Sunday 17 March 2024

i-Select #104

Edition #104 of i-Select has been released today on White Lion Radio


This is a series of shows dedicated to electronic/synthpop bands, that are unsigned, signed to a small independent label or self release their material.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

BlakLight - Don't Assume That We Are Alright
Kraftman - AZ-5 (Radio Edit)
Church Of Trees - Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Conscience - A Function Of Y
The Moons Of Jupiter - Ghosts
More - Shotgun To The Head
WeAreTwo - For Always In My Life (refix)
Bit Pixel - No Time For Regret
Knight$ - Shadows
Diakov - Under The Stars
Vague Notion - Back In The Day
Echo Image - Madsong
Permer - Together In Japan
Conscience - I Could fly (Radio Edit)
Church Of Trees - That's All
Metroland - Industry 4.0 (Economic)
Kraftman - Moskow Diskow (English Version)
Split Vision - Wrath
Lonelyklown - Lonely Night Tonight (Hotfoot Edit)
Platronic - Calling (Mitten In Der Nacht)
BlakLight - Blind Vision
Dpoint Ft e_lect - Falling Down
Steven Jones & Logan Sky - Come Back Tonight (Pole Position Remix)
Diakov - Goodbye Ivan
Disrupted Being - Deeper
The Moons Of Jupiter - Until The End Of Time
Autogramm - Diana
Cires - Take The Love
Bit Pixel - The Things You Do
Conscience - A Created World
Knight$ - Hijack My Heart
Aktivity 512 - Stereophonic
Church Of Trees - Desolation
RogueFX & Mayah Camara - Big Time
Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - The Getaway
Neon Space Men - Seeds Of Love
Zero Corporation - Club With No Name (Reinvention Dub)
Francesca e Luigi - Forget About The Past
Permer - Tiger Never Lion

Friday 15 March 2024

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #11

Put The Needle On The Record Week #11 OMD - Sugar Tax

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to May 1991 and the OMD album, "Sugar Tax", this was the first of 3 OMD albums that were recorded without Paul Hunphreys, who had left the band in 1991 and the first OMD album since "The Pacific Age", that was released in 1986.

This is still one of my favourite OMD albums and has some quality tracks on it, although some of the tracks chosen as singles is questionable. There were 3 singles released from the album, the brilliant "Sailing On The Seven Seas" (which reached number 3 on the UK Singles Chart), I remember the radio alarm clock went off for work one morning and this song came on when the alarm went off and I thought to myself, this is OMD, i'm sure this is OMD and it was, a total surprise because I thought OMD had ended with "The Pacific Age" album! What a way to come back, the outstanding "Pandora's Box", one of OMD's best singles of all time (which reached number 7 in the UK Singles chart), "Then You Turn Away", which was never a good enough track to release as a single (hardly surprising that it only peaked at number 50 un the UK Singles Chart) and "Call My Name", which is a good track but the remix for the single version was weak to say the least and the 12 inch version is unlistenable! (again this made a poor showing on the UK Singles chart, also peaking at number 50). "Speed Of Light" should have been released as the 3rd single with a 4th single scrapped.

The album peaked at number 3 in the UK albums chart.

Track listing

Sailing On The Seven Seas
Pandora's Box
Then You Turn Away
Speed Of Light
Was It Something I Said
Big Town
Call My Name
Apollo XI
Walking On Air
Walk Tall
Neon Lights
All That Glitters

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin!

Monday 11 March 2024

New Kraftman Album "Chernobyl" To Be Released 15th March

The brand new Kraftman album "Chernobyl" will be released on the 15th March 2024.

As you would expect from Kraftman, this is a concept album all about the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster, that occured in April 1986, the album features the 2 singles released "Meltdown To The Core" and "AZ-5", as with previous Kraftman albums it is full of wonderful melodic electronic music, inspired by Kraftwerk and OMD.

The CD edition of the album, released via Razgrom Music, includes a bonus 40 minute concept mix featuring all the album tracks and additional recorded material, this is in addition to the main 10 seperate tracks, the 8 page booklet, includes information, lyrics and photographs and a section in the booklet, has been dedicated to name all the people that have supported Kraftman releases so far.

Album Track Listing

1. Chernobyl 1986

2. Anatoly Dyatlov

3. AZ-5

4. Radiation

5. Uranium-235

6. Meltdown To The Core

7. 90 Seconds

8. Acute Radiation Syndrome

9. In The Red Forest

10. Ballad For Pripyat

11. Chernobyl Concept Mix*

*CD only

The album is available here:

Razgrom Music

https://www.razgrommusic.ru/releases/group/1592/77/

Poponaut

https://www.poponaut.de/kraftman-chernobyl-limited-edition-p-23093.html

Bandcamp

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/chernobyl

The New Album & All Other Kraftman Releases Can Be Found On Digital Stores Here

Kraftman Releases On Digital Download Stores 

The Single Meltdown To The Core is available here:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/meltdown-to-the-core-ep


The Single AZ-5 is available here:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/az-5-ep


Sunday 10 March 2024

Maximum 80s #122

Welcome to edition 122 of Maximum 80s here on White Lion Radio, a show that celebrates the 1980s 12 Inch Single!


This a series of shows that features some of the finest 12 Inch Singles from the 80s all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits in the 12 Inch format from the greatest decade in music history!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here
 

Playlist

OMD - So In Love (Special American Dance Remix)
Martha Ladly - Light Years From Love (Long Version)
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (The Mix Version)
The Pointer Sisters - Jump (For My Love) (Long Version)
The Cure - Let's Go To Bed (1982 Extended Mix)
Holly Johnson - Americanos (Justin Strauss Extended Mix)
Third World - Now That We've Found Love (12 Inch Version)
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen In Love (John Potoker Extended Mix)
Depeche Mode - New Life (Remix)
Sharon Redd - In The Name Of Love (12 Inch Version)
Kim Wilde - Dancing In The Dark (Nile Rodgers 12 Inch Version)
Man Parrish - Hip Hop Bee Pop (Don't Stop) (12 Inch Version)

Thursday 7 March 2024

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #10

Put The Needle On The Record Week #10 Talk Talk - It's My Life

I think we all have albums we haven't played in years and this feature, hopefully, will encourage you to play the featured album we choose each week.

For this weeks feature we go back to February 1984 and the 2nd album released by Synthpop band Talk Talk, this is an album I had on heavy rotation in the bedsit I was living in at the time, I loved their debut album (that may appear at some point in this feature....you never know!). The album "It's My Life" has superbly crafted songs and Mark Hollis on lead vocals, what a talent he was and is sadly missed today, Hollis was the main songwriter and either wrote or co-wrote every song on the album.

Even today, I have no idea why the band changed direction musically after this album, I gave up on them after the album "The Colour Of Spring", however, the first 2 Talk Talk albums are 80s classics in my book.

The album featured 3 singles, the title track "It's My Life" (criminal that this gem only reached number 46 in the UK Singles chart!), "Such A Shame" (which only peaked at number 49 on the UK Singles chart) and "Dum Dum Girl" (which amazingly only reached number 74 in the UK Singles chart). There were definitely 2 other tracks on the album that could have been singles "It's You" and "The Last Time".

It is disappointing that this album only reached number 35 in the UK albums chart, it deserved better than that, as did the singles.

Track listing

Dum Dum Girl
Such A Shame
Renee
It's My Life
Tomorrow Started
The Last Time
Call In The Night Boy
Does caroline Know?
It's You

So if you have the album in your collection and have n't played it in a while, dig it out and give it a spin, go on, you know you want too!

Monday 4 March 2024

Rubik's 80s Mix #122 (May 1988)

Edition #122 of Rubik's 80s Mix is now out on White Lion Radio and as is a New Year we have introduced a new idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix shows, each month we are going to feature songs in the charts on a specific month from the 1980s, this month we feature songs that were in the charts in July 1983.

This a series of shows that includes the very best in 80s music all in one continuous mix.

The biggest hits from the greatest decade in music history!

A show guaranteed to bring back so many happy memories!

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

New Order - Blue Monday '88
Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand
Debbie Gibson - Out Of The Blue
Mica Paris - My One Temptation
Billy Ocean - Calypso Crazy
Climie Fisher - This Is Me
Aswad - Give A Little Love
Elton John - I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
Nick Kamen - Tell Me
Icehouse - Electric Blue
The Style Council - Life At A Top Peoples Health Farm
The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis
Tiffany - I Saw Him Standing There
Five Star - Another Weekend
Alexander O'Neal - The Lovers

Friday 1 March 2024

Kraftman "AZ-5 EP" Out Today

Kraftman has released a new EP called "AZ-5" today, which features 5 tracks.

The EP features a "Radio Edit" and "12 Inch Mix" of "AZ-5" by Kraftman, a remix of the track by Arvid Tuba and 2 exclusive Kraftman recordings of the Telex track "Moskow Diskow".

"AZ-5" is taken from the forthcoming Kraftman album "Chernobyl".

AZ-5 EP Track Listing

01. AZ-5 (Radio Edit) 3:17

02. Moskow Diskow (English Version) 4:24

03. AZ-5 (Arvid Tuba Remix) 3:51

04. Moskow Diskow (English Crossing Borders) 6:35

05. AZ-5 (Detonation 12 Inch Version) 8:09

The EP is available as a Digital Download from Bandcamp:

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Bandcamp)

A 3 track edition of the EP is available on leading Digital Stores, that feature the 3 versions of "AZ-5" listed above:

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Apple Music)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Amazon Music)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Spotify)

Kraftman - AZ-5 (Youtube Music)

Watch the promo video for "AZ-5"


Watch the promo video for the Arvid Tuba Remix of "AZ-5"