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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In The Nursery ‘Stormhorse’ (Sweatbox, 1987)

byPush

"I was at the centre of the greatest story ever told and I’d never felt more alive."

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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

BBuried Treasure

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Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

byJoe Silva

There wasn’t much room on the dancefloor for the version of Fingerprintz that released their ‘Distinguishing Marks’ LP in 1980...

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Mount Florida ‘Arrived Phoenix’ (Matador, 2000)

byNeil Mason

Held every Sunday between 1997 and 2010 at Glasgow’s Sub Club venue, the ferocious hedonism of Optimo Espacio was set off by the non-partisan tastes of DJs Keith “Twitch” McIvor and Jonnie Wilkes.

BBuried Treasure

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Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

byMat Smith

Aside from its troubling “what if?” premise, two things stayed with me about the 1998 film ‘Sliding Doors’, and neither of these were Gwyneth Paltrow’s British accent.

BBuried Treasure

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Prop ‘Small Craft Rough Sea’ (Silent, 2001)

byClaire Francis

If, like me, you were a teenager in Australia in the early 2000s, the album everyone was listening to at house parties, on the radio, and on swapped burned CDs was the debut record by The Avalanches.

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

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Mat Smith

In The Nursery ‘Stormhorse’ (Sweatbox, 1987)

Vidéo Aventures

Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

Mount Florida ‘Arrived Phoenix’ (Matador, 2000)

Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

Prop ‘Small Craft Rough Sea’ (Silent, 2001)

‘Musical Offering’

‘Something Strange Came Out Of The Skies’ Gavin Lloyd Wilson

Newcleus ‘Jam On Revenge’

Nightmares On Wax: Groove Is In The Heart

Vicky Clarke: Neural Pathways

Blitz Club: Frills And Spills

David M Allen: How Very Dare You

Working Men’s Club: Working Wonders

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

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