Various - Musik Music Musique 2.0 The Rise Of Synth Pop (CD)

Sealed. Three CD set.

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.

Disc 1
1 Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
2 Soft Cell - Frustration
3 Devo - Through Being Cool
4 Dramatis - Lady DJ
5 Aneka - Japanese Boy
6 Richard Bone - Alien Girl
7 New Musik - Twelfth House
8 A Flock of Seagulls - Talking
9 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
1 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Cue
2 Gina X - Performance No GDM
3 Drinking Electricity - Random Particles
4 Hazel O'Connor - (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up
5 Rod Vey - Brave New Modern World
6 Those French Girls - Close-Up
7 Kim Wilde - Cambodia
8 Thomas Leer - West End
9 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 Fashiøn - Move ØN
18 Natasha - I Can't Hold on

Disc 3
1 Chris and Cosey - This Is Me
2 Schleimer K - Nevermore
3 Yello - Bostich
4 Naked Lunch - Slipping Again
5 Ak-47 - Stop! Dance!
6 Zeus - Cowboy on the Beach 
7 Blue Zoo - Love Moves in Strange Ways
8 Mystery Plane - Something to Prove
9 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