Tag: Fashion
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Heaven Sent: The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983
Greg Fenton reviews Heaven Sent: The Rise Of New Pop 1979-1983 – Cherry Red Records Coined by Paul Morley the term New Pop is not one I cherish sounding a little too contrived, too smooth to taste. Although, as with all these things labels stick with a certain accuracy. Words aside I love a lot…
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Musik Music Musique 3.0 – 1982 Synthpop On The Air – Cherry Red Records
Travelling through the expressway of electronic motion a question might spring to mind. Centred around songs verses sounds, which are the most significant here? It’s maybe that the uniquely 1980’s song structures hanging lose over the fast propulsion of drum machines, desperate to cling to a tradition of accessible, tuneful melody like rock n roll…
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Shake The Foundations: Militant Funk & The Post-Punk Dancefloor 1978-1984, 3CD Box Set – Cherry Red Records
Listening to the opening numbers from A Certain Ratio and 23 Skidoo confuse the very idea of post-punk recasting it more as post-funk. It was always an odd expression to begin with anyway, slightly ill-fitting yet also neatly apt to describe the flame of inspiration which fuelled Punk’s ethos while defiantly creating something altogether new…