Back in 1987, Yello approached Shirley Bassey for a possible collaboration on one of their song which written specially with her voice in mind. She agreed to do the duet and so "The Rhythm Divine" was released during the same year
and it also appeared on Yello's album One Second. Billy MacKenzie, lead singer of The Associates, who had previously worked with Yello on several occasions, also contributed on this song and he provided the backing vocals.
In Conversation: The Silent Section
The Silent Section is a three piece group from Denmark consisting of Nicolas Calrsen, Morten N. Carlsen and Morten Møllebjerg. Their music is balancing between sensitive and fragile expression to powerful and noisy rhythms. They are one of the finest acts on the Danish label Tryghed & Tristesse through which they released their debut album in 2009. Their brilliant new album entitled 'Contour of A Passing Dream' was released this Autumn. In an exclusive interview for our blog the lead singer Morten N. Carlsen reveals more information about the musical background of the Silent Section, the influences and further plans in music.
Best of 2011- The Album List
01. Duran
Duran- All You Need is Now [S-Curve/ Edel]
02. John Maus- We Must Become the
Pitiless Censors of Ourselves [Upset the Rhythm]
03. Lykke Li- Wounded Rhymes [LL]
04. The Horrors- Skying [XL]
05. PJ Harvey- Let England Shake
[Island]
06. Crystal Stilts- In Love With
Oblivion [Slumberland]
07. Mirrors- Lights and Offerings
[Skint]
08. SSION- BENT- digital
09. Cut Copy- Zonoscope [Modular]
10. Austra- Feel It Break [Domino]
Best of 2011- The Singles List
Another great year is coming to an end. Here are the highlights from our monthly round ups and the year-end list with Top 30 official single releases. The album list coming up next week!
02. The Horrors - Still Life
03. The Ropes - Lack of Technology Made Me a Killer
04. PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land/ On Battleship Hill
05. Duran Duran - Girl Panic
06. Twin Shadow - Changes
07. Still Corners - Cuckoo
08. Section 25 - Colour, Movement, Sex & Violence
09. Brett Anderson - Brittle Heart
10. A Terrible Splendour - Slaves To The City
Instant Hit: Section 25- Je Veux Ton Amour
Thirty years ago Section 25 released their third single "Je Veux Ton Amour", a french version of the track "Friendly Fires" which appeared on their debut album Always Now. "One True Path" appeared on a flipside, and for this release it was translated in Hawaiian becoming "Oyo Achel Ada". It was produced by Martin Hannett and released through Factory Benelux.
Vince Clarke and Martin L.Gore Announce Details of VCMG collaboration
After 30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure / Yazoo / Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) come together for the first time since 1981 as VCMG to release a brand new album preceded by a series of EPs.VCMG is the fruit of initially tentative discussion and subsequent enthused collaboration where Vince and Martin, both influential as pioneers in electronic music, get to exercise their lifelong love of the genre as the techno inspired VCMG.
The writing and recording of the album was done in a typically unique way with the pair working alone in their respective studios, communicating only via email, exchanging files until the album was ready. It was in May 2011 that the pair met for the first time to discuss the project when they both performed at Short Circuit presents Mute festival in London.
The first VCMG EP 'Spock EP1'is available now!
The first VCMG EP 'Spock EP1'is available now!
More info: http://mute.com/vcmg
WAW: Scratch Massive feat Jimmy Sommerville - Take Me There
Jimmy Sommerville has a brand new website and currently, he is finishing a new EP which will be released at the start of 2012. In the meanwhile check out this great collaboration with Scratch Massive from Paris for the song "Take Me There". The first video clip from their new album "Nuit de Rêve" which is out now.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scratch-Massive/
http://www.jimmysomerville.co.uk/Jimmy_Somerville/Home
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scratch-Massive/
http://www.jimmysomerville.co.uk/Jimmy_Somerville/Home
Next Wave: Space March
Space March is an Australian synth-pop project of Craig Simmons, an artist and designer who has released three solo albums as Space March. His debut album was ranked #1 by music critic Ann Sterzinger in the Chicago Reader's 'The Best Music of 2004' year-end feature. This time Space March has teamed up with legendary producer Mark Saunders whose production and mixing credits include artists like Erasure, Depeche Mode, A-ha, David Byrne, Freezepop, Pnau and also includes seminal albums such as Tricky’s ‘Maxinquaye’ and The Cure’s ‘Wish’.
The new Space March album 'Monumental' is out now.You can listen to the new album 'Monumental' on SoundCloud in full:
http://www.spacemarch.com
November Singles Round Up
November Singles Round up is here. What was hot? Little Boots has returned with her first official release since 2009. The new single is called "Shake" and it's also announcing a new album, yet untitled, for 2012. Erasure have released a seven track CD single "Be With You" which includes five different remixes of the song. The Fall have issued "Laptop Dog", the first song from their new album released this month too. Closing this round up, comes Amanda Lear with her latest single Hi-NRG style "I Don't Like Disco", new album for her again next year.
That's it for this year.
Next Round up in January!
Stick Around!
That's it for this year.
Next Round up in January!
Stick Around!
Howard Jones announces 2012 UK Tour and radio series
Howard Jones will embark on a nationwide UK tour on Wednesday 11th April at the O2 Academy Bristol. This will be the first time that Howard will perform his first two studio albums 'Human’s Lib' and back to back, live in their entirety, on a full-scale nationwide UK tour.
Tickets for what promises to be an unforgettable tour of ground-breaking, classic electronic pop, will go on sale to the general public on Friday 2nd December at 10am by booking online from www.ticketweb.co.uk or calling the 24 hour ticket hotline 0844 477 2000.
Fans that can’t wait for the general ticket on-sale date on Friday December 2nd will be able to take advantage of a special “Ticket Pre-sale” with Absolute 80’s radio at 10am on Wednesday 30th November via the following web links – www.absolute80s.com andwww.absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets.
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