#1980s #indie #goth #femme

I had no idea that Aimee Mann was once a sexy little punkette. Quite a good song, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pv1UVA1M0Y&ab_channel=BlondieVEVO

#1980s #NewWave

A fun New Wave song by a band I've never heard before - Modern English.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN6gs0AJls

#2020s #funky

Very strange video, but try to ignore that and enjoy the catchy song, "Baloje", by a Lithuanian band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8wzIueWX8I

One of our guys:

https://youtu.be/GIotXcY9uek?si=xKYk5y6uXsSyVDqn

I think this is just a fantastic little piece. My only regret is I wish it was longer. Beautiful.

https://t.me/radiovile/401

#ambient #electronic #chill

Nice chill-out stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr_k1Jrrv14&ab_channel=WeAreTheMusicMakers

Back in the world of Blake's 7, Dudley Simpson would adapt his Federation March for use in the season 2 episode Redemption. I've always loved it.

#1980s #yuppie

A rare live recording of Lloyd and the boys performing Mr Malcontent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zatd9Q0RzI

#2010s #noir

As you know, I very rarely recommend black music, but this is one song I do think is genuinely good - Disparate Youth by Santigold:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTVSe5eYOio

#1990s #noir

American black musician "Felix da Housecat" released an album in 1999 as Thee Maddkatt Courtship. I've always liked one particular song on that album, Soulmate, which I heard playing in a pub in Mortlake in 2005.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixBtX8j9yaw

#1990s #dance

MK2A might be my favourite song by the Shamen, yet I'd never heard this version before! Much fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX2VZ0cHsms

#1990s #noir #dance #rave

This is a 90s classic, and I have to admit it is very good. It's amazing how much distinctive sounds could "make" a song back then. This song is instantly recognisable by the various sounds that crop up in it. It also has tremendous atmosphere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QZhC8DUD_o

#2010s

A really cool, catchy song by a band called the Toxic Avenger. It reminds me of some other song, but I can't put my finger on it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ4huVMPcGg

I worked out what this reminds me of. It's this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayc4Nv1fnZY

#2010s

Another interesting one from The Toxic Avenger, "Cult".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Bo12QuXO8

#ambient #soundtrack #electronic #atmospheric

An unusually inventive ambient soundtrack, rather avant-garde, based on the Terminator films. I like this one - it keeps surprising you. (I've just read it uses bits from the soundtrack to a 2019 video game, Terminator: Resistance.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbUshVwR6A

#dance #2010s #pop #femme

Quite a fun "poppy" song from 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1LTeG6yHk

#dance #2000s

A strange quasi-dance track from 2005.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJUJ4zIs0kA

#1980s #indie #depressing

Rather interesting 28-minute Cure song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7acmhbuJQ

#electronic #pop

Thirty years ago yesterday, Erasure released their I Say I Say I Say album.

The sound of this, their sixth album, perhaps epitomises what Vince and Andy had always been working towards. One notable thing is that Vince made every single sound from scratch, even the percussion sounds.

But what I also love about this album is the graphic design. As you can see, there is a consistent schema across the various releases, all built around a fantastical 3D landscape. The album shows the view at night. The three singles show the same view but in different seasons. The remix CDs show wireframe renders of the band's insignia. Finally, the EP shows the landscape but in a unique close-up.

This is something that really appeals to me - the design of a "whole" thing via its component parts, which are done consistently. This is exactly what I now do with @Millenniyule every year.