Recommended Albums On White Lion Radio

We bring to a conclusion our recommended albums of the day here on White Lion Radio, with an album that has recently been released.

Johan Baeckström is one half of Swedish Synthpop duo Daily Planet, their recent album "Two" was also a recommended album choice and it is a great pleasure to choose Johan's new solo abum "Like Before", which was released earlier this month, as our final recommended album of the day.

As you would expect Vince Clarke's Yazoo influence is evident throughout the album which is synthpop perfection and we especially like the tracks, "Starlights", "Great Unknown", "Come With Me", "Winter Times", "Forever And A day" and "Saturdays In Silesia" (Rational Youth Cover).

If you thought Daily Planet's album "Two" was good" this is as good, if not better, than that album.

Three words of advice......Get this album!

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It's back to the UK for White Lion Radio's recommended album of the day.

UK Synthpop duo Destination are another of those bands that we have been watching closely over the last few years, in fact since their debut album "Alternate Realities". For todays recommendation though we turn to their 2nd album "Close Your Eyes And Make A Wish", which was released in 2010 and their best album to date with infectious music by Glynn Jaine and the etheral vocals of Bridget Gray.

The album is littered with top quality tracks and we recommend you listen to "Atmosphere", "Inside Your Mind", "Touch (Ribbons Round My Heart", "Say" (Our favourite track off the album), "No Mercy" and "Piano Softly".

If you like Erasure then you will love this album.

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Today's recommended album of the day is "The Destiny Room" by Twins Natalia.

Twins Natalia seem to have been around for years and it is hard to believe their stunning track "When We Were Young" was released in 2008! Their debut album "The Destiny Room" has been worked on since then up to it's release in 2014.

The album has a european feel to it and has a very distinct sound and boasts several top quality synthpop songs aside from the singles "When We Were Young" and "I Avoid Strangers" we also recommend the tracks "Into My Arms", "Don't Fade Away", "Set Love Free" and "Kleiner Satellit".

Another classic electronic album to add to your collection.

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For today's recommended album of the day on White Lion Radio we go all the way back to 1982!

Rational Youth have a rich history on the independant electronic music scene and the band are still going strong today and touring.

We are massive fans of their 1982 album "Cold War Night Life" and we think it is their best album. It includes the classic singles, "Saturday's In Silesia" and "City Of Night", synthpop at it's best and we also recommend you listen to the tracks "Close To Nature", Beware The Fly", "Ring The Bells" and "Dancing On The Berlin Wall".

Do yourself a favour and grab a copy of this album, it doesn't disappoint.

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i-Select #3

Welcome to edition #3 of a new series on White Lion Radio called, i-Select.

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Track List

Eurotix - Kiss Them For Me (Rename Extended Mix)
Daybehaviour - Silent Dawn
nTTx - Falls Beautiful
POS:2 - Memories (Tragical Mix By In Good faith)
Deutsche Bank - Shinjuku Station
Carved Souls - Crystals
Johan Baeckstrom - Starlights
Marsheaux - See You
Glass Apple Bonzai - An Astrophysicist Love Story I
Uncle Tan - The Last Remaining Song
POS:2 - Only Electropop (The Wavepop Mix By Conscience)
Minuit Machine - How Soon Is Now
Rodney Cromwell - Barry Was An Arms Dealer
Train To Spain - Grab And Touch
Eurotix - Are You Strong Enough (A Blue Ocean Dream Lonely In The Club Remix)

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It's Scandinavia once again for today's recommended album of the day on White Lion Radio, it's not Sweden though, this time it is Norway.

Electro Spectre's brand of Electro-Pop is both appealing and enjoyable and this is certainly evident on their album "Bullets & Desert Blooms" an album full of infectious songs. Our favourite tracks are the singles "You Push For The World", "Your Love Is A Criminal" and "Graveyard Eyes" and we also like the tracks, "As Long As It Pays", "Silver Eyes" and "Bullets & Desert Blooms".

A solid electronic album that would fit into your electronic music collection quite nicely.

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We stay in Europe for today's recommended album of the day and focus on Greek synthpop duo Marsheaux.

White Lion Radio have been a massive fan of Marsheaux for 10 years and they have got better with every release and recently released their own complete recording of the Depeche Mode album "A Broken Frame" which is outstanding and an album you should definitely get, but today we are going to concentrate on their album "Inhale", which was released in 2013 and is perfection from start to finish.

WLR recommend the tracks "Self Control", Secret Place". "Inhale", "To The End", "Alone" and "End Is A New Start".

You need to own this classic Synthpop album.

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For today's recommended album on White Lion Radio we head for Germany.

The band concerned are called N-Frequency and the album, which is quite obscure, is called "Monomatic" and it has a similar minimal feel as the album "New Wave" by Mr Jones Machine.

Early Depeche Mode and early Human League also spring to mind when listening to this album and we recommend you listen and enjoy the tracks "Let Love Be Your Guide", "Radioman", "Elaine", "Your Careless Smile" (Our favourite track, it is so infectious), "Gloomy Nights" and "Secret Garden".

A truly excellent album that doesn't disappoint.

We consider it a hidden gem.

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For today's recommended album on White Lion Radio we once again have an album by a band based in Sweden!

Vanguard are a duo that have a wonderful synthpop/electro-pop sound and their second album "Retribution" is a fine example of this. The album includes the singles "On My Own", "Let Us Fall" and their most recent single "A Brighter Day". Delve beyond the singles and you will find a wealth of well executed electronic tracks and we recommend you also listen to the tracks, "Firefly", "Bleed For Me", "Words Like That" and "Not Even You".

Another essential album to own if you enjoy electronic music.

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Electronic Music Hour #3

Welcome to edition #3 of our series "The Electronic Music Hour", which features some of the best electronic and synthpop music from the last 40 years.

These shows not only include well known artists from the last 4 decades but new and emerging bands on the electronic music scene from around the world, a lot of which are either unsigned, or on a small independent label, or self release their material.

So the shows will feature old and new tracks that fit in the electronic/synthpop genre.

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Track List

Vanguard - A Brighter Day
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Future Perfect - Queen Of The Dancefloor
John Foxx - This City
Chvrches - The Mother We Share
Talk Talk - The Last Time
Thompson Twins - We Are Detective
Rational Youth - Saturday's In Silesia
Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
Tears For Fears - Suffer The Children
The Listening Pool - Meant To Be
Glass Apple Bonzai - The Freeze
Japan - European Son
Howard Jones - All I Want
Twins Natalia - When We Were Young

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What a fantastic recommended album of the day we have for you today, again it is by a synthpop band based in Sweden, they are called Daily Planet and the album is called "Two".

Released in 2014 this is one of those albums that is a joy to listen to from start to finish. If you are a fan of Yazoo or early Depeche Mode then this album will not disappoint!

It features the stunning singles "Trust" and "Fragile" and if you look beyond those 2 tracks there are even more slices of synthpop heaven to be found and we also recommend the tracks "Unforgiven", "Stay With Me", "Belong", "Alone" and "Nobody's Friend".

If Vince and Alison were to record a new yazoo album it wouldn't be as good as this.

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Today's recommended album on White Lion Radio is the self titled album by Glass Apple Bonzai who are from Canada.

WLR have been following this band for some time and we really do like the retro sound the band have and their debut album is retro from beginning to end. The album was released in May 2014 and includes the brilliant single "The Freeze". A lot of this album is influenced by early Gary Numan and Ultravox, and we recommend you listen to the tracks "The Fist", "Fade To Sorrow", "Impossible To Ignore" and "The Girl With The Telephoto Eye".

This is an album that might just surprise you, add it to your electronic music collection.

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For today's recommended album on White Lion Radio, we go all the way back to 2001.

Neuropa, from Australia, were one of the first synthpop bands to appear on the independent electronic music scene and released their debut album in 1997. The album which caught our attention though, was the brilliant "Beyond Here And Now", a collection of well crafted melodic synthpop tunes.

The album features the infectious singles "Bound" and "Beyond Here And Now", alongside those two gems we also recommend the tracks "True Love Wars", "New Day", "True Believer" and "Skin Deep".

A band that is still going today and if you haven't come across them before, this is the album to get.

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Today's recommended album on White Lion Radio is by German synthpop band Zynic who are from Germany. The album is called "Blindsided" and was released in 2013.

Once again this is pretty much a perfect synthpop album from beginning to end and is a very impressive second album by the band.

The album features the single "Dead End" and to be honest we can pretty much recommend you listen to all the tracks on this album as their are so many highlights, but we will pick the following tracks as the very best on the album, "Escape Artist", "Cardiac Arrest", "Ghost", "Only Human" and "Thanks For Nothing".

You won't be disappointed if you added this album to your Synthpop collection.

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Maximum 80s (Volume 27)

This is a series of shows that feature nothing but the very best in 1980s 12 Inch Singles. The biggest hits on the biggest format from a classic decade......the 1980s.

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Track List

Heaven 17 - Who'll Stop The Rain (Extended Version)
Inner City - Big Fun (12 Inch Mix)
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk Ft Daryl Pandy - Love Can't Turn Around (12 Inch Mix)
Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love (Remixed Extended Version)
Thompson Twins - In The Name Of Love (12 Inch Dance Extension)
Japan - European Son (Extended Remix)
China Crisis - Working With Fire And Steel (Fire And Steel Mix)
Blondie - Call Me (12 Inch Version)
Soft Cell - Where The Heart Is (12 Inch Version)
Blancmange - Blind Vision (12 Inch Version)

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We return to the UK for today's recommended album on White Lion Radio amd it is the debut album by Spacebuoy called "Intoxicated".

The band have a unique synthpop sound and have been gaining a loyal fan base and have even supported Erasure on tour.

This album packs a punch with so many highlights and we recommend you listen to the tracks "Deliverance", "Intoxicated", "Radiate" (WLR's Favourite track off the album), "Heaven Sent", "December" and "Shine".

It's a fabulous album and worthy of a place in your CD collection.

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White Lion Radio's recommended album of today is "Metropolis" by Parralox, who are from Australia.

The album was Released in 2010, and to us, is as perfect a Synthpop album as you can get and we liken it as one of the most complete electronic albums since "Dare", by The Human League. The core line-up for the making of this album was John von Ahlen and Amii Jackson, Amii has since left the band.

The album features the brilliant singles "I Sing The Body Electric" and "Supermagic" but there are more perfect synthpop songs to discover and we also recommend the tracks, "Ancient Times", "Love Is Enough", "Promised Land", "Acrimony" and "Failure".

Whilst the releases since Amii's departure have been a little disappointing "Metropolis" is without doubt a jewel in the Synthpop crown.

An album you should invest in.

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We once again travel to Sweden for todays recommended album on White Lion Radio.

The album is called "New Wave", by Mr Jones Machine, and it was released in January 2005.

We love this album for it's simplicty, it's quite minimal and I suppose you could liken it to Depeche Mode's debut album "Speak & Spell". We have played tracks from this album quite a few times on WLR over the years and we recommend you listen to "Jaguar", "My Time", "A Place In The Sun", "Somewhere In Nowhere", "Shadow Of A Doubt" and "Winter Stays On", all of which are catchy and melodic.

It's an album that might just surprise a few people!

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Fotonovela, the production team behind Greek Synthpop band Marsheaux provided one of the most surprising albums when it was released in 2013. It's packed full of synthpop tunes that you will play over and over again.

It's also an interesting album because vocals are provided by several well known singers, in the main from the electronic & sythpop world.

We rate this album highly and the songs you should definitely check out are "Our Sorrow" and "Romeo & Juliet", both of which feature James New, from the UK band Mirrors, on vocals, "Justice" and Beautiful", which feature Sarah Blackwood from the band Dubstar, "Clean Slate" which features Beth Cassidy on vocals, "Freeze Frame" which features Kid Moxie and of course "Big Black Hole" featuring Marsheaux.

It's an album worthy of your attention.

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The album "Culture" by Rename, who are from Germany, is today's recommended album on White Lion Radio.

The album was originally released in 2004, with a special 10th Anniversary Edition released in 2014 with extra tracks.

This is an album that was ahead of it's time with dreamy soundscapes, wonderful electronic sounds and top class songs. Yet again it is an album that delivers from start to finish and we recommend you listen to the tracks "Maybe Later I Will Fall", "Compromise Letter", "You Don't Deserve My Love" (WLR's favourite Rename track), "Heaven Forever", "My Wonder (It Must Have Been Love)" and "In Different Things".

If you haven't discovered this band yet, check out this album, you won't be disappointed!

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Rubik's 80s Mix (Volume 27)

Welcome to Volume 27 of a series of shows on White Lion Radio called Rubik's 80s Mix, a show that features classic hits from a classic decade......the 1980s.

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Track List

China Crisis - Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives
Pet Shop Boys - Was That What It Was
Alphaville - Sounds Like A Melody
Shalamar - I Can Make You Feel Good
Imagination - New Dimension
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
Heaven 17 - Lets All Make A Bomb
B-Movie - Rememberance Day
Jimmy Somerville - Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)
OMD - Gravity Never Failed
ABC - Be Near Me
Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel
Duran Duran - Sound Of Thunder
Howard Jones - Don't Always Look At the Rain
David Bowie - China Girl

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We return to the UK for today's recommended album on White Lion Radio.

A band that really ticked all the boxes for White Lion Radio were Northern Kind and we loved their debut album "Fifty Three Degrees North". The album has a massive Vince Clarke influence throughout it, especially the period when he was in Yazoo.

The chemistry between musician Matt Culpin and singer Sarah Heeley was perfect and it shows not only on their debut album but also the follow-up album "Wired".

"Fifty Three Degrees North" is littered with top quality synthpop and we recommend you listen to the tracks "On & On", "Millionaire", "Thoughts Of You", "Home", "Seen The Light", "Sometimes" and "You Belong".

This is another quality release from beginning to end. Sadly the duo went their seperate ways with Matt going on to form Dancing With Ruby with Charlie Sanderson who was in Electrobelle.

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New EP By Deutsche Bank Released Today

Swedish electronic band Deutsche Bank who featured on "Transmission - A Further Tribute To Kraftwerk" have released a new 4 track EP called "Grand" today.

The new EP is part of a trilogy of EP's to be released which will form the album "Grand Unified Theory".

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New Eurotix EP Now Available

The brand new "Kiss Them For Me" EP by Swedish Synthpop duo Eurotix is now available across various platforms.

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Track List

1. Kiss Them For Me
2. I Don't Hate You Anymore
3. Computer Dating
4. Un Chanson Pour L'Eurovision

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Today we stay in France for White Lion Radio's recommended album of the day, which is a little different from previous selections as it is a concept album called "Footnotes" by French Synth musician Frank Ayers.

Frank has been a long time friend of White Lion Radio for a number of years and when this album was released in early 2014, it came totally out of the blue and we were very impressed with it. If you are a fan of Jean Michel Jarre and also Vangelis then this album will not disappoint. Our recommended tracks are "Tycho Conspiracy Part 1", "Tycho Conspiracy Part 2", the superb "The Love Capsule" (a track Jean Michel Jarre would have been proud to have recorded!), "Tycho Conspiracy Part 3", "Enter The Solar Winds" and "Fra Mauro"

A wonderful example on how to produce a compelling concept instrumental album.

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