Musik Music Musique 2.0 Rise Of Synth Pop / Var Musik Music Musique 2.0 Rise Of Synth Pop / Var CD

Three CD set. Sequel to the hugely successful Musik Music Musique, this time exploring 1981, the year synth pop broke into the mainstream. Over 50 tracks showcasing the innovation and exploration that gave rise to what would become the decade's pre-eminent musical form. 2020's Musik Music Musique set, we present the sequel, this time looking at the electronic pop scene as it evolved from curio and novelty into a major movement and began to dominate the airwaves. Featuring a plethora of acts who would quickly become household names (many of which endure today) and exploring the wide variety of directions electronic instruments took both the mainstream and independent music in. Musik Music Musique 2. 0 embraces both the pure pop aesthetic of a new generation of aspirational, defiantly polished artists and those who embraced electronic music in the aftermath of the post-punk explosion. From chart bothering, High Street nightclub anthems to self-pressed one-offs and cassette releases, this set provides an overview of the scene as it blossomed and an introduction to a wealth of fascinating, lesser known material.

1. Heaven 17- (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 2. Soft Cell- Frustration 3. Devo -Through Being Cool 4. Dramatis- Lady DJ 5. Aneka- Japanese Boy 6. Richard Bone -Alien Girl 7. New Musik- Twelfth House 8. A Flock of Seagulls-Talking 9. Virna Lindt -Young and Hip 10. The Passage- Taboos 11. Toyah -Thunder in the Mountains 12. Duran Duran- Khanada 13. Second Layer- in Bits 14. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- Souvenir 15. The Fallout Club-Wonderlust 16. Analysis -Surface Tension 17. Yellow Magic Orchestra-Cue 18. Gina X -Performance No GDM 19. Drinking Electricity-Random Particles 20. Hazel O'Connor (Cover Plus)-We're All Grown Up 21. Rod Vey- Brave New Modern World 22. Those French Girls- Close-Up 23. Kim Wilde- Cambodia 24. Thomas Leer -West End 25. Voice- Farm Sleep 26. Tears for Fears -Suffer the Children 27. Johnny Warman- Will You Dance with Me 28. Visage- Visage 29. Spandau Ballet-Reformation 30. Beasts in Cages- Sandcastles 31. Peter Baumann- Repeat, Repeat 32. Japan -The Art of Parties 33. Fashi°n- Move ?N 34. Natasha- I Can't Hold on 35. Chris and Cosey -This Is Me 36. Schleimer K -Nevermore 37. Yello- Bostich 38. Naked Lunch- Slipping Again 39. Ak-47 -Stop! Dance! 40. Zeus- Cowboy on the Beach 7 Blue Zoo Love Moves in Strange Ways 41. Mystery Plane- Something to Prove 42. John Foxx- You Were There 43. Portion Control- Brix 44. B-Movie- Nowhere Girl 45. Ultravox -I Remember (Death in the Afternoon) 46. The Limit- Ok Go 47. Erogenous Zones -Say It's Not So 48. Faction- Wrong Again 49. Alan Burnham- Music to Save the World By Science Fiction 50. 1Eyeless in Gaza -The Eyesof Beautiful Losers