COMPILATIONS WITH david bowie

Space Oddities ‘69-’83

Monday, August 10th, 2009

space is the place! science fiction always played an important part in many music styles, from techno to p-funk, jazz, cosmic, electro etc. this styleguides edition is all about the high class synthesizer trash of early electronic space themes.

bonus music video is the famous doctor who theme composed by ron grainer and realised by delia derbyshire at the bbc radiophonic workshop in 1963, creating one of the first electronic music signature tunes for science fiction tv:

Death Disco ‘79-’91

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

this genre has been given many different names such as ebm, industrial or darkwave, but the song ‘death disco’ from public image ltd probably sums it up best. poetic, dark and moody synthesizer gothics with touches of punk, new wave and disco inbetween.. you have to be in the mood for this.

the bonus track of this styleguides compilation not available on amazon is throbbing gristle’s ebm classic ‘hot on the heels of love’ from 1979:

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