Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

byMat Smith
March 10, 2022

The accepted history of electronic pop music that I was spoon-fed, via compilation cassettes and CDs, ran a well-worn patch cable back to 1981.

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"Music moves in mysterious ways, as do, I’ve discovered over the years, the people who work in and around it"

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Die Doraus Und Die Marinas ’Blumen Und Narzissen’ (ATA-TAK, 1981)

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Die Doraus was Andreas Dorau, who was only 16 when he recorded 1981’s ‘Blumen Und Narzissen’ (‘Flowers And Daffodils’) with Der Plan’s Kurt Dahlke and Frank Fenstermacher for their fabled Neue Deutsche Welle label Ata-Tak.

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My introduction to Wes Anderson’s ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou’ began when a friend passed me the film, newly-released on DVD. “You are going to love this,” he said, excitedly.

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Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

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Back in April 2012, at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, my two young daughters – then aged four and five – were watching the Electrical Water Pageant float past. Transfixed by its colourful show of lights, they genuinely believed it to be the work of pure magic.

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Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

byRichard Skinner

I heard rumours of this album’s existence – originally released privately as ‘Canaxis 5’ in 1969 and credited to Technical Space Composer’s Crew – in the days before the internet.

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Geinoh Yamashirogumi ‘Ecophony Rinne’ (Invitation, 1986)

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Parliament-Funkadelic. Underground Resistance. Wu-Tang. When you’re thinking about the great musical collectives of the past 50 years, your mind may not jump to the Japanese outfit Geinoh Yamashirogumi.

Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

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Mat Smith

Firstborn ‘When It Hits You Feel No Pain’ (Independiente)

Die Doraus Und Die Marinas ’Blumen Und Narzissen’ (ATA-TAK, 1981)

Various Artists ‘The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Original Soundtrack)’ (Hollywood, 2004)

Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

Geinoh Yamashirogumi ‘Ecophony Rinne’ (Invitation, 1986)

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Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

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