>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.
Propaganda are for you - try their tracks Dream Within A Dream (sick DJ set opener, this singer quotes Shakespeare, has a sad trumpet in it, builds up, hasn't dated at all!) and the percussive instrumental Strength To Dream (refers back to track one, very ethereal at first, nice synths, becomes percussive, rain samples). Trust me, if I were a DJ I would find the vinyl. I just bought Visage's best of this weekend to cheer myself up and while I think they were patchy I would recommend it for Fade To Grey, Mind Of A Toy and Damned Don't Cry. I also got Yazoo's best of - Winter Kills is very stark, I had forgotten that track. >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. Hunt down Madhouse, Prince's jazz combo. Paisley Park's answer to Innerzone. Available on Japanese pressing. There were three albums, I think. Also Sheila E's first two albums, on PP - there was some bad instrumental percussive stuff, also available on CD through Japan. Also The Family's LP on PP - members of The Time contributed, available on Japanese CD pressing, I think still. Also don't laugh but some of Berlin's early stuff was cool. Cheers C
