More rock for this weekend around China

Going deeper into Tangerine Dream's soundtracking heyday and finding more and more to love. I remember being disturbed by Firestarter as a kid, and yet the musical cues made no lasting impression. Funny how serene, gauzy, and un-fiery these themes are. And yet, they do capture the spookiness of a kid with destructive supernatural powers. Tangerine Dream - Crystal Voice Tangerine Dream - Testlab
The Pale Fountains sí que estaban en el lugar adecuado, pero claramente su propuesta distaba mucho de sonar en el momento acertado. El Liverpool de la primera mitad de los ochenta, estaba, como el resto del mundo, más interesado en los nuevos héroes del synth-pop y aledaños que vampirizaron la década o los últimos estertores de un punk ya moribundo, que en un pop tan delicado y conscientemente retro (The Beatles, Burt Bacharach o Love no es que estuvieran precisamente de moda en ese momento) como el que practicaba el cuarteto . [...]

Feelin' the sting of the NYC real estate hustle. The best medicine is a tune like this. Sends me to the imaginary world of $50-a-month lofts and a city that would keep finding reasons for me to see very little of home. Claudia - Don't Give Up (Your Love)
I've only recently began looking into the incredible music coming out of France, and the scene lately has been unbelievable. A band you need to keep an eye on is 1984. Stumbling across 1984 is one of the best accidental musical encounters I've had since beginning AMBY. This new-wave-esque pop band know how to write a seriously good tune; from the little touches as the backing vocals in Complain , to the atmospheric, sailing guitar in Influenza , 1984 make their music unique and special. The band took the time to answer a few questions for AMBY, so [...]

Wandering around the Interwebs last nite and I went to archive.org , which is the coolest site in the universe for public domain stuff and an example of the cyber-world being all grok -riffic. So, I spent 90 minutes with the BBC broadcast of Orwell's 1984 (not to be confused with Van Halen's 1984 ) This version is extremely low budget (geez- it was made in 1954) and probably the closest thing to a literal tranlation of the source as we'll ever get.You can see it embedded [...]

Night of the Comet is a b horror film made in 1984, it's about a comet that hits the earth wiping everyone out, but leaving 2 sisters from the San Fernando valley to try and survive amongst flesh eating zombies. I love any film based in the Valley since that is where Jen and I grew up, also there are some really cool shots of downtown la totally empty! There's this one scene where the 2 sisters end up at this abandoned radio station in downtown la and totally looks and feels like where we [...]
Not long ago French indie pop band COLT SILVERS visited German capital Berlin to play an acoustic session with their good friends 1984 in the Ramones Museum. And why we already presented you the lovely chat we’ve had with their colleques back then, it is now time to see what COLT SILVERS – who just released The post Interview: Colt Silvers - "Wearing a beard is essential for us" appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .
Die französische Band 1984 haben wir euch hier ja schon kurz vorgestellt. Seit heute kann das Video zu 'Maze' bestaunt werden, der Song ist auch auf dem kommenden zweiten Album 'Influenza' von 1984 enthalten. Das von den Blood Red Shoes produzierte Album erscheint bei uns am morgigen Freitag. Wir haben bereits Platz im CD-Player gemacht [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Delafé y Las Flores Azules es una banda catalana, cuya historia data del año 2002. Con guiños de hip hop y la música pop, cultivan un sonido alegre y energético, que hace juego con sus letras alusivas a la vida cotidiana y la ciudad. Es de esas bandas que te alegran el día y te invitan a salir a caminar con una sonrisa. Este 2013 lanzan su nuevo disco . Tiene fecha para el 12 de marzo, y ya hace unas semanas lanzaron el primer single, titulado De ti sin [...]
Blatta & Inesha are a legendary duo on the Italian EDM scene. Inesha has recently come out of the insanity of the booming success of the bubble and forged a sound of his own, starting a label he calls Chaungo Records with a few friendsin the industry. This their second release sees label boss himself, Chaungo (Inesha's new pseudonym) collaborating with artist 1984 on the single "Get Up!" . The single is a deep tech house track with unique subtlety and something of a badass elegance. The [...]

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Having gone down a Cocteau Twins rabbithole, I guess it was inevitable that I'd find my way to the heart of the old 4AD cosmos (or at least the musical output of label boss Ivo Watt-Russell). This may be the end of line when it comes to maudlin teen angst. But then I've found a disturbing ability to stare too long into the most embarrassing of my high school memories and come away with a charmed laugh. Also, I do still dig the bass part in this one. Old sap, I am. [...]

Do you ever need an excuse to get the imaginary dance party going in your head? I've got a ton of pretexts, but none are worth more than my most child-like desire to be a dumb bounce of flesh all down the avenue. Plaza - Fire Eyes
CLASSICS WEEK: Dead Kennedys' Plastic Surgery Disasters is easily one of the most creative, colorful, and unique hardcore albums of the 80s. With stellar performances from the band and some of the best social satire out there from frontman Jello Biafra, this record deserves much more praise than it actually gets. WATCH THE REVIEW

I just got back from a couple weeks out of town and managed to scrape a few cool eighties funk records from some bible belt shops. First up is a Macola-distributed 12" by Kristie, a glossy '85 indie production. Macola-related funk records have a similar disjointed later 80s sound that I can't get enough of. Our own Cosmic Champaign is known for spinning Fine Quality's "Aah Dance" in his sets lately. I was stoked to find the generic looking LP including that track along with some other solid cuts from the studio crew behind Sugarhill. [...]
One more christmas song for your use here at Overfitting Disco! A rare and pretty fine example of christmas-talo, aka italo-disco christmas song. It retains all the classic elements of italo, yet it adds the child voice of Tania Esposito. This track won the Ambrogino 1984, a local Milan competion started in 1964 by Tony [...] Related posts Evelyne Hanack The Robot Scientists featuring Lisa - Space Hole EP EXCLUSIVE: Flemming Dalum - "Out of this world" mix
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Enjoying a fun book about searching out all the ex-members of The Fall. Probably an attempt to gain indirect insight into that wonderful and frightening world. I'm happy that I'm still totally entertained by the antics of Mark E Smith. And I'm happy to share one of his more poppy numbers. The Fall - No Bulbs

Happy post-Txgiving. Hopefully, you're sated, not-quite stuffed, and well caught up with family and friends whom you want to enjoy good cheer with. Seems like a good enough moment to offer up a tale of adulterous desire in nautical surroundings. I've always loved the image of seagulls taunting the song's poor hesitant sap. This one may be a minor Andy Partridge winner, but it shows just how a level his craft is working on. XTC - Seagulls Screaming Kiss Her, Kiss Her