Goin' Old School isn't a trip down music memory lane, it's a mugging in the dark alleyway of nostalgia: This week we're kicking it TOTP style with three performances, first up The Human League in 1982 with 'Mirror Man'. A year later Yazoo 's 'Nobody's Diary' from 1983. And finally, 'Things Can Only Get Better' in 1985 from Howard Jones . [...]

Some of our followers may have been surprised at some of the tunes on our Best of 2011 lists as we hadn't previously blogged them. Well, some tunes takes some listening to to grow to its full potential, sometimes it takes a little time for a great tune to become a fantastic one. Also, since we can't possibly post everything we like, there can sometimes be some oversights from our part. As I wrote in my list, one of the best songs from last year was Gotye and Kibra's duet "Somebody That I Used To Know" which [...]
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Here's another new tune from London DancePop collective Ursa Minor (Little Bear) . This time it's a cover, of an absolute Vince Clarke classic, Yazoo's 'Only You', and frankly, it's beautiful. With an undercurrent of experimentalism with icy sounds, industrial percussion and pronounced vocal effects the track veers into dreamlike electronic soundscape territory but it's help in place by Little Bear flawless vocal rendition. ♫ Ursa Minor (Little Bear) - Only You (Yazoo Cover) 'Droplet Affection' is released on 5th December via Invader Records. Buy Ursa Minor (Little [...]
Yazoo - Don´t Go ( Rey & Kjavik edit) [ mp3 ] Rey & Kjavik's first EP will be released on Kindisch (Get Physical sublabel) very soon till then check their new sounds bellow

Nomi Ruiz de Jessica 6 y ex-integrante del combo electro-house Hercvles & Love Affair, estará llenando de glamour El Imperial Club este próximo viernes 2 de diciembre, en un DJ set especial de la artista transexual que ha sido comparada con Yazoo y considerada por la prensa especializada como un "futuro icono del pop". No te pierdas esta gran fiesta, tendremos algunos pases para asistir al evento, sigue nuestro twitter. DFA Session: NOMI RUIZ (Jessica 6/Ex-Hercvles & Love Affair) + *MALIBU SOUND *NEON RIDER *DABID *Mental [...]
It's been a while, but Depeche Mode 's Martin L Gore and Erasure 's Vince Clarke got back in the studio this year for the first time since the Mode's 1981 debut album Speak & Spell . Don't expect the VGMC project to be scraps from Depeche Mode, Erasure and Yazoo's table though — their first EP 'Spock' is a sleek slice of techno that jolts and whirrs in all the right places. 'Spock' is available exclusively on Beatport from today, with a 12-inch release on Mute Records on December 19. VCMG's [...]

I wonder what Dave Gahan has to say about the new project from Vince Clark and Martin Gore so cleverly titled, VCMG ? The two teamed up after many years to create what sounds like a tribute to Kraftwerk. For the meanwhile, we can expect their first piece of work, an EP titled, "Sprock," to hit the streets first and a proper full length at some point next year. The EP will have remixes from Edit-Select and Regis amongst others and be released December 13 everywhere and Nov 30 digitally via Beatport. I think there's plenty [...]

Phil RetroSpector – Don't Mo [ mp3 ] Yazoo – Don't Go Four Tops – Standing In The Shadows Of Love Yazoo go Tamla…. and Phil is still a genius

Photo and setlist from IKVDK "I don't know what it is, but there's something about Toronto that makes me incredibly horny" - Andy Bell For the past 27 years, the brilliant Vince Clark and Andy Bell have been a newspaper classified success story. Answering Vince Clark's call for a singer, Mr. Bell won the job, making them synth pop and LGBT heros, and Vince Clark's longest running, most successful act. I feel I should break this review down categorically, because there was a LOT going on in terms of interaction, sights, [...]

I felt a bit peckish this afternoon so here's a massive portion of cheese for you from Mr. Jackmast Hawk... Grab it below to inject you parties with a bit of fruitiness... Situation - Yazoo (Jackmaster Hawk bootleg re-edit) by Jackmaster Hawk

Sono oltre quattromila gli spttatori accorsi sabato sera a Riva del Garda in Trentino per il dj set di Andy Fletcher dei Depeche Mode . nel piazzale dell'ex Stazione di Riva del Garda. Andy Fletcher, arrivato direttamente da Tokio, dove si era esibito qualche giorno prima hs proposto la sua selezione dopo quella di Spankox (alias Agostino Carollo) produttore dell'evento nonché remixer ufficiale di Elvis Presley . Continua a leggere Andy Fletcher: oltre quattromila persona per il tastierista dei Depeche Mode in versione dj a Riva del Garda... [...]

Simon Iddol - summer mix for Big City Beats [ mp3 Official.fm] 01 Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love 02 Breakbot – Fantasy (Jacques Renault remix) 03 Munk – Mis Labios (Black Van remix) 04 GET PEOPLE – Rain Tears (Crystal Fighters RMX) 05 FOAMO – Celestial 06 Slice and Soda – Year of the Dragon (Villa remix) 07 ABBA – Dancing Queen (Elocnep remix) 08 IS TROPICAL – The Greeks (Moonlight Matters remix) 09 Telonius – Last Night (Extended Club mix) 10 Homework [...]

Download : Isabelle Adjanai - Beau Oui Comme Bowie (Generic People Edit) Generic People - Original Nuttah Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy (Generic People Edit) Prince - The Future (Generic People Edit) Yazoo - Situation (Generic People Fix Up) by KEEPREAL Creative Label - Visual & Musical www.keepreal.org Generic People DJs - Edits [...]

Daniel Miller's Mute Records has epitomised excellence and eccentricity for decades, and for artists yet to sign on the dotted line, it's the line many would most want to sign. The Roundhouse, meanwhile, is questionably the London venue most artists would yearn to play, a Grade II listed hub of beastly beauty lumped on the Chalk Farm Road. Decadent setting, arsenal of genuinely captivating electronica, Vince Clarke, Andy Fletcher and a throng of "proper music" obsessives, Mute's takeover of the annual Short Circuit bash could never be anything short of spectacular, whilst simultaneously remaining entirely overwhelming. A [...]

Let's state the obvious first: Rebecca Black's Friday does not represent an acme moment in the annals of popular music. I am even inclined to agree with those who suggest the song is quite awful, especially in its excess of autotuning. It sounds like the theme song for a particularly hyperactive Japanese game show. My remaining days will not be diminished by the absence of Friday on my iPod. But those people with whom I'm inclined to agree are not the target audience, many of whom dislike the song as well. Black's target audience has a crush on [...]

Wish I had more to post here but this is it. Moullinex dropped this original a few days ago, and it just shows that the man (Luis Clara Gomes) is going from strength to strength. Tear Club clearly demonstrates Gomes' versatility, with its Marimba baseline and Clarinet bridge, this track is a far cry from the depths of a dirty techno club. This track is set to be released in early Jan as part of the anticipated Chocolat EP. Thank you Mr Gomes. Moullinex - Tear Club (mp3) [...]
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The lovely people over at Mute have given us some Yazoo goodies to giveaway to help celebrate the release of Yazoo Reconnected Live . The prize is a copy of the set list from Yazoo's reunion show plus the limited deluxe hardbook version of the album, plus a preview of the In Your Room box set. To top it all, it's all signed by Vince Cable and Alison Moyet. Sorted! So, how to win all this bounty? Just drop an email to competition@thelineofbestfit.c om with "Yazoo Greatness" in the subject [...]