Analogue Trash Music Label Special

Welcome to this special show, in which we feature our favourite music, by bands signed to the Manchester based independent music label, Analogue Trash.

Analogue Trash were established in 2009 and have some fantastic electronic music based bands on their roster and have released an impressive array of albums & EP's and have become a well respected label on the independent electronic music scene.

Playlist for the show:

Machinista - Arizone Lights
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - Reaction (Original Mix)
Advance - Calm Before The Storm (Original Mix)
Trench Run - My Heart Beats Faster (Original Mix)
IIOIOIOII - One Moment (Original Mix)
Machinista - The Scare (2015 Mix)
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - Perfect Menagerie (Original Mix)
Advance - Enter The Wastelands
Trench Run - Where Dreams Never Go (Original Mix)
IIOIOIOII - In Disguise (Original Mix)
Machinista - Dark Heart Of Me
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - Cyber Rendezvous (Original Mix)
Advance - Grey Dawn (Nature Of Wires Remix)

Find out more about the label and it's releases here:

https://www.analoguetrash.com/

They are also on Facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/analoguetrashofficial/

i-Select #16

Released today on White Lion Radio is Edition #16 of  i-Select.

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. White Lion Radio prides itself on bringing you music which you don't always get access to and to showcase bands and artists that are really very talented and deserve to be heard.

These shows will feature bands from across the globe!

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Track List

Metroland - Brother (People Theatre's Miserere Mix)
Bringing Down Giants - Starting Over
Perpacity - Carry Me On
De/Vision - Where's The Light
Synthdecade - Love & Understanding
Bimboboy - Drama Queen (Champagne Synth Remix)
Brutalist Architecture In The Sun Ft CountessM - Concrete Pop (Part 2)
Chrom - Heavenly
Xeno & Oaklander - Marble
A Million Machines - Ultraflesh
Freezepop - We Don't Have Normal Lives
IIOIOIOII - In Disguise (Original Mix)
Sonic Reunion - Black Roses
Telegraph - I Prefer Machines (Jens Polger Dynamic Master Remix)
State Of The Nation - Departed (Leslie Bayne Remix)
Perpacity - Corina
Brutalist Architecture In The Sun Ft Cye Thomas - Do We Ever Know The End
Chrom - The Start Of Something New
Jonteknik - Reykjavik

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The Electronic Music Hour #16

Welcome to edition #16 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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Playlist

!Distain - Remote Control (Remixed By Freddy Hajas)
Northern Lite - Voice
Ladytron - Ace Of Hertz
B-Movie - Rememberence Day
Ultravox - Visions In Blue
Essexx - Follow Me
Kiethevez - One Roman Choir
Marsheaux - She's Leaving
Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf
Erasure - Sunday Girl
N-Frequency - Let Love Be Your Guide
Blancmange - Game Above My Head
Vogon Poetry - The Diceman (Machinista Remix)
Camouflage - Me And You

Maximum 80s (Volume 40)

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

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Original 12 Inch Version)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Original 12 Inch Version)
Heaven 17 - Play To Win (12 Inch Extended Version)
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (12 Inch Version)
Two Thirds - Hear Me Calling (The Ramp Mighty 12 Inch)
Alexander O'Neal Ft Cherelle - Never Knew Love Like This (Extended Version)
Bananarama - I Want You Back (Original 12 Inch Inch)
Soft Cell - What (12 Inch Mix)
The Human League - Together In Electric Dreams (Extended)
Kool & The Gang - Fresh (12 Inch Version)

Metroland's "Brother EP's" Reviewed

Metroland release their 3rd single "Brother", from the album "Things Will Never Sound The Same Again" on August 3rd, a date that is special to the band as it is the first anniversary of the sudden death of their sound/mastering engineer Louis Zachert.

For this release the band made available the track stems so fans and other artists could remix the track. This has resulted in 2 5 track EP's.

Metroland provide the first remix of "Brother" and as you would expect it has a tight rhythm section as well as great sequenced bass-lines and melodies. Next we have the B Side "See You", a track that has really grown on me, a definite nod in the direction of Depeche Mode and has Marsheaux providing sampled vocals. It's a track that oozes energy, quite an uplifting track. The overall winner of the remix competition for this release was Axel Kleintjes and his remix of "Brother" starts with heavy drums and has a distinct harder industrial feel to it. Restriction 9's remix is both beautiful and melodic, I like his use of the main hook line in the track against a four to the floor rhythm section, has more of a pop feel and is definitely my favourite remix on EP1. The final remix on the first EP is the Sawtooth's Lush Wasteland Mix. It's another fantastic effort, a more domineering bass-line on this version, with some nice mecahnical drum effects and sounds.

And so on to EP2.....

This EP kicks off with another extended remix of the track by Metroland and it is well constructed and a true 80s style 12 inch mix, which I love. Cyborgdrive's remix gives the track an "Acid overhaul", brilliant use of lead and pad sounds as well on this mix, it has heavier rhythm patterns that work so well with the music. Next is the Diem+Redux+Remix, which sees a more minimal approach than the previous remix, it is atmospheric and again makes good use of the melodic parts of the song. People Theatre is a remix name I am very familiar with and he doesn't disappoint on this mix, as with a lot of his remixes the piano plays a big part, using piano on the lead melody is just perfect, brilliantly constructed sequencer parts against a very minimal drum section, definitely the best remix on this EP. Finally we have the Retroland Remix by Electrofachbetrieb, which is quite powerful sounding, especially with the rhythm section, there is  great use of choir sounds and a brilliant bass-line, all fusing together to make an excellent remix.

This is a wonderful way to close this paticular chapter in Metrolands history and a fitting way to complete their tribute to a good friend and colleague, Louis Zachert.

9/10

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Rubik's 80s Mix (Volume 40)

Welcome to Volume 40 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

Madonna - Open Your Heart
Gary Numan - The Aircrash Bureau
Rocker's Revenge Ft Donnie Calvin - Walking On Sunshine
Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand
Stacy Lattisaw - Jump To The Beat
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right
Fun Boy Three - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)
New Order - The Perfect Kiss
Evelyn 'Champagne' King - Love Come Down
Yazoo - Mr Blue
Prefab Sprout - The King Of Rock 'N' Roll
The Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me
Alison Moyet - Weak In The Presence Of Beauty
John Foxx - Like A Miracle