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Any OMD activity always brings good news. This is the photo from their recent rehearsals which was published on the official OMD Myspace. You can also find more interesting items and info on their excellent Myspace page. They will also be going on tour this fall.

Instant Hit: The Room- New Dreams For Old

"New Dreams For Old" was the last single release for the English group from Liverpool, before they disbanded in 1985. They released three albums and five singles. Most of their music was released on Red Flame label including the 7" and the 12" inch versions of this song.

David Byrne & Brian Eno- Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

David Byrne and Brian Eno have recently finished their first collaboration in about 30 years. The name of the new record is ‘Everything That Happens Will Happen Today’. For the most part, Brian did the music while Byrne wrote some tunes, words and sang.
You can stream all of the songs for free and purchase it in a variety of digital and physical formats, including a limited edition Deluxe Package designed by Sagmeister Inc. All formats can be downloaded immediately and physical CDs will be shipped in the Fall.
The album was released on August 18, 2008. The first single off the album, "Strange Overtones", was released on August 4, 2008 as a free digital download only through the album's website.

Šizike (Shizike)

Šizike (Shizike)was a female trio, a band from Begrade, Serbia which was formed in the early 80's. In 1984 they released their only album 'In The Wonderland' from which the single "Don't Stop" was taken. The album was released on PGP RTB and it was produced by Zoran Jeftic. Their sound was combination of early Bananarama and Tom Tom Club, minimal synth with breakbeats, scratching and vocoder inputs.The songs were mostly sung in Serbian

Retrovision: Intaferon- Get Out of London

Instant Hit: Gruppo Sportivo- Disco Really Made It

"Disco Really Made It" was a hit for the Hague based Dutch group back in 1979. The band name was inspired by a poster the they once saw and it was referring to the band as a team. Not really much disco sound here, more a story line, they provided a nice New wave gem at the crossroads between two decades. This was one of the first releases for Gruppo Sportivo on Ariola Benelux record label and the song also appeared on several single compilations during the 90's.

TV on The Radio- Dear Science

'Dear Science', is the third studio album from New York's group TV on the Radio. It is due to be released on September 22, 2008 in most countries. The album will be released on Interscope Records, with 4AD taking the worldwide distribution. The album has been produced by David Andrew Sitek.
On August 19 the track "Golden Age" became available for streaming on the band's official website.

Franz Ferdinand- Lucid Dreams

"Lucid Dreams" is an expected song, not single, from the Scottish band Franz Ferdinand's as-yet untitled and unreleased third album which is scheduled to be released in January 2009. The song currently streaming on the group's website for the price of an e-mail address.

Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams

www.franzferdinand.co.uk/lucid-dreams

Voice Farm

Voice Farm was a San Francisco electronic music band in the Synthpunk genre formed in 1981. The duo consisted of vocalists/keyboard players Myke Reilly and Charly Brown. They released two independent singles and 3 albums. The group earned national attention in 1990 as the opening act on Depeche Mode's U.S. concert tour.

The history of Voice Farm can be traced back to the chance meeting of Charly Brown, an artist and musician from Portland, Ore and Myke Reilly who served a three month prison sentence in Berlin for experimenting with pirate television there. The circle was complete when former baseball player Ken Weller was added. Their first singles "Double Garage" and “Modern Things” were released in 1981, one year before the release of their debut album ‘The World We Live In’. The album was released on Optional/Systematic label and it was produced by David Kahne. The record featured mostly synthesizer driven sound with some ominous bass tones.

As a duo they released their self titled album ‘Voice Farm’ in 1987 which was radically different than the previous one. They added guitars and backing vocals to their danceable sound and combined dance beats with synthesized effects, found sounds. In 1991, they added Ken Weller to the group and released "Bigger Cooler Weirder" on Morgan Creek Records. They had some dance chart success with the songs "Free Love" & "Seeing Is Believing" but the label didn't take advantage of the momentum and let the band die even after landing a spot opening for Depeche Mode during their "Violator" tour and playing at Madison Square Garden and the Cow Palace. One of the last releases from the band was an independent release in 1995 called "The Love Experiment". Myke and Charly later found success in the music business: they produce music for television commercials.

Instant Hit: Boytronic- Luna Square

"Luna Square" was the second track on Boytonic's first album The Working Model, released in 1983 on Mercury records. This song also appeared on The Working Model (Reverse) which was released 20 years later and which featured 17 tracks. Pity, it was never released as a single as the is considered one of Boytronic's best tunes and the ultimate hi-Nrg German synth-pop classic.