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  - My blog system is broken
    10/31/06
    Something strange happened to this Simple PHP Blog system.
    I cannot choose November as entry month (???).
    
    Have to find out what it is.
    Till that time no posts.
    
    :-(:-(
    
    Solved half an hour later.
    
    :-):-):-)
    
    Luckily PHP program
  - Fad Gadget - Back to Nature (1979, UK, electronic/new wave)
    10/31/06
    His first and best single.
    
    Not shared anymore. Complaints received.
  - Group 1850 - Mother Nohead @ van Oekel's Discohoek (1975, NL, psychedelic)
    10/30/06
    This is a late appearance of Group 1850 on Dutch television.
    I don't think the Group really existed at that time. It is Peter Sjardin who is playbacking, but the rest are invited friends I suppose.
    
    Van Oekel's Discohoek was a persiflage on other popular music programs, pres
  - Tom Dissevelt, Kid Baltan - Song of the second moon (1967, NL, electronic)
    10/29/06
    Although the single 'Song of the Second Moon' is from 1957 (!) this lp was released in 1967 in Europe. My version has the titles of the USA release of 1968. Dick Raaijmakers who worked as engineer at the Philips NatLab may not use his real name, because he was just a Philips employee, so h
  - Aktien Gesellschaft A.G. - Park Television (1993, NL, electronic/computer)
    10/28/06
    The first 10 years P.A.R.K.4DTV broadcasts started with a leader made by Maarten Ploeg. It was completely made on the Amiga in Amos (with that programming language you could easily exploit all the audio and video capacities of the Amiga).
    In 1993 we made a record of the tune, it was very diffic
  - Soviet Sex - Tokyo (1981-1997, NL, electronic/punk rock)
    10/27/06
    There are two kinds of Soviet Sex, one with drum machine from 1981 and one with Ellen ten Damme, 1997.
    In this post I included one song from a 'Vinyl flexi' (1981, electronic) and two songs from a cd single (1997, punk rock). With a voting campaign, we got that in the Tros Top 50.
  - Chris and Cosey - Night Shift (1982, UK, electronic)
    10/26/06
    Chris and Cosey were part of Throbbing Gristle, together with Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge.
    I catched a glimpse of the latter when I was performing with Raudio for le Placard in the basement of Paradiso, Amsterdam, two weeks ago; Psychic TV was playing on the main stage.
  - Gil Trythall - Country Moog (1970, US, electronic/country)
    10/25/06
    It was Berend Dubbe of Bauer who draw my attention to Switched on Nashville.
    According to him this is gabber country.
    Very funny and it's amazing how Mr. Trythall could make these sounds with a Moog synthesizer.
    
    By the way, Bauer does a concert with the Metropol
  - Telex - Twist a Saint Tropez (1978, BE, electronic)
    10/24/06
    I wrote already something about Telex in a previous post.
    
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  - Mechanical Man (1978, US, electronic/new wave)
    10/23/06
    Mechanical Man really is Devo.
    I think these are demo sessions, maybe even a real release of Mechanical Man before they called themselves Devo.
    And put on the market with a cheap sleeve that says Devo when they became well known.
    A collectors item these days
    
    This imag
  - Solution - Live in Oenkerk en Middelburg (1972, NL, Canterbury)
    10/22/06
    Another self made cd with old live recordings of a dutch band.
    Abroad not so well known Solution did a reunion concert this year.
    They only played 1 1/2 songs of their first lp, the best one.
    Here are 1 3/4 ;-) numbers of the first and two good ones of the second lp. Fever is not live
  - Christopher Scott - Switched-on Bacharach (1969, US, popular electronic)
    10/21/06
    After the huge success of Walter Carlos with Switched-on Bach, a lot of Switched-on albums were produced. Finally there was an idea what to do with that expensive Moog toy. Here is one with a wink to the original.
    
    In Japan this lp is re-issued on cd.
    
    Side one:
  - The Danse Society - My heart missed another beat (1982, UK, electronic/gothic)
    10/20/06
    From Vinyl issue 19
    
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  - Fad Gadget - Untitled (1983, UK, electronic/new wave)
    10/19/06
    This one you got as flexi disk with the Dutch new wave magazine Vinyl.
    Almost each issue included a flexi.
    The coming days I will post some more.
    
    This track "Untitled" later appeared as "Sleep" on the B-side of "One Man's Meat".
  - BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Doctor Who (1963, UK, electronic)
    10/18/06
    Very early electronic work for the mass.
    Written by Ron 'did I write that' Grainer, but the sound was created by Delia Derbyshire and that was what made the tune famous.
    There is a documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Alchemists of Sound.
    
    My copy
  - Space - Carry on, Turn me on (1977, FR, electronic/disco)
    10/17/06
    Another commercial electronic record.
    Space is mainly Didier Marouani and better known for their hit Magic Fly.
    You can see the video of that song on http://www.space.tm.fr/videos-en.php with in the background the alpha version of Winamps Milkdrop visualization.
    The cover is a still f
  - Pinker Tone - Louie Louie (1982, electronic/synth pop)
    10/16/06
    Nothing is known about Pinker Tone, the more is known about the song.
    You can read everything you never wanted to know about Louie Louie and were afraid to ask at The Louie Louie Pages.
    
    I don't think Pinker Tone has anything to do with the Spanish band The Pinker Ton
  - Phew - Finale (1980, JP, electronic)
    10/14/06
    Maybe you thought my other posts were weird.
    Listen to this!
    Phews first solo single, produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    An 8 on the White Noise Scale.
    
    Later she made a self titled lp with Conny Plank, producer of the first and only excellent lp of the Eurythmics, an
  - Maarten (van der) Ploeg (1958, Arnhem – † 19 februari 2004)
    10/12/06
    How careless can one be?
    In April 2006 there was an exhibition of Maarten Ploeg's work that he gave to friends. They asked me too, but I couldn't remember Maarten ever gave me one of his works.
    And now, between all kind of boxes, I saw a red map with this inside.
  - P1/E - 49 Second Romance (1980, DE, electronic/new wave)
    10/12/06
    German band with Alexander Hacke alias Alexander Von Borsig (Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh, Sprung Aus Den Wolken and early member of Einstürzende Neubauten).
    Amazing how many of yesterdays small bands have websites nowadays.
    Here is a list of all publications of the two songs on this single
  - Rexy - Don't turn me away (1979, UK, electronic/new wave)
    10/11/06
    I have not much to say about this. The a-side is highly recommended. Listen for yourself.
    Vic Martin plays the keyboards, he also played in the Eurythmics and with Gary Moore.
    
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    I also have the lp, so if there are
  - Uitzending gemist? Dik Voormekaar in De wereld draait door.
    10/11/06
    Daar is-tie weer! Nou nou, nou nou.
    Weer heel even terug, fans krijgen er geen genoeg van.
    Klik op de foto om het nogmaals te zien.
    
    De Dik Voormekaar show, live in De wereld draait door.
    Zie ook m'n vorige Dik Voormekaar post.
  - Some of my best friends are Canadians - Feeling Sheepish (1980, UK, electronic/new wave)
    10/10/06
    Is this Phil Thornton who makes new age / world music records these days? Not bad, but this is different stuff!
    Speaking Clock gets a 9 on the White Noise Scale.
    
    Really good and totally unknown.
    
    Phil Thornton - Vocals, keyboards
    Kym Guest - Vocals
    Mav
  - Mistral - Jamie (1977, NL, electronic/synth pop)
    10/09/06
    An early synth pop tune written by Robbie van Leeuwen (ex Shocking Blue). All sequencer stuff with a very female voice of Sylvia van Asten. The flip side is muzak.
    
    Silly cover, but the mice liked it.
    
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  - Electronic Concept Orchestra - Moog Groove (1967, US, electronic)
    10/08/06
    The Electronic Concept Orchestra made three albums: Moog Groove, Cinemoog and Electric Love. All containing Moog versions of popular songs. I got Moog Groove from Feddo (thanks), my mate in old psychedelic music. It is a pressing from 1969.
    I think The Electronic Concept Orchestra was not a rea
  - Gerry & the Holograms - Meet the Dissidents (1979, UK, electronic/new wave/weird)
    10/06/06
    gramm...gramm...gramm...gramm...gramm...gramm...
    I wish I wrote those words.
    Another Absurd Record.
    'Did I say there were 16 of me? / I'm sorry, there's only 1 / The others are just fragments / Of Gerry and The Holograms...'
    
    I read somewhere
  - Minny Pops - Kojak (1979, NL, electronic/new wave)
    10/04/06
    Dutch band, at the time of this Kojak 7" formed by Wally van Middendorp (vocals, Korg Mini Pops rhythm box), Frans Hagenaars (bass) and Peter Mertens (guitar).
    The latter I know from P.A.R.K., our tv and internet art broadcasting foundation.
    
    Very minimalistic electro
  - Transvolta - Disco-Computer (1978, BE, electronic/disco)
    10/03/06
    This was the prediction of the Groovebox.
    Nice mechanic disco tune with vocoder.
    Transvolta actually is Dan Lacksman of Belgium band Telex.
    Telex represented Belgium for the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest and immediately the organisation made a problem about the use of the vocoder.
  - Passage - New Love Songs (1978, UK, electronic/new wave)
    10/01/06
    Passage was a band from Manchester and produced the first years two 'concept singles': 'New Love Songs' and 'About Time'.
    For the first one they were accused of sexism and, well, if you listen to the lyrics on 'Love Song' and you don't have humor, yo
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