Instant Hit: Mo- Fred Astaire

"Fred Astaire" is a very cheerful and a catchy tune by a Dutch group Mo. This song was released back in 1980 and is from their self titled album Mo. They released another album in 1982, entitled Ha Ha! The sound of Laughing

David Gahan-Hourglass

‘Hourglass’ is the second solo album by David Gahan of Depeche Mode, to be released on October 22, 2007 in Europe, and October 23, 2007 in the US. It will be the follow up to his 2003 solo album ‘Paper Monsters’ and will be co-produced Andrew Phillpott and Christian Eigner, who co-wrote all the songs with Gahan. (They also co-wrote his three Depeche Mode songs on Playing the Angel.) Phillpott will play Guitar and Eigner will play drums. Tony Hoffer will mix the album. The album is said to be more electronic than ‘Paper Monsters’. “Kingdom” is the first single release from the album.

Retrovision: Dalis Car- Judgement Is The Mirror

Vitamin Z

Vitamin Z founders Geoff Barradale and Nick Lockwood, both just 25 years old, were born and raised in the industrial wastelands of Northern England’s Sheffield, a city whose pop heritage included such notables as Dave Berry and Joe Cocker, as well as, Human League and Cabaret Voltaire.

The group originally took shape around a loose-knit collection of local musicians who came together in a common rehearsal space.Vitamin Z’s vocalist Geoff Barradale was inspired to be a singer after attending a Paul Young concert. Ironically, like Paul Young, Vitamin Z became recognized in the U.S. for one lovelorn ballad in the ’80s and really nothing else. The song was “Burning Flame” and it represented Vitamin Z’s creative peak, encapsulating the mid-’80s pop scene in England when British artists such as Young, the Style Council, and Spandau Ballet took stabs at blue-eyed soul.

Barradale and Lockwood, recognizing early their mutual affinity for melodic evocative modern music, began developing material together, eventually forming a group that performed for increasingly enthusiastic crowds in and around their home town. They next traveled south to London to record their Geffen debut, choosing the famed Abbey Road Studios to cut the tracks that would eventually comprise 'Rites Of Passage'. Provocative, compelling, innovative - Vitamin Z, on 'Rites Of Passage', their debut album for Geffen Records, have fashioned a fresh and fully realized sound far ahead of its time. It’s an accomplishment all the more impressive given the fact that Vitamin Z is a brand new musical entity. While others were more intent on making their image fit the mainstream, Vitamin Z were working on their songs, smelting down their soul influences, manicuring their melodies, making modern sound with roots firmly embedded in the music they respected.

Their “Burning Flame” single was a club favourite in Britain and appeared in dance charts all over America while in 1985, as accompaniment to their “Circus Ring” single, they filmed a video in Istanbul, the first time Western cameras were allowed into Turkey since Alan Parker’s prison movie, Midnight Express, had so outraged and enflamed international relations.

Vitamin Z have been ominously quiet since 1985 but it transpires they were spending time doing what they've always done - seeking to perfect their notion of what music should be. The result of their labours is "Burn For You", a soaring affirmation of undying love, a meteorite among electric soul ballads. Strongly humanitarian, it carries the same message that runs through all Vitamin Z’s work that an experience honestly shared is a joy and a hope; a belief that shines through Sharp Stone Rain, their second LP, due for release in the Autumn.

'Sharp Stone Rain', Vitamin Z’s second album (both on Geffen Records), justifies the band’s unswerving persistence of vision. From it’s first single, “Can’t Live Without You”, to a reprise of its initial American success, “Burning Flame”, to the intense "Burn For You", Vitamin Z proves to be a master of the electric soul ballad, the rock ‘n’ roll torch song. Barradale’s honey-poured-over gravel voice and Lockwood’s compelling music create an unmistakably distinctive sound, one matched by Barradale’s deceptively simple yet intriguing lyrics. Vitamin Z also revisited “Burning Flame” on their next album, Sharp Stone Rain, its title a reference to the bombing of a Northern Ireland church wherein 11 people were killed. But the LP was not successful and the group split up. Barradale started the Wild Orchids and then began recording with Seafruit in 1998.

You may have heard of one of the hottest bands in the U.K. these days called the Arctic Monkeys. Well it was Geoff Barradale who saw the band and signed on as their manager. They had a hit in the U.K. with the song “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, and released their first full length CD titled Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.

Alison Moyet- The Turn

Alison Moyet has returned to pop music again this autumn. Her seventh studio album will be released on October 15, 2007. The album contains eleven tracks and “One More Time” will be the first single release. The album is available on her official 'The Turn' Micropage as well as the listening booth.

http://www.alisonmoyettheturn.com/

Instant Hit: Human Hands- Trains Vs. Plains

"Trains vs Plains" was the first single for the L.A. based Human Hands which was released in 1981 by Faulty Products. The band broke up shortly after this and Independent Project Records released a first edition double-album compilation of the band's work in the 1982. The Complete Human Hands Vol. 1 was released in 1997 on CD by Grand Theft Audio.

Retrovision: Die Doraus und die Marinas- Fred vom Jupiter

Blondie- Necessary Evil

'Necessary Evil', scheduled for release in September 2007, is Deborah Harry's fifth solo album. It includes 17 tracks, including the first single "Two Times Blue", released on iTunes June 6, 2007. The album has already been released in the UK. It will be released in the USA on October 9, 2007.

Instant Hit: Figures On The Beach- Paris

"Paris" is one of the outstanding tracks by the American band Figures on the Beach. They started as Detroit pioneers but changed their style a bit after moving to Boston. There released three singles and two albums. "Paris" is taken from their second album Standing on Ceremony released in 1987.

Siouxsie Sioux- MantaRay

Siouxsie Sioux, the iconic frontwoman of both The Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Creatures, has made a solo comeback with her new album, 'MantaRay.' This release marks her return to the music scene after an illustrious thirty-year career. The album has already been released in the UK under Universal Records, with the US release scheduled for October 2, 2007. 

The album gained positive reviews from music critics, including Pichfork Media. The first single fom the album is "Into A Swan" and it was released three weeks before the album release.

Alison Statton

Alison Statton was a member of the English Post Punk group Young Marble Giants. Best known for her feather light charming voice she was involved in several music projects in the early and late 80’s including Weekend and Young Marble Giants.

Source: Wikimedia commons

Cardiff-born singer Alison Statton's first group, Young Marble Giants, lit and carried a bright torch for the lo-fi indie scene that would flourish in the '90s It was one of the quirkiest and most idiosyncratic groups to emerge from the UK independent scene. YMG were New Wave more in strategy than in sound, subverting conventional pop/rock methods by stripping both song construction and instrumentation down to its essence. A reverberant funky bass, a shrill organ, short choppy bursts of guitar, a softly ticking drum machine - this was all the trio needed. Their haunting, spacious sound was made both more intimate and foreboding by Alison's dispassionate, almost neutral vocals. During the YMG period, they released only one single "Final Day" in 1980.

Her subsequent group, the coolly jazz-inflected Weekend, anticipated the suave cocktail pop that Everything but the Girl, Sade and others would popularize. Their sole album, 'La Variete', appeared in 1982, and was followed by the EP 'Live At Ronnie Scots', recorded in March 1983 by which time the project had run its course. Simon Booth went on to form Working Week, while Alison and Spike quit London and returned to South Wales, where they continued to write as a duo. After the end of Weekend, Statton she took an extended break from music, went back to university, but re-emerged near the end of the '80s in a duo with Manchester guitarist/songwriter Ian Devine (ex-Ludus). The pair made two albums of spare, Celtic-flecked folk-pop, covering tunes by New Order ("Bizarre Love Triangle" on The Prince of Wales) and Crystal Gayle ("Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" on Cardiffians) in the process. Throughout the '90s, she released a batch of recordings with Weekend's Spike as Alison Statton & Spike.

Today professional and family commitments mean that neither Alison nor Spike can commit to music full time. Alison trained as a chiropractor, and now has her own practice in Wales, while Spike once again lives in London. Thankfully, however, the duo continue to work on that elusive third album.

http://www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk//

Duran Duran- Falling Down

"Falling Down" is the first single from Duran Duran's album 'Red Carpet Massacre' which is due to be sent to radio on September 25, 2007. It is a solid and radio friendly song with laid back atmosphere that reminds of some old Duran Duran Duran songs like "The Chauffeur" and "Save A Prayer". Nothing new, the usual pop sound with more or less chart potential. Check the link!

Instant Hit: Dead Or Alive- The Stranger

"The Stranger" marked Dead or Alive's third single release and their debut for Black Eyes Records in 1982. Unlike the sound that later brought the band worldwide success, this track diverged into tribal post-punk territory, characterized by dark tones and gloomy vibes. The B-side of the single was "Some of That."

Leisure Process

Leisure Process was a short lived New Wave duo comprised of sax player Gary Barnacle and singer Ross Middleton. Gary Barnacle was a saxophonist and brass instrument arranger primarily noted for session work, during the 1980's, with a large number of popular music acts including Kim Wilde, Visage, Dalek I Love You and Level 42. Ross Middleton was a member of the UK outfit Positive Noise before he teamed up with Barnacle.

Together they formed Leisure Process in 1981. Leisure Process was produced by Marin Rushent and it released several singles in 1982 and 1983 but never managed to record an album. Even though they provided similar sound to some of the popular groups at that time, they remained as an 80’s obscurity. Their sound was a synthetic with Middleton’s manic vocals and Barnacle’s excellent sax solos. At some points it reminded of Human League especially when you compare “Love Action” with “Love Cascade”.

After working with a line up of great artists Barnacle released a solo album Paradise in 2002.Here are some acts for whom Barnacle has contributed session work.

M-"Pop Muzik" (1979)
Positive Noise- Heart Of Darkness (1981)
Kim Wilde- Kim Wilde- "2 6 5 8 0" (1981)
Level 42-Level 42- "Heathrow" (1981)
The Clash- Combat Rock- "Sean Flynn" (1982)
Visage-"Night Train" (1982)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- "Party Party" (1982)
Kim Wilde- Select- "Action City" (1982)
Visage – The Anvil (1982)
Kim Wilde- Catch As Catch Can- "Love Blonde" (1983)
Dalek I Love You- Dalek I Love You- "Lust", "12 Hours of Blues" (1983)
Soft Cell- This Last Night In Sodom (1984)
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions- Lost Weekend- "Lost Weekend" (1985)
The Damned- Phantasmagoria (1985)
The Dream Academy- The Dream Academy- "The Edge of Forever" (1985)
Level 42- World Machine (1985)
David Bowie- "Absolute Beginners" (1986)
Pet Shop Boys- Disco- "Suburbia" (1986)
Erasure- Wonderland- "Pistol" (1986)
Swing Out Sister- It’s Better To Travel (1987)
The Communards- Red- "For A Friend" (1987)
Level 42- Running in The Family- "Lessons in Love" (1987)
Rick Astley- Hold Me In Your Arms (1988)
Karel Fialka- Human Animal (1988)
Paul Hardcastle- No Winners- "Walk on the Light" (1988)
Hothouse Flowers- People (1988)
The Jeremy Days- The Jermey Days (1988)
Yazz – Wanted- "Fine Time" (1988)
The Beautiful South- Welcome To The Beautiful South (1989)
Bjork- Debut (1993)

Annie Lennox- Songs of Mass Destruction

'Songs of Mass Destruction' is the title of the fourth studio album by Annie Lennox. The release date is currently scheduled for October 1, 2007, in the UK and October 2, 2007, in the US.
On August 15, 2007, the first single, "Dark Road", appeared on Annie Lennox's MySpace page. "Dark Road" will be released on September 24, and the second single "Sing" will be released on December 3, 2007.

Retrovision: Sharpe & Numan- New Thing From London Town

Instant Hit: Kuruku- Just A Cat

Kuruki, a minimal wave project, emerged as a collaboration between Ghent-based musician Gerry D'Haeyer and Alain Bureau. The Belgian duo left a mark in the music scene with several singles and an LP during the early 1980's. Among their notable releases, "Just a Cat" stands out as their powerful and catchy second single, hitting the airwaves in 1983. The track showcased Kuruki's ability to create compelling and memorable sounds within the minimal wave genre during that era.

The Beloved

The Beloved was a British music group which was formed in the mid 80’s. Before becoming the Beloved they went under the name The Journey Through which symbolically represented the musical journey which will follow throughout the years by transforming their sound from Post Punk psychedelia to electro pop.

In 1983, Jon Marsh placed an advert in the music press which read as follows:

"I am Jon Marsh, founder member of the Beloved. Should you too wish to do something gorgeous, meet me in exactly three year's time at exactly 11am in Diana's Diner, or site thereof, Covent Garden, London, WC2."

At the meeting in 1986, Cambridge (Jesus, mathematics) graduate Steve Waddington was present and the two formed the core, with Tim Havard and Guy Gousden completing the lineup. In 1986, the Beloved issued their first single, "A Hundred Words" a series of releases (including the EP 'Happy Now', the double A-sided single "Surprise Me"/"Forever Dancing" and the 1987 compilations

 'Where It Is' followed, but none garnered any significant critical or commercial success. Consequently, Gousden and Havard exited in 1987.

By 1993, Waddington left the group and was replaced by Jon Marsh's wife Helena, who was working as a purchaser for the Parisian fashion house Comme des Garçons, for the album Conscience. The band faced some controversy for the video of the single "Sweet Harmony" which consisted of a naked Marsh among a group of women, also naked (although it was shot and edited so as not to show anything which might cause it to be censored).After another three-year absence, they released X, a foray back into club culture.

Beloved's singles continue to be remixed and the band has not been formally wound up, but Jon Marsh has for some ten years been concentrating on his flourishing career as a club dj, as well as the raising of his young family. However, a new collaboration with Steve Waddington is reportedly in the works, and the Beloved has plans for a new album release some time in 2007.

The line up changes:
1984 -1987:
Jon Marsh - Steve Waddington - Tim Harvard - Guy Gausden

1987 - 1990:
Jon Marsh - Steve Waddington

1992 - ... :
Jon Marsh - Helena Marsh
The source:
http://www.thebeloved.com/

Retrovision: John Foxx- Burning Car

Instant Hit: Solid Space- A Darkness In My Soul

Solid Space was a brief yet influential British act that released a seminal album in the early 1980s. Their music can be described as catchy, well-composed, intergalactic DIY bedroom pop. One of their standout tracks is "A Darkness in my Soul." Despite their short-lived tenure, their album has left a lasting impact and was reissued thirty years after its original release, marking its first appearance on CD. In 2010, the song was covered by Led Er Est, further showcasing its enduring appeal. Fans can find support for this artist on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Solid-Space-197439746955540/

Intaferon

Intaferon were an English Pop/rock duo consisting of Simon Fellowes and Simon Gillham. They were signed to Chrysalis Records. The duo are best known for “Get Out of London”. They released two more singles ("Steamhammer Sam" and "Baby Pain"), but never released an album. Their song, "Get Out of London" was featured in the 2001 Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie Winning London. Singles were often featured on the channel four show 'Max Headroom'

Roisin Murphy- Overpowered

'Overpowered' is the title of the second solo album by former Moloko vocalist Róisín Murphy. It will be released in her native Ireland on October 12 followed by scheduled for release in the UK and rest of Europe on October 15, 2007. The album was preceded by the single of the same title on July 9, 2007. Murphy's official webpage announced on Friday July 6, 2007 that the song "Overpowered" would not be chart eligible but instead be used as a introduction-single for her start at EMI. This means that the first physical single release from 'Overpowered' will be the song "Let Me Know".

Retrovision: Images In Vogue- Lust For Life

Tony Wilson Dies!

Anthony H. Wilson, co-founder of Factory Records, has died of a heart attack yesterday (August 10th) at the age of 57. Wilson is best known for signing legendary bands including Joy Division and New Order to his label, and as owner of the Hacienda nightclub in Manchester. He played a key role in the Madchester scene of the late 1980's and early 1990's, signing the Happy Mondays.

Wilson passed away on this evening in the hospital after suffering a heart attack that his doctor said was unrelated to his recent battle with cancer.

Thanks for Joy Division, the "Factory" , the music. RIP Tony!

Dalek I Love You Website is Up

Great news for all Dalek I (Love You) fans! Their new web site is up. The main menu includes news, topics and downloads. In the download section, there is a very obscure track from "Naive", the third DILY release from 1985. They promise more. We'll see.

http://www.dalekiloveyou.com/

Midnight Juggernauts Release Their Debut Album Dystopia

Midnight Juggernauts are an indie-electro-synth group from Melbourne. Their debut album, 'Dystopia', was released in Australia on August 4, 2007, with an international release to follow at a later date. The album was previewed by radio station Triple J as the "Album of the Week". Vincent from the band has provided Triple J with previews for most of the tracks, citing Electric Light Orchestra as one of their influences, a key sound in some of their tracks, particularly “Into the Galaxy”. Singles released by the group include “Raised By Wolves”, “Shadows”, “Road to Recovery” and “Into the Galaxy”.

Instant Hit: The Sound- Contact The Fact

"Contact The Fact" is a song that got me into The Sound. I discovered it while it was a top song on their Last.fm profile list. It was never released as a single and it appeared on the album From The Lions Mouth which was released in 1981 through Korova and WEA records. The album was reissued in 2012 by 1972.

Paul Haig-Electronik Audience

Music has previously always struggled to keep pace with Paul Haig. His 80's angular Edinburgh post-punk outfit Josef K were way ahead of their time, influencing numerous contemporary bands (most notably Franz Ferdinand). His last few solo releases too - the Cinematique albums - were eminently futuristic.

On Electronik Audience it’s Haig that seems to be playing catch up though. Resembling a bunch of dodgy early 90's house anthems - all flimsy processed beats and ambient synths - much of this record simply sounds dated. Only "Reason" and "Thieves" show real flashes of inspiration, their sneering vocals suggesting - frustratingly, if nothing else - that the trailblazing old punk is actually still in him, somewhere. ~Malcolm Jack

www.list.co.uk/article/2261-paul-haig

"Reason" is the first single which was released in May.The new single is out this week an it is called "Thieves/Ready To Go".

Retrovision: Billy Mackenzie- Breakfast -live-

Robin Crutchfield / Dark Day

Dark Day was the minimal electronics brainchild of Robin Crutchfield following his separation with no wave band DNA. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Crutchfield was fascinated with both performance art and the most esoteric edge of pop music.

After making his escape to New York City in the mid-seventies, he presented several noteworthy performance pieces at the New York Avantgarde Festival, Stefan Eins' 3 Mercer Street Store and Artists' Space. Inspired by Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band and Lydia Lunch's Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, he made the transition into the new music of downtown Manhattan and formed the "no wave" band DNA with Arto Lindsay and Ikue Mori in 1977. This lineup recorded a single and 4 tracks with Brian Eno for the seminal No New York album.

In 1979 Crutchfield left DNA to pursue a series of musical projects under the name Dark Day. The first Dark Day single, "Hands In The Dark/Invisible Man" on the Lust/Unlust label, featured Robin's singing and modified electric piano backed by Nina Canal (of the Gynecologists and more recently, Ut) and Nancy Arlen (of Mars).

By the time of Dark Day's first album, 'Exterminating Angel' (Lust/Unlust, 1980), the group consisted of Robin, Phil Kline, Barry Friar and a revolving lineup of artists which included Steven Brown and Peter Principle of Tuxedomoon, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, Nina Canal and David Rosenbloom. During this period Dark Day performed at the Mudd Club, CGBG's and Max's Kansas City. After a tour of Europe, Robin re-formed Dark Day in 1981 as a synthesizer duo with Bill Sack and released the album 'Window' (Plexus, 1982). Over the next few years Robin resumed his work as a performance artist at such venues as Club 57 and Joseph Papp's Public Theatre. In 1985 he recreated Dark Day as an acoustic chamber ensemble performing atmospheric music in a medieval vein and released his 'Darkest Before Dawn' disc in 1989.

For most of the 1990's, Robin concentrated on his work in graphic design and performance art while editing the music newsletter "Quirky". In 1999 Robin utilized the new technology available to musicians and returned to the ambient and techno genres that he helped pioneer, on his disc Strange Clockwork.
In August of 2000, Dark Day released its 5th album of original music Loon 'the mental health project' featuring 7 short instrumental works to exorcise the demons of the mind. In the Spring of 2002, the next Dark Day album was issued under the alias darkdayrobin, entitled The Happy Little Oysters. The material is in the same vein as the previous two outings -gear- like layers of melody and rhythm with a comically sinister edge. Robin also resumed painting and writing, two activities he had not tackled since the early 80's. He self-published a number of faerie tales, and they are available for inspection elsewhere on this site.

In 2006, after having purchased a number of harps and psalteries, and having happened upon the spiritually profound "magic scale", Robin retreated from the cyclic electronic keyboard influences of the 20th century, to embrace acoustic material more in keeping with the ancient past, and released two solo albums, Songs For Faerie Folk, and Toadstool Soup. These feature glissando and drone improvisations on harp, tanpura, lyre, box drum and pixiefone based on some of the thematic elements suggested by the faerie lore of his self-penned tales.

“I seem to spend all of my time in the past as the present slips away into the future” ~R.L.Crutchfield
Dark Day reissues are available here.

Metric- Grow Up And Blow Away

'Grow Up and Blow Away' was the first recorded album by indie rock band Metric. The album was recorded in 2001, but delayed for years by their record label. As the years passed, the band's sound changed to the point where they no longer felt the album would be what the fans expected to hear, so Metric recorded a completely new album, “Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?”, and released that instead. Last Gang Records later purchased the rights to the album and released it on June 26, 2007.

Instant Hit: Hard Corps- Je Suis Passee

"Je Suis Passee" was one of the few singles Hard Coprs released during their brief career between 1984-1987. At the time they released their compilation album, they split already. The lead singer Regine Fetet died of cancer in 2003 while the other members are still busy with creating music under different names. In 2012, we did an in depth interview with one of the members of the group Clive Pierce. To read the whole interview, follow the link.  Clive Pierce Interview

Retrovision: DAF- Liebe auf den ersten Blick

Simian Mobile Disco- Attack Decay Sustain Release

'Attack Decay Sustain Release' is the debut album from Simian Mobile Disco. It was released on June 18, 2007 on Wichita Recordings and reached #59 in the UK album charts.The title of the album is a reference to the ADSR envelope, a component of many synthesizers, samplers, and other electronic musical instruments the function of which is to modulate some aspect of the instrument's sound — often its volume — over time.
Five of the album's ten tracks ("Hustler", "Tits & Acid", "I Believe", "Hotdog" and lead single "It's The Beat") will have been previously available prior to the album's release.

Shriekback- Glory Bumps

Shriekback have released their 11th album 'Glory Bumps' in May this year. It's their follow up to the 'Cormorant' which was released in 2005. It is another 'Malicious Damage' release which reminds of the mid 80's Shriekback release 'Oil and Gold'. This album features a collaboration with Andy Partridge of XTC as well as Barry Andrews son Finn Andrews who lends his intense vocals to the happy-clappy title track.

1.Hooray for Everything
2.The Bride Stripped Bare
3.Bittersweet
4.Glory Bumps
5.Amaryllis in the Sprawl
6.Squanderer
7.Mahalia
8.Devil's Onions
9.Yarg 7
10.The Bride Stripped Bare

http://www.shriekback.com/

OMD's Architectural Tour Images

Innes Marlow has supplied images for the OMD’s current tour. The stunning architectural images are used for the opening number on the Architecture And Morality tour.

"I love their music, the band loves the photos, so it made sense bringing the two elements together, and while OMD got to do the hard work on stage, I was able to sit back and enjoy being part of a fantastic project" IM

The main photography featured in the OMD tour programme and in the show was shot by Innes at Marchwood, Redbridge, Segensworth, and in Fareham. The backdrop to the opening number, the title track from Architecture and Morality, featured all these images, and also included a shot of the Tyne Bridge, and a staircase on Solent Business Park.
The concept was edited together by the visual director Hambi Haralambous for Tallboy Films working with Andy McCluskey from OMD on selecting the images.

http://www.omd.uk.com/html/news/

Do Re Mi

Do Re Mi was an Australian rock/pop band formed in Sydney in 1981 by Deborah Conway and included herself, Helen Carter and Stephen Philip. It was sexually balanced - two women and two men. It's also something that can be underestimated in its significance. From Do Re Mi's point of view it just was what it was, no specific agenda at hand, but where it mattered was in the impact that it had on the music Do Re Mi played and the songs they wrote. The women in Do Re Mi weren't trying to be 'men'. The four members of Do Re Mi were equal partners.

The first EP was well received by radio stations. Do Re Mi reacted against that, and threw caution to the wind the next time around. Their second independent-label EP, 'The Waiting Room', contained "Man Overboard", an anti-love song from a woman's point of view that dared to have the words "penis envy" and "pubic hair" in the lyrics. Featured on the EP were the Laughing Clowns' brass section, Louise Elloitt and Peter Doyle. They recorded two albums: 'Domestic Harmony' (1985) and 'The Happiest Place in Town' (1988) and a batch of singles. Their best performed hit, "Man Overboard", became the 8th highest positioned Australian song for 1985 End of Year Chart. (Oz Net Music Chart). They disbanded not long after their second album was released. Conway had lived with Paul Hester (Deckchairs Overboard, Split Enz, Crowded House) in the early 1980s.