Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

byJeremy Allen
June 8, 2023

Amanda Lear’s ‘Sweet Revenge’ sold remarkably well on the continent when eurodisco was in its infancy in 1978, even if it made little headway in the UK

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Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)

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Leila Arab was born in Iran, but moved to Britain at an early age, her family forced to flee the country’s Islamic Revolution because of her father’s ties with the ousted Shah

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WIN

byNeil Mason

A proper best-kept secret, 1980s Edinburgh outfit WIN are the greatest band most people have never heard of

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Nick Nicely ‘Psychotropia’ (Tenth Planet, 2003)

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Born on a transatlantic flight layover in 1959, from the moment he took his first breath there was always going to be something a little different about Nick Nicely.

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Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

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Say what you will about the rise of algorithms, but on occasion they do get it right.

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Cut And Paste ‘Come Unstuck’ (Freskanova, 1999)

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While tidying out a dark corner of the home office recently, some boxes of old CDs revealed themselves, among them a hillock of promos from the late 90s.

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They were called Vidéo Aventures. They were French, they had links to the extreme Rock In Opposition movement, and in 1981 they released ‘Musique Pour Garçons Et Filles’, a superb example of underground electropop weirdosity

Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

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Jeremy Allen

Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)

WIN

Nick Nicely ‘Psychotropia’ (Tenth Planet, 2003)

Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

Cut And Paste ‘Come Unstuck’ (Freskanova, 1999)

Vidéo Aventures

The Castlemorton Common Festival

Grauzone ‘Eisbär’

801, The Supergroup That Lasted Six Weeks

Oneohtrix Point Never: Pure And Sample

Conny Frischauf: Pick And Mix

Joe Meek: No Ordinary Joe

Paul Oakenfold

Hannah Peel

Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

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