Retrovision: Humpe & Humpe- Ya-Ma-Ha

The duo Humpe & Humpe already had a prominent music history in Germany before forming Humpe & Humpe in 1985. Humpe & Humpe were Annette and Inga Humpe who wrote and produced most of the songs released on two albums in two years time. This is a thirty years anniversary of their second single "Ya-ma-ha" which was a an imitation of Japanese song with some Asian-style and Lyrics composed of a variety of Japanese brand names.

Boys Say Go- Easy to Move Compilation

Dead Wax Records have released "Easy to Move" a compilation of previously unreleased material by Boys Say Go. During the 80's deaced the band recorded a whole array of new wave songs of which only two were released as singles. This new compliation will include ten songs including a great cover of Sylverster's "Do You Wanna Funk?". 

More info:
http://www.deadwaxrecords.es/band_boysaygo.php

Next Wave: Cult Club

Every year brings new excitement, great music, new bands and interesting collaborations. Here is a perfect kick off; a brand new project by Sally Dige Jørgensen whose music/videos we already featured on our blog. Sally has teamed up with Laslo Antal who has been the driving force behind the music of Sixth June since 2010. Both  multi-disciplinary artists and performers, share their passion for music, art and visual aesthetics. They have revealed several music videos up to know and 2015 looks promising for them. Stick around for more.

http://cargocollective.com/cultclub

Dimension Gondry: Stina Nordenstam- Little Star

Changing the course a little bit on DG with this video feature. It was quite normal and unusual for Gondry compared to other videos he directed. But we decided to feature this because we love the song. It was taken from her second album and the song gained wider popularity after it was featured in a Romeo and Juliet movie.

Kim Wilde and Talk Talk Triple Album Reissues

Parlophone Label Group (Plg) has announced a series of triple album collection reiusses for this month. Most interesting for us are the Kim Wilde and Talk Talk reissies. The label will release the first three studio albums by both artists. The Kim Wilde Reissue collection will include the albums 'Kim Wilde', 'Select' and 'Catch as Catch Can' released between 1981-1983 and as of for Talk Talk, their reissue collection will feature their synth-pop era albums 'The Party's Over', 'It's My life' as well as their more organic orientated third album 'The Colour of Spring' from 1986. More info about the The triple album releases through Amazon, out January 9th.

It's like, It's 1985

Happy New Year everyone. We are back on the track and hope that 2015 will be another great year in music. We will continue with the Dimension Gondry and are looking forward to new artists, great videos and exciting interviews. As you are already know every year we celebrate a 30 years anniversary from a particular year in our favorite decade. This year we will go back to 1985. Stick around for the album list poll coming soon. Meanwhile, a par excellence art pop from 1985.

Best of 2014- Top 10 EPs

An here goes the last list to round up 2014's listomania. Some great EPs from this year:

01. Kleerup- As If We Never Won
02. Peachblack- Dark Horse
03. Visonia & Doppelefekt- Die Reisen
04. Y- Dance of The Illusions
05. Shamir- Northtown
06. The KVB- Out of Body
07. X Priest X- Samurai
08. Client Liaisons- s/t
09. Kelluar- Vitreum
10.Tyburn Saints- With The Night in your Eyes

Best of 2014- The Singles List

Simply said, here is our list of 40 songs that made our 2014. We tried to keep it one song per artist this year. Enjoy the list:

01.  Beck - Waking Light

02.  School Of Seven Bells -I Got Knocked Down(But I'll Get Up)

03.  The Horrors - Change Your Mind

04.  People at Parties - Mineral Material/Mazes

05.  iamamiwhoami – shadowshow

06.  Tempers - Hell Hotline

07.  Minuit Machine- Sabotage

08.  Perfume Genius - Queen

09.  Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)

10.  La Roux - Let Me Down Gently

11.  Papercuts - Life Among The Savages

12.  The War On Drugs - Red Eyes

13.  White Hex - Paradise

14.  Get Well Soon - Careless Whisper

15.  Lykke Li – Gunshot

16.  Liars - Vox Tuned D.E.D.

17.  Sébastien Schuller - Regrets

18.  Zastranienie - Prism

19.  Client - Refuge

20. Terror Bird- The Wrong Way