Electronica in the 80's

[Freak of the week]

 

[TubularCorporation]

Good call on the Ray Lynch (first new age album to go gold) and Egyptian Lover, I almost posted both (although I was leaning toward Livin' On the Nile).

 

 

 

 

Technically released in 1990 but that means it was most likely recorded in '88 or '89.

 

[TubularCorporation]

Oh, and I'm surprised nobody posted that Charanjit Singh album yet.

 

Proof that acid was an emergent property of the 303.

Edited October 31, 2022 by TubularCorporation

[BoaufStroganoff]

for me it was Telex...

[cwmbrancity]

All sorts in here, def not all 80’s but as a bridge

 

[Freak of the week]

 

[watmmisdead]

1990

 

what a track for the time. 

[dcom]

10 minutes ago, watmmisdead said:

what a track for the time. 

So come with me / and have no fear / just close your eyes / and disappear

One of my biggest favourites from the 808 State catalogue, both the track and the album.

[dcom]

On 10/31/2022 at 5:26 PM, BoaufStroganoff said:

for me it was Telex...

Telex (Limited Edition 6CD Box Set)
Telex (Limited Edition Color 6LP Box Set)

Shipping in March 2023.

[zkom]

 

[watmmisdead]

its not electronica, but god damn, this hits me right in my heart. amazing 

 

 

that solo, wow

[watmmisdead]

amazing ambient track from metheny in the 80's

heres another very interesting proto-house track from metheny in 1985. men i wish he would have explored more of this exact smooth type of sound

 

[watmmisdead]

 

Edited November 14, 2022 by watmmisdead

[watmmisdead]

my journey into the 80's was a eye opener

i had never realized how primordial it was back then and how relatively recent the real electronica scene "matured".

 

I dont think there's a single pure electronica album from the 80's that i can listen from start to finish.  maybe its just my taste, or I have missed the holy grail from that time

however, in 1993, the scene just exploded.

Edited November 24, 2022 by watmmisdead

[beerwolf]

Yes! Beerwolf got a classic for ya from 84. It just popped into my head out of nowhere

 

[chemick]

"Electronica" has to take the cake for music-critic-born chimera with the most heads on it. Nobody has ever pinned down what the hell it means. Glad to see the post-punk mentions here and I feel obliged to throw in Pet Shop Boys as well

[unitard]

 

 

 

 

 

[cichlisuite]

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by cichlisuite

[watmmisdead]

Ive been diggin the 80's a lot, might as well post a couple of things not electronica that i really dig. 

Cocteau twins: 

I love those kind of vibes:

Dinosaur jr. 1985. i had never realized how avant guard Mascis is. 

Kate bush: hounds of love album. one of the best pop album of all time. 

 

The cure. 

 

[ARPA]

 

[ARPA]

 

[cichlisuite]

heh, just realized i pasted the wrong link here, so to redeem myself:

 

[Soloman Tump]

I cannot recommend this series of CD's enough:

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/close-to-the-noise-floor-formative-uk-electronica-1975-1984/

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/noise-reduction-system-formative-european-electronica-1974-1984/

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/third-noise-principle-formative-north-american-electronica-1975-1984-various-artists-4cd-48pp-bookpack/

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/further-perspectives-distortion-an-encyclopedia-of-british-experimental-and-avante-garde-music-1976-1984-various-artists-3cd-boxset/

 

Absolute encyclopedia to the amazing sounds across the planet that were going on in the 70s and 80s... chripes, some of this stuff is nearly 50 years old now and sounds better than a lot of the junk that is coming out these days 

Edited November 25, 2022 by Soloman Tump

[zazen]

Not very obscure. But it was 1989. This got to No 1 in the UK I think?

A lesser known adamski track that I always liked:

 

[splesh]

Any other fans of Craig Leon?