1981 through 1983.
Pseudo Echo: "Walkaway" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
I find this a little lightweight but it deserves inclusion anyway. Sadly, their big hit was called "Funkytown".
Psychic Youth: "Step In Time" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Psychic Youth seemingly put out one 7” in 1982, pressed on Long Island, NY, where I grew up. It’s the same gush of pride I get when I watch “Everybody Loves Raymond” and go a little nuts every time they mention they live in Lynbrook, which is Brooklyn inverted.
Ptose: "Ecraser La Vermine" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
I don't know anything about these Frenchies, but by law their video can't be any more Residential.
Q Lazzarus: "Goodbye Horses" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Discogs.com comes through with a short bio for Q Lazzarus. “Goodbye Horses” was featured in Silence Of The Lambs, and you can watch Buffalo Bill every week on Monk as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer. Is Q Lazzarus a man or woman? Only the shadow (of his/her private parts) knows…..
QRN: "Very Loud Silence" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
I imagine they're French. Not much else to report.
R. Stevie Moore: "What Are You Looking At?" (Category: Analog CyberPunk)
[I had this track listed under the name of R. Steven Moore, but it's actually R. Stevie Moore, so here's a correction.] No info about R. Steven Moore but this is great. R. Steven Moore, wherever you are, have a beer and put it on my account.
Rational Youth: "Coboloid Race" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Rational Youth (more here) recorded the wonderful Kraftwerk-influenced album Cold War Night Life, equaled only by Komputer, who I'll get to later. This track was released in 1981.
Red Zebra: "I Can't Live In A Living Room" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Belgium’s Red Zebra do the Gang Of Four thing on this standout 1980 track. It seems like the guitarist is barely able to plink out the individual notes in time. It adds a nice little tension to the proceedings. Their site is filled with random letters that mean nothing to me. It must be in code.
Reducers: "Airways" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
This 7" came out on EMI in 1980. It might be a little too punky to be a new wave song, mostly in the vocals, but it has to go somewhere ya know.
Research Library: "Alien Love" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
This was on a Subterranean Records comp from 1981.
Roter Rot: "Get Away Dark Side" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: Rez Eyeballs Wink - Oddball Music)
Another mystery tune not destined to be covered on American Idol.
Ruins: "Short Wave" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
They might be from Italy but the singer sounds American.
Ruth: "Polaroid/Roman/Photo" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
According to this, their debut LP came with a 12 page booklet. Their was a promo single limited to 80 copies. Isn’t that something? I'm usually not a fan of Plop Plop drumming, but I make an exception here.
Schlussphase - Schnawwl: "Euroshima Mon Amour" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Schmaalhans Weltraum: "Montagne Du Boef" (Category Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Seppuku: "Under Your Control" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Seppuku allows you to download some Swedish synth music on their site. Seppuku is Japanese for committing suicide by disemboweling yourself. The little man in the picture above is not offering a stick of gum to the moon. He's about to commit Harry Caray!
Shox: "No Turning Back" (Category: The Unheard Synth New Wave)
Shox coulda, woulda, and shoulda been huge! A great pop song indeed. Here's more. The singer reminds me of Trish Milliken from Rubber Rodeo.
Snowy Red: "Nowhere" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Snowy Red might still be around as there's a Myspace page about them. This is one of their peppier tunes, from 1982. It's fun to sing along with one of the synths by going "Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah".
Social Climbers: "Hello Texas" (Category: Analog CyberPunk: New Wave Edition)
Here's some information on 1980-era New Yorkers Social Climbers. I completely envision cowboys doing a shuffle dance to this one.
Soft Cell: