VA - Musik Music Musique Vol. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 [2020 - 2023] (9CD) Genre: Synth Pop, New Wave, Rock, Electronic Quality: CBR 320 kbps

VA - Musik Music Musique 1.0, 1980 The Dawn Of Synth Pop [2020] This set explores the arrival of synth pop and the dawn of a new musical era. 58 tracks including songs by Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, The Human League, Ultravox, Toyah, Spandau Ballet, Kim Wilde, Philip Lynott, The Buggles - And Underground Figureheads - Fad Gadget, Suicide, M, John Foxx, D. A. F., Dalek I Love You, Visage, The Residents, Yello, and many others. As the dust settled following the punk rock explosion, countless new genres began to solidify and coalesce. Chief among these, in a field of it's own, was Synth Pop - a suitably descriptive umbrella for the new electronic pop sound which had emerged over the previous couple of years. Musik Music Musique captures a snapshot of this milestone moment in music. Independent novelties and curiosities sit alongside big budget pop perfection. Artists who would go on to sell millions take their first steps into this new landscape whilst others make the briefest contribution before the wave moves on. For every too-cool-for-school Human League there is a so-far-out-it's-in Yello. In retrospect, the speed at which these new instruments and production techniques were absorbed by such a variety of artists astounds and confounds. Not to be confused with so many synth-pop-by-numbers budget releases, Musik Music Musique is an essential and insightful compendium of a place and time unique in musical chronology. (Amazon)

Tracklist: Disc 1

1. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – Messages
2. Zeus – Musik, Music, Musique...
3. Fad Gadget – Coitus Interruptus
4. Xynn – Computed Man
5. Rod Vey – Metal Love
6. Gina X Performance – Vendor's Box
7. Our Daughter's Wedding – Lawnchairs
8. Science – Tokyo
9. The Human League – Only After Dark
10. Toyah – Victims Of The Riddle
11. Nick Nicely – DCT Dreams
12. Suicide – Diamonds, Fur Coat, Champagne
13. Ultravox – Waiting
14. Moebius – Money
15. The Fallout Club – Falling Years
16. Der Plan – Da Vorne Steht Ne Ampel
17. Dark Day – No, Nothing, Never
18. Hazel O'Connor – Sons And Lovers
19. Pauline Murray & The Invisible Girls – Sympathy Disc 2
20. Spandau Ballet – Glow
21. M – Official Secrets
22. Silicon Teens – Chip 'N' Roll
23. Rockets – Galactica
24. Kim Wilde – Tuning In Tuning On
25. Landscape – European Man
26. Henriette Coulouvrat – Can't You Take A Joke? Ha Ha Hi Hi!
27. The Metronomes – A Circuit Like Me
28. John Foxx – No-One Driving
29. D.A.F. – Kebabträume
30. Gary Sloan & Clone – Harmonitalk
31. Phil Lynott – Yellow Pearl
32. Dalek I – Dalek I Love You (Destiny)
33. Taxi-Girl – Mannequin
34. New Musik – This World Of Water
35. Japan – Quiet Life
36. Kevin Harrison – Chase The Dragon
37. The Residents – Diskomo Disc 3
38. The Buggles – Astroboy (And The Proles On Parade)
39. Berlin Blondes – Mannequin
40. The Passage – A Certain Way To Go
41. Sic – Between
42. Yello – Bimbo
43. Genocide – Images Of Delusion
44. Lori & The Chameleons – The Lonely Spy
45. Craze – Lucy
46. The Goo-Q – I’m A Computer
47. Blood Donor – Doctor...?
48. Alex Fergusson – Brushing Your Hair
49. The Korgis – Drawn And Quartered
50. Visage – Mind Of A Toy
51. British Standard Unit – D'Ya Think I'm Sexy
52. Mataya Clifford – Living Wild
53. Systems – Private Lives
54. Karel Fialka – The Eyes Have It
55. Nini Raviolette – Suis-Je Normale
56. Eyeless In Gaza – China Blue Vision
57. The Red Squares – The Russians Are Coming
58. La Düsseldorf – Dampfriemen

VA - Musik Music Musique 2.0 The Rise Of Synth Pop [2021] Sequel to the hugely successful Musik Music Musique, this time exploring 1981, the year synth pop broke into the mainstream. Over 50 tracks showcasing the innovation and exploration that gave rise to what would become the decade's pre-eminent musical form. 2020's Musik Music Musique set, we present the sequel, this time looking at the electronic pop scene as it evolved from curio and novelty into a major movement and began to dominate the airwaves. Featuring a plethora of acts who would quickly become household names (many of which endure today) and exploring the wide variety of directions electronic instruments took both the mainstream and independent music in. Musik Music Musique 2. 0 embraces both the pure pop aesthetic of a new generation of aspirational, defiantly polished artists and those who embraced electronic music in the aftermath of the post-punk explosion. From chart bothering, High Street nightclub anthems to self-pressed one-offs and cassette releases, this set provides an overview of the scene as it blossomed and an introduction to a wealth of fascinating, lesser known material. (Amazon)

Tracklist: DISC 1: 01 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang 02 Soft Cell - Frustration 03 DEVO - Through Being Cool 04 Dramatis - Lady DJ 05 Aneka - Japanese Boy 06 Richard Bone - Alien Girl 07 New Musik - Twelfth House 08 A Flock of Seagulls - Talking 09 Virna Lindt - Young And Hip 10 The Passage - Taboos 11 Toyah - Thunder In The Mountains 12 Duran Duran - Khanada 13 Second Layer - In Bits 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir 15 The Fallout Club - Wonderlust 16 Analysis - Surface Tension DISC 2: 01 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Cue 02 Gina X Performance - No GDM 03 Drinking Electricity - Random Particles 04 Hazel O’Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up 05 ROD VEY - Brave New Modern World 06 Those French Girls - Close-Up 07 Kim Wilde - Cambodia 08 Thomas Leer - West End 09 Voice Farm - Sleep 10 Tears for Fears - Suffer The Children 11 Johnny Warman - Will You Dance With Me 12 Visage - Visage 13 Spandau Ballet - Reformation 14 Beasts in Cages - Sandcastles 15 Peter Baumann - Repeat, Repeat 16 Japan - The Art Of Parties 17 Fashion - Move On 18 Natasha England - I Can't Hold On DISC 3: 01 Chris & Cosey - This Is Me 02 Schleimer K - Nevermore 03 Yello - Bostich 04 Naked Lunch - Slipping Again 05 Ak-47 - Stop! Dance! 06 Zeus B. Held - Cowboy On The Beach 07 Blue Zoo - Love Moves In Strange Ways 08 Mystery Plane - Something To Prove 09 John Foxx - You Were There 10 Portion Control - Brix 11 B-Movie - Nowhere Girl 12 Ultravox - I Remember (Death In The Afternoon) 13 The Limit - OK Go 14 Erogenous Zones - Say It's Not So 15 Faction - Wrong Again 16 Alan Burnham - Music To Save The World By Science Fiction 17 Eyeless in Gaza - The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers

VA - Musik Music Musique 3.0: 1982 Synth Pop On The Air [2023] Following 2021's Musik Music Musique 2. 0 set, the third volume in the series looks at the electronic pop scene as it came to dominate the airwaves. A period which saw the 1980's credible musical landscape evolve from gritty post-punk to shamelessly aspirational polished pop. Featuring countless artists who would become household names (many of which remain active today) alongside lesser-known scene mainstays, independent innovators and novelty opportunists, Musik Music Musique 3. 0 explores the evolution of synth pop from anything resembling a 'scene' into the standard musical form of the day, soon to be embraced by everybody from power balladeers to quasi-rock stadium acts. From chart staples and nightclub anthems to rarities, curios and collectables, this set gives equal airtime to all, basking in the breadth of ideas and innovation being explored as the musical world moved towards the mid-80s. Eclectic, endlessly innovative and, most importantly, enduringly listenable, Music Musik Musique 3. 0 continues where it's predecessors left off, and sets the scene for forthcoming 1983 and 1984 editions. (Amazon)

Tracklist: DISC ONE 1 Thomas Dolby – Radio Silence 2 The Passage – XOYO 3 Talk Talk – Mirror Man 4 100% Manmade Fibre – Green For Go 5 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – She’s Leaving 6 Poeme Electronique – V.O.I.C.E. 7 Colourbox – Breakdown (1982 Single Version) 8 Blancmange – I’ve Seen The Word 9 Fashiøn – Streetplayer (Mechanik) 10 Japan – European Son 11 Greeting No 4 – Condition 12 Richard Bone – Digital Days 13 Paul Haig – Justice 14 Tears For Fears – Pale Shelter 15 Arthur Brown – Conversations 16 Die Krupps – Goldfinger 17 Planning By Numbers – Lightning Strikes 18 Faith Global – Coded World 19 Aerial FX – Instant Feeling 20 Ultravox – Monument DISC TWO 1 Dramatis – The Shame 2 Fiat Lux – This Illness 3 New Order – Temptation 4 Kevin Coyne – Tell The Truth 5 Dead Or Alive – What I Want (Demo) 6 Toyah – Ieya 1982 7 Fad Gadget – Life On The Line 8 Thirteen At Midnight – Climb Down 9 Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf 10 Yello – Heavy Whispers 11 Zoo Boutique – Happy Families 12 The Human League – You Remind Me Of Gold 13 Moebius – Pushing Too Hard 14 Passion Polka – Juliet 15 Endgames – First-Last-For Everything (Club Version) 16 Leisure Process – Love Cascade 17 Drinking Electricity – Good Times 18 Section 25 – Hold Me DISC THREE 1 Heaven 17 – Let Me Go! 2 Voice Farm – Beatnik 3 Telex – Sigmund Freud’s Party 4 Thomas Leer – Mr Nobody 5 Kim Wilde – Child Come Away 6 Communication – Future Shock 7 Berlin – Sex (I’m A….) 8 Local Boy Makes Good – Hypnotic Rhythm 9 Mikado – Par Hasard 10 Falco – Maschine Brennt 11 Those French Girls – Sorry Sorry 12 Nick Nicely – Hilly Fields (1892) 13 Time In Motion – Quiet Type 14 Ukraine – Remote Control 15 Julie And The Jems – 1-2-3 16 Thick Pigeon – Subway 17 Sergeant Frog – Profile Dance 18 Omega Theatre – Robots, Machines And Silicon Dreams