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The Names were a Post-Punk band from Brussels (Belgium), formed in 1978 around bassist and songwriter Michel Sordinia. They were keen to sign to a British label, and connected with Factory Records at a gig by Joy Division at the Plan K venue in Brussels. The Names recorded Nightshift in Manchester in August 1980, with producer Martin Hannett. The single is representative of their overall sound: dark, controlled modern rock in the mould of Magazine, Comsat Angels and Joy Division/early New Order, with accomplished keyboards and songwriting. The Names enjoyed a long and rewarding relationship with mercurial producer Hannett, who also oversaw their next single Calcutta and debut album, Swimming (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 1982). A final Names single, The Astronaut, appeared in 1982, again produced by Hannett, who had by then split from Factory Records. However the post-punk era was ending, and the band split.

The Names - Swimming (ogg  492mb)

01 Music For Someone 1:56
02 Discovery 4:20
03 Floating World 2:51
04 The Fire 3:37
05 Life By The Sea 4:46
06 White Shadow 5:15
07 Calcutta 3:06
08 Postcards 3:54
09 (This Is) Harmony 5:45
10 Shangai Gesture 5:13
11 Leave Her To Heaven 4:58
12 Light 4:20
13 Nightshift 3:38
14 I Wish I Could Speak Your Language 4:51
15 The Astronaut 5:11
16 Cat 3:26
17 I Wish I Could Speak Your Language (Mix) 5:04

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This is rather unique sounding French synth pop, quirky to to core and yet it manages to be infectiously catchy.  They blend all sorts of things like beach music, punk, jazz, pop, rock, experimental...you name it, it's probably in here somewhere.  It's rather bouncy and varied yet fun somewhat like Suburban Lawns (both even have that male/female vocalist thing going on) they are perhaps a little more experimental than the Lawns though.   "Histoire a Suivre" I adored and found myself humming for hours afterwards, "Decollage" has a great post-punk style drum beat to it and a flatness mixing with melody making it fascinating.  The spazzy and frantic aptly named song "Rush" brings to mind so much early punk music only their electronic touches make you know it's really them.  A few of these songs are apparently traditional French songs, I'm not really sure which are which though so they must add their own flavor, anyway Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel is worth the challenge....

 The Honeymoon Killers - Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel    (flac  433mb)
 
01 Flat 2:11
02 Histoire À Suivre 3:05
03 Décollage 5:17
04 Rush 1:50
05 Fonce À Mort 5:00
06 J4 3:59
07 Route Nationale 7 3:13
08 Ariane 3:39
09 Laisse Tomber Les Filles 2:14
10 L'heure De La Sortie 6:06
Bonus
11 Wait And See (Remix) 3:35
12 The Lady And The Pig-Man (Remix) 3:58
13 A Deep Space Romance (Remix) 5:18
14 Petit Matin 2:55
15 Thank You Mr GB (Live feat Aksak Maboul) 2:00
16 A.T.A. (Live feat Aksak Maboul) 5:00
17 Alluvions (Live feat Aksak Maboul) 1:28
18 Truc Turc (Live feat Aksak Maboul) 3:30

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The European new beat sound originated in Belgium in the late 1980s, especially in 1987 and 1988. It was an underground danceable music style, well known at clubs and discos in Western Europe. It is a crossover of electronic body music (EBM, which also developed in Belgium) with the nascent Chicago-originated acid and house music. new beat is the immediate precursor of hardcore electronic dance music (at the time known as rave), which developed in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere around 1990.

The genre was "accidentally invented" in the nightclub Ancienne Belgique (AB) in Antwerp when DJ Dikke Ronny (literally "Fat Ronny") played the 45 rpm EBM record "Flesh" by A Split-Second at 33 rpm, with the pitch control set to +8. In addition to A Split-Second, the genre was also heavily influenced by other industrial and EBM acts such as Front 242 and The Neon Judgement, as well as new wave and dark wave acts such as Fad Gadget, New Order, Liasons Dangereux and Anne Clark. Mega-nightclubs such as the Boccaccio soon made the genre a major underground success, that and the fact Vlamish clubs all night/early morning Beat parties, frontrunning what would become raves The compilation here is a good reflection of what the New Beat Dj's were spinning in 1987 hence the release date of 88, the enormous success caused a flood of New Beat samplers deep into the nineties.

  Various ‎– New Beat - Take 1 (flac  344mb)

01 Erotic Dissidents - Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat 3:49
02 Taste Of Sugar - Hmm Hmm 4:37
03 Electric Shock - Don't Talk About Sex 4:44
04 Chinese Ways - Secrets Of China 3:28
05 Shakti - The Awakening 4:25
06 Beat Beat Beat - Beat In The Street 5:36
07 Snowy Red - Euroshima Wardance 4:15
08 In-D - Virgin In-D Sky's 4:03
09 Dirty Harry - D'Bop 5:30
10 dS.M. - S. M. 5:23
11 dJade 4 U* Rainbows (Instrumental) 3:52
12 dA Split Second - Flesh 4:37

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Technotronic (started in 1989) was the restless offspring of innovative Belgian producer Jo Bogaert AKA Thomas De Quincey. He had already made his mark on the "Eurobeat" with various high-profile dance concepts such as Nux Nemo and Acts Of Madmen.The track that would later become "Pump Up The Jam" was first released by Bogaert under the alias The Pro 24's in 1989. Inspired by the sound of Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, "Technotronic" featured samples of Eddie Murphy, later replaced by new vocals.

The first "public face" of Technotronic was a "blue lipped" pouting temptress known as Felly, a renowned fashion-model. It wasn't until the second single, "Get Up", that the public saw and heard Manuela Kamosi AKA Ya Kid K for the first time. She had already performed the original vocals on "Pump Up The Jam" and now finally the world could bear witness to her strutting deliverance of "Get Up". By the end of 1990, "Pump Up The Jam" had reached pole position on the "Billboard 12" singles dance chart. Technotronic's second album, "Body To Body" (1991), was released only in Europe. It featured vocals by Réjane Magloire AKA Reggie. Their third album, "Recall" was released 4 years later and fitted in the Eurodance parameters of the era. It featured the return of Ya Kid K on vocals and the inclusion of Daisy Rollocks AKA Daisy Dee and C. Davis AKA Black Diamond. The last significant chart success was in 1992 when "Move This" (used by Revlon in an advertising campaign) peaked at No.5 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Up until now Technotronic have retailed more than 14 million albums.

An excellent album and a pioneer of the entire Hip house and later dance scene. Even next to the singles really good tracks found it's place on the album. I can only emphasize how unique the style of this project was, the entire production was top notch and sounds still excellent today. In addition to the distinctive synth / rhythm elements I would also like to praise the voice of Ya Kid K: She has a wonderfully clear and unique voice which gave the tracks its special flavor.

 Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (flac  329mb)

01 Pump Up The Jam 5:22
02 Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) 5:37
03 Tough 4:26
04 Take It Slow 5:05
05 Come On 3:11
06 This Beat Is Technotronic 5:27
07 Move This 5:22
08 Come Back 4:54
09 Rockin' Over The Beat 5:48
10 Raw 4:48
11 Wave 4:18
12 String 2:55

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