Out March 26, 2012.
Oh, look, it’s the Fascination EP remastered and on CD for the first time.
CD 1 Track Listing
01: THE THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF
02: OPEN YOUR HEART
03: THE SOUND OF THE CROWD
04: DARKNESS
05: DO OR DIE
06: GET CARTER
07: I AM THE LAW
08: SECONDS
09: LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE)
10: DON’T YOU WANT ME
11: The Sound of the Crowd (12” Version) (2012 - Remaster)
12: Don’t You Want Me (Extended Dance Mix) (2012 - Remaster)
13: The Sound of the Crowd (Instrumental) (2012 - Remaster)
14: Hard Times/Love Action (I Believe in Love) (Instrumental)
15: Open Your Heart/Non-Stop (Instrumental) (2012 - Remaster)
16: Don’t You Want Me (Alternative Version) (2012 - Remaster)
CD 2 Track Listing
01: Mirror Man (2003 - Remaster)
02: You Remind Me of Gold (2012 - Remaster)
03: (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended Version) (2012 - Remaster)
04: I Love You Too Much (2012 - Remaster)
05: Mirror Man (Extended Version) (2012 - Remaster)
06: You Remind Me of Gold (Instrumental) (2012 - Remaster)
07: (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Improvisation) (2012 - Remaster)
08: I Love You Too Much (Dub Version) (2012 - Remaster)
09: Total Panic (2012 - Remaster)
SPK, “Machine Age Voodoo”, 1984
Australian industrial band signs to Arista and goes pop!
Note the appearance of the Fairlight computer at the 00:55 mark. This song is pretty bad, but I think with many tracks from this time you can genuinely hear the excitement they had for the new sampling technology.
It’s no “Dr. Mabuse”, though.
Oh yeah, Graeme Revell went on to score tons of films. You probably recognize his name.
Also, here’s the sleeve art for Dylan Ettinger’s new album, Lifetime Of Romance.
Very 1980-81 Foxx-y aesthetic.
The cyber-Lynchian video for Dylan Ettinger’s “Wintermute”.
Video by Melissa Cha.
The music channels old Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode’s “Ice Machine”, and a bit of Visage.
Sesame Street vs. Philip Glass, Geometry of Circles, 1979
Transcendant.
(via @asphalteden)
The room.
The Espresso Room. I didn’t visit this Bloomsbury shop when I was in London, but the London’s Best Coffee app lead to me to some similar places in nearby Fitzrovia. This place looks in line with the ones I visited—bright, white, wood, concrete. But most of all, the espresso shops in London all had excellent food. Contrast this with America, where even some of the best independent coffee shops have a sad little selection of middle-of-the-road muffins, donuts, and shrink-wrapped banana bread. And that’s if you’re lucky. Flip the scenario around and imagine if you went to a fine restaurant and the only wine they had was Two Buck Chuck to accompany your excellent artisinal meal.
Are you hearing me, American coffee shop owners? You seriously need to step it up several notches with regards to your food offerings.
New Order, ‘Technique.’ Released Jan. 30, 1989 – exactly 23 years ago today.
