While researching a forthcoming audio dissertation of music from the eighties, I came across a handful of new wave, synth pop, and krautrock rarities that warranted a renewed exposure, with content that in places is so forward thinking that it could be released next year and would still sound ahead of its time.
Age of Mirrors – The Day the Earth Stands Still
A Popular History of – Guernica
Robert Gorl – Mit Dir (Extended)
Play – You Don’t Look the Same (De-Mix)
Platinum Blonde – All Fall Down
Resistance – Die Out
Royal Family and They – Art On 455
Thick Pigeon – Pope
Logic System – Automatic Collect Automatic
23 Skidoo – Version (In the Palace)
Deekay Jones – New York, New York
Boulevard Circulaire – Boulevard Circulaire
Philipe Laurent – Systeme Clair
Personal Effects – This Is It
Duet Emmo – First Person
The Passage – Armour
Silent Types – Surveillance By Car
Electric Circus – Kamarac
Yachtclub Buchteln – Age Geige
Shock Headed Peters – The Kissing of Gods
Mikael Diser – Min Vaen Porlinhunden Vaen
A.T.R.O.X. – New York Race
Etienne Daho – Sunday Morning
Yello – Thrill Wave
Duetsher Wald – Deutshe Wertarbeit
Electric Adolescence – Secrets They Tried To Keep From You 60 mins
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For those who find themselves pining for more, follow this link to hear my underappreciated mix of underappreciated music from the eighties.
