Elektron-Users

Hi all, I'm on a bit of a flashback to find euphoric 80's style tracks. Any suggestions? Current favourites are

Genesis, Turn it on again
The police, Invisible sun, message in a bottle
Tears for fears, shout and head over heels.
Howard Jones, What is love?
yazoo, dont go

oh damn I just found walk on by done by the stranglers but thats next level different stuff. that bass playing and hammond is ridiculous but anyway, I digress.

Don't know why I'm into all this cheesy old stuff but I like feeling like I did when I was 10 and I heard this stuff. Think Hudson Mowhawke might have something to do with it. Which ones am I missing?

let me try:

real life, send me an angel
dead or alive, you spin me right round
erasure, who need love like this
devo, beautiful world
INXS, original sin
human league, don´t you want me
thomas dolby, she blind me with science

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight!

To live and die in LA even.

Ummm, Poison Arrow, The Reflex

...more to come I'm sure.

where to start????

i'm also on a bit of a 80's binge this week. but more the obscure stuff.

logic system (japanese)

bush tetras

blitz (there first LP was total oi punk BUT "2nd empire justice" is total post punk heaven)

devo

depeche mode

chris & cosy

liquid liquid

pylon

p-model (japanese)

the plastics (japanese)

yellow magic orchestra (japanese)

public image ltd

rites of spring (great 80's hard core)

the minimal wave tapes ( a great compilation of 80's minimal electro)

arthur russell

the clash

killing joke

the slits

pop group

the raincoats

young marble giants

man, i could go on and on and on this week. but next week is gonna be different i'm sure.

nik kershaw : wouldn't it be good, the riddle

duran duran : hungry like the wolf, girls on film, planeth earth, rio, a view to a kill

A-Ha - take on me

simple minds - don´t you (forget about me)

peter schilling - major tom

a flock of seagulls - I ran


Sigue sigue sputinik! love missile F1-11, 21st century boy!

paul hardcastle nineteen! ( ask propellerhead´s people )

kate bush

depeche mode!!!

malcolm mclaren

cure

souxsie

pwei

cameo

echo and the bunnymen

prince

spear of destiny

howard jones

thompson twins

sisters of mercy

human league

new order

just been sifting through my cassettes



EDIT: actually not that uplifting thinking back.

@anselmi. full on cheese fest. I'm gonna skip on most of those cos I know them far too well. Been searching thomas dolby but he doesnt quite cut it for me although science is a great track.

Definitely gonna check more Devo though and the ABC track is awesome Poly.

To live and die in LA is a film? I searched it and saw some poorly acted terrorist jump off a building and blow himself up. Looks amusing.

Gonna check through your list Dolfazoid, loads of stuff I never heard of. Been caning the Killing Joke recently.


peter schilling - major tom is awesome. Reminds me of hey mathew by karel fialka.


Thanks for the suggestions. Keep em coming.

a flock of seagulls - I ran

awesome

of course new years day by U2 steps up.

some of the sigue sigue stuff is completely nuts but superb at the same time. atari baby for example.

dalis car - the waking hour

totally epic. never gets recognition.

Holy crap man, I spent last week listening to early Cure, I thought I'd rave about it in EU but didn't do so out of shyness..

23 Skidoo - Gospel Comes to New Guinea
Blurt - Puppeteers
Cure - Just One Kiss (Extended Version)
Cure - The Upstairs Room
Eyeless In Gaza - Others
Mark Stewart + Mafia - The Wrong Name And The Wrong Number
Section 25 - New Horizon
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
The Sound - I Can't Escape Myself
Stephen Mallinder - Length of Time (found in Autechre's FACT magazine podcast..)
Swans - Cop (..the heat hurts..)

Might as well compile a spotify playlist with some more favourites.

T