Absolute Body Control- Shattered Illusion

Absolute Body Control, the first band of Dirk Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem will release an album of brand new material entitled 'Shattered Illusion' on October 15, 2010 on Daft Records. This is their first official release after releasing new versions of classic tracks like "Figures" and "Give Me Your Hands". Also available as of October 1 is the five-CD boxed set, Tapes 81-89, which collects the band's out of print material and was previously available only on vinyl.

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Heaven 17 Live on Later with Jools Holland

Heaven 17 have been confirmed as special guests on Later With Jools Holland. The programme will be transmitted LIVE on Tuesday 19th at 10.00 p.m. on BBC2 and the pre-recorded programme will transmit on Friday 22nd October at 11.45pm on BBC2.
Heaven 17’s appearance on Jools Holland will precede the highly anticipated 30th Anniversary tour of their seminal album "Penthouse And Pavement". It will be the first time the band will perform the album in its entirety. The tour includes the following dates: Edinburgh Picture House (Nov 22), Glasgow 02 ABC (Nov 23), Manchester Ritz (Nov 25), Birmingham HMV Institute (Nov 26), London HMV Forum (Nov 28), Oxford 02 Academy (Nov 29), Brighton Corn Exchange (Nov 30) and Bristol 02 Academy (Dec 1).

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Pet Shop Boys' Ultimate

Pet Shop Boys will release a new compilation which celebrates 25 years of hits from "West End Girls" to "Love Etc". 'Ultimate', the compilation is scheduled for release on November 1, 2010 and it will feature a new single "Together" written and produced by Pet Shop Boys and Tim Powell.

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The Teardrop Explodes- Kilimanjaro Deluxe Reissue

Originally released in 1980, 'Kilimanjaro' was the debut album by The Teardrop Explodes. This new 3-disc deluxe set includes the original album plus a second disc rounding up the relevant non album singles and b-sides. These include the group's two initial Zoo singles, fronted by "Sleeping Gas" and "Bouncing Babies" and the post-album "Reward" which gave the group its sole Top 10 hit. Disc Three features the Teardrops' Peel sessions. The set comes with a series of newly written notes from core members Julian Cope, David Balfe and Gary Dwyer.

Live Souvenirs from Mute

Depeche Mode and Yazoo have released their live videos from the last tours. Depeche Mode's 'Tour Of The Universe - Live In Barcelona', contains 21 tracks and it was recorded over two sold out nights at the 'Palau St Jordi' in Barcelona on November 20th and 21st 2009, both shows being highlights of the celebrated tour.
Yazoo's "Reconnected Live" comes as a result of the short reunion tour which was started 25 years after the split in 2008. The record was released on September 27, 2010 as a standard 2-CD set, a limited edition 2-CD deluxe edition and as a digital download. Both records were released by re-established Mute records.

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Clinic- Bubblegum

'Bubblegum' is the sixth album by Clinic, released today, October 4, 2010. The album was produced by John Congleton and recorded at Elevator Studios in Liverpool and it is a high water mark in Clinic’s career to date. The album was preceded by a beautiful new single "I'm Aware" which was released on September 20, 2010.


Belouis Some- Imagination

"Imagination" was released in 1985. The video for the single was another 80's light erotica which featured nude women who were appearing in the dream sequence. The video was edited for the daily airplay while the extended version remained still contained the nudity.
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Instant Hit: Carol- Brekadown

"Breakdown" was the only single release single for Carol, a female singer from Belgium. The single was released in 1981 on Dirty Dance label. This song was later covered and re-recorded by Snowy Red in 1984 and it was released as a duet in 1989. The second single version included the classic version as well as the instrumental and Snowy Red version.


Elisa Waut

Elisa Waut was a Belgian band which was formed in Bruges in the early 80's. The band consisted of the singer Elsje Helewaut her brother Hans and the bass player Cheri Derycke. Their music is a clear uptempo pop with distinct influence of Jazz, always poetic and sensitive in a shape of melancholic songs. 


Originally intended to become an experiment between brother and sister, the band took shape after they teamed up with the bass player Cheri Derycke who was in the punk & coolwave band Red Zebra before joining Elisa Waut. The band got its first recognition after they won the major Belgian talent contest in 1984 which was not a small accomplishment, considering the peak in Belgian pop music that was happening at that time. During the1985 the the group made their debut releasing a 6 track self titled EP which was followed by two single releases on Ariola, "It Should Be You" and "Growing Pain".


In 1987, Els releases a poetry book "Het arme huis van gisteren", but it also means a breakthrough to the general public with the song "Sailor's don't cry" by "Elsje & Raymond". This song is produced for the soundtrack to the movie of the same name my Belgian director (and rock journalist) Marc Didden. The song is a cooperation between Els and Raymond van het Groenewoud.


In the same year they also released their first full album 'Commedia'. Another album followed in 1989 but none of these albums really generated a major upheaval, big records sales or smash hits : it are just four testimonies of a growing band, ever becoming better a their "thing". The exception to this rule is Japan, where the group was welcomed as the next big thing and the blond figure of Else generated a lot of enthusiasm.

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