Comments on: '80s Obscura

'80s Obscura

puny human — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:59:31 -0800

Obscure, overlooked, early '80s new wave/electro/artpunk. JOHN FEKNER CITY SQUAD: Player on left. Try 2 4 5 7 9 11. Or better just listen to them all. Eighties synth wave doesn't get much better than this. Sound collage at the next level. Throbbing synths + icy guitar: Beautiful Skin - Harsh distraction. Gods of psychedelic coldwave, Lives of Angels (Gallis Pole). Trees: Sleep Convention. And Necropolis of Love (yes, that is how we danced in the eighties).

By: puny human

puny human — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:44:41 -0800

I have to add this, from 1984, which I was watching earlier today on dvd. The house band in this episode playing at the party is a-ma-zing. All I can say is wow.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:35:50 -0800

This is the best post in weeks. Thanks, puny human.awesome.

By: koeselitz

koeselitz — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:40:12 -0800

[Seriously, Lives of Angels is blowing my damned mind. Makes me very happy. Thanks.]

By: Red Loop

Red Loop — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:59:24 -0800

puny human: "(yes, that is how we danced in the eighties)" Maybe you danced that way. I was one of those "stomping out the fire" types. This has led me to look for 80s obscura (to me, anyway) that I remember; I lived in Nashville, where anything past Journey was obscure. I can't find any of it, but it didn't seem that obscure. Anyway, thanks for making me feel old!

By: puny human

puny human — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:32:28 -0800

Yeah, I was probably even rockin the white man's overbite Red Loop :) Thanks koeslitz. Here's more Beautiful Skin: Revolve Demo.

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:34:56 -0800

What. The. Eff??? First link I clicked was the better one. Eighties synth wave doesn't get much better than this, eh?

By: adipocere

adipocere — Tue, 11 May 2010 20:45:59 -0800

If it's gonna be that kinda coldwave party, it's time to whip out "A Darkness In My Soul", by Solid Space or maybe The Vyllies' "Babylon".

By: tealsocks

tealsocks — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:05:10 -0800

awesome ! thanks for opening me up to these wonderful bands with ridiculous names. for those of you looking for a lil primer in the universe of super-obscure vintage coldwave and other mopey synth musics, the Minimal Wave Tapes is a pretty wonderful point of entry.

By: freshwater_pr0n

freshwater_pr0n — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:05:24 -0800

This is so great. And I love that one of the Necropolis of Love vids is them playing live at a club called "Giggles."

By: matthewstopheles

matthewstopheles — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:57:26 -0800

So, so great. Thank you puny human.

By: kinnakeet

kinnakeet — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:24:05 -0800

Ooooh, some tasty beats here. Thanks for posting... great tunes, nifty thread.

By: puny human

puny human — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:13:41 -0800

ooh kinnakeet :) I've been going down there since the seventies. It was definitely a bit of heaven on earth. I've even been flounder gigging behind the Kinnakeet abandoned Coast Guard station.

By: shifafa

shifafa — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:40:12 -0800

Ye gods. That IS how we danced in the 80s, and unfortunately I still do sometimes due to muscle memory. (Did I just admit that?!!) Great tunes! Thanks.