For starters, the obvious material is the Japan stuff (Quiet Life, Gentlemen
Take
Polaroids, Tin Drum). You might want to dig up some old YMO members' solo lps
(and
the YMO stuff is pretty special, too) and the earlier Bill Nelson (post Be Bop
Deluxe, pre-ambient/experimenta stage...like the Chimera lp, f'rinstance, or
The Love
That Whirls). In fact, some of the Japan crew and the YMO personnel can be
found on
each other's lps in that period. Masami Tsuchiya's (who played guitar on tour
for
Japan re: Oil On Canvas ) stuff as well (e.g., the Rice Music lp). YMO period
Sakamoto is prolly more what you're looking for, but I *love* Philharmony and
SFX by
Hosono. The earlier Takahashi records aren't bad, but his more recent stuff is
dreck.
Sandii and the Sunsetz can be fun (Haruomi Hosono is usually knob twiddling on
these).
Also, I ~cannot~ recommend The Associates enough. If you can dig up the
"Popera"
collection, it's a nice taster (but personally I consider all of the original
Associates output as 'must own'). Holger Hiller for a bit of cacophony (but the
later
Mute stuff is smoother and more synth infested. Excellent.). Orange Juice (from
whence Edwyn Collins hails). Old Thomas Dolby stuff is fun as well. Paul Haig
was
cool
(The Rhythm of Life). Fingerprintz' "Beat Noir" lp. Shriekback. China Crisis
("Working with Fire and Steel" period). I always loved The System. Colourbox.
Kid
Creole and the Coconuts/Coati Mundi (here I am wandering afield, but...). Apres
Ski
(you'll love his vox. And if you find it, GRAB TWO AND EMAIL ME!). Oh, you may
want
to check out the few singles by The Assembly (Vince Clark's one off collabs with
various people). Fashion was interesting back then. Comsat Angels. The Original
Mirrors. Au Pairs. The Cabaret Voltaire "Sensoria/Yashar" vinatge was nice and
darker
than most of what I have listed. I liked a lot of the NYC proto-electro Arthur
Baker/John (C-Bank) Robie/Bambaataa-Soulsonic/LeBlanc/Tommy Boy J. Benitez
stuff as
well, but that's off the mark from moody-Ferry fare, but then again, a lot of
what I
mentioned is. You might like Hipsway, but they were a bit derivative even then.
And
what was the name of that project Gary Barnacle did (not Level 42) which had a
few
club hits back then? Wide Boy Awake had one popsong I liked called "Chicken
Outlaw"
(which sounds pretty dated now, but...) The ZTT label used to be fun now and
then
(AON, Propaganda, more remixes than you could count). Also, ZE records, all of
those
Don Was productions...Sweet Pea Atkinson. Love the Grace Jones records. Clive
langer
and the Boxes. Heaven 17/Human League. Who could forget Detroit's own Figures
On A
Beach? (btw, Chris Ewen now works on occasion with Stephin Merrit of Magnetic
Fields). Mid-period Wire (all of it, for that matter). OMD. Okay, I'll stop now
and
go back to lurking. I really dated myself with this post :-)
jeff
ps.
Y'know, I recently dumped out the money on the remastered Roxy Music lps and I
have
to say it was well worth it. That stuff is still pure magic - especially the
first
three records.
Intermodal wrote:
> Mxyzptlk wrote:
> >
> > Can you narrow the category a bit?
>
> Sure, I am looking for stuff along the lines of In a Lonely Place by New
> Order and Ghosts by Japan. I am looking for moody, slow records with
> deep synth sounds, something that would have been an outgrowth of Here
> Are The Young Men by Joy Division.
>
> On the flip side of that, I am looking for upbeat stuff along the lines
> of Lexicon Of Love by ABC, but perhaps a little rawer and with more
> emphasis on the groove. Something like a cat trying to sound like Bryan
> Ferry with a swung-out funk rhythm section. Any hints would be greatly
> welcomed, thanks in advance.
>
> take care,
> mt
>
> > jeff
> >
> > Intermodal wrote:
> >
> > > While we are on the subject of classic finds, does anyone have any good
> > > recommendations for obscure but good new wave records?
> > >
> >
> > jeff
> >
> > "10,000 people all screaming the same thing at the same time are wrong,
> > even if
> > they're right."
> >
> > dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008
>
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> "Occasional collisions unexpectedly encountered determine
> the direction of a lifetime. " Elias Canetti
--
jeff
"10,000 people all screaming the same thing at the same time are wrong, even if
they're right."
dancing/about/architecture "...with wandering steps and slow..." ICQ904008
