see the thing is, why bother with trying to find currently produced stuff
that sounds like 1980's music when there's plenty of really awesome 80's
stuff already out there in the used bins at your local record shop?
i mean i guess there's that late-90's "irony" factor but that got played
out with all the gap ads in my opinion.
my 80's favorites:
Toto IV (home to 'Rosanna' and 'Africa') ... david paich is a synth
monster. love it
Michael Jackson's Thriller -- nothing ironic about it, this album is
fantastic. listen to it again for the first time. and yes, i think it
falls into IDM in a loose sense of the term
Thomas Dolby -- She Blinded Me With Science. yow. extra props for the
Kraftwerk nods in this one. See also "Mr. magic's Wand" by Whodini, which
was also produced by Mr. Dolby. I know he produced other early rap stuff,
I wish I knew more.
Afrikaa Bambataa -- Planet Rock. yeah, yeah, he jacked it all from
kraftwerk but goddamn he knows how to jack right, don't he now.
New Order of course
Depeche Mode of course
stop me before i list again
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Ross Balmer wrote:
quoted 28 lines I thought Living in the 1980s was unspeakably awful. For really good 80's
> I thought Living in the 1980s was unspeakably awful. For really good 80's
> retro best check Adult and anything else on Ersatz Audio. Also I love Miss
> Kittin and The Hacker on Gigolo records - Frank Sinatra on International DJ
> Gigolos 2 and the Champagne! ep is marvellous. I have G.D. Luxxe -
> Submission which is good, it sounds like New Order. Even the title sounds
> like New Order. Fourteen Zero Zero by Console is also great.
>
> What else is good 80s style stuff? What're I-F like? I have their mix cd and
> that is great. It has a track by Alden Tyrell that I really like, is his
> other stuff that good?
>
> Cheers,
> Ross.
>
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>
>
> > maybe that "living in the 1980's" is a little weak but
> > it captures the 1980's aesthetic rather well...
>
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