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Peter Baumann – Repeat Repeat

Peter Baumann – Repeat Repeat

January 13, 2011 4:23 pm / muzak / 1 comment

This slightly tongue in cheek synth-pop track was the title track of former Tangerine Dream founding member Pete Baumann’s 1981 album ‘Repeat Repeat’. Baumann shared production duties on this record with the suave Robert Palmer, who adds a charismatic sheen and melody to the track. With its detached and slightly [...]

 
Plastic Bertrand – Gueule D’Amour

Plastic Bertrand – Gueule D’Amour

November 30, 2010 3:57 pm / muzak / No comments

As the snow falls around us, how about we get warm and cosy with everybody’s favourite Belgian anti-pop star Plastic Bertrand and his cover of 1983 new wave/Balearic classic? Oh, go on then! It’s too cold to argue. Covering Nacht Und Nebel’s glorious leftfield classic ‘Beats of Love’, Bertrand croons [...]

 
Single of the Day: The Flying Lizards – Summertime Blues

Single of the Day: The Flying Lizards – Summertime Blues

July 23, 2010 2:08 pm / muzak / 1 comment

The summer is not all fun in the sun for those of us who have to go to boring work, in fact Eddie Cochrane penned his classic 1958 rock ‘n’ roll anthem, ‘Summertime Blues’ to all the dispirited kids who had to work at Boots in Tamworth over the holidays [...]

 
Single of the Day: Sensitive – Driving

Single of the Day: Sensitive – Driving

July 19, 2010 3:57 pm / muzak / 3 comments

You may have noticed that we’ve ‘been away’ over the past few weeks due to some technical and server issues. We’ve sorted all that out now and we can continue to bring the noise (and Talkies) that you all love! Yay!There’s going to be some more fantastic changes to the [...]

 
Surreal Singles Club: The B-52s – Deep Sleep

Surreal Singles Club: The B-52s – Deep Sleep

June 22, 2010 4:39 pm / muzak / 1 comment

Athens, Georgia’s finest, The B-52s, recorded this minor Surreal classic back in 1982. Taken from the Mesopotamia EP and produced by David Byrne, it saw the band delve deep into the past and travel to a mysterious post-punk parallel universe. Alongside the title track, ‘Deep Sleep’ is one of the [...]

 
Single of the Day – Quando Quango – Genius

Single of the Day – Quando Quango – Genius

June 24, 2009 3:14 pm / muzak / 2 comments

Probably best remembered for their 1983 ‘disco-not-disco’ classic ‘Love Tempo’, Quando Quango released unique and influential records throughout the early eighties on Factory Records. The musical brain child of Mike Pickering and Hillegonda Rietveld, the band were formed in 1981 and quickly became one of label’s most revered and trailblazing [...]

 
Single of the Day- The Stranglers – Meninblack

Single of the Day- The Stranglers – Meninblack

June 11, 2009 2:12 pm / muzak / No comments

Taken from The Stranglers’ 1979 album ‘The Raven’, this genuinely strange offering shows off the surprising  creative diversity and ingenuity from one of Britain’s most misunderstood and maligned punk/new wave bands. From the accusations of misogyny and pub-rock oafishness to concept albums about aliens and songs about heroin, no one [...]