New Kraftman Album

Kraftman releases a brand new album tomorrow (1st November) called "Chernobyl (Maximum Exposure)", the album features 80s style extended 12 inch mixes of tracks that were featured on the album "Chernobyl", as well as, associated releases.

If you are a fan of Kraftwerk you won't be disappointed :)

The CD edition features 10 tracks, whilst the Digital Download edition features 11 tracks, including the exclusive track "Chernobyl 1986 (Atmospherics), here is the full track listing and track timings:

01.Chernobyl 1986 (Atmospherics) (Digital Download Exclusive) 06:54
02.Anatoly Dyatlov (12 Inch Mix) 07:37
03.Skala System (Tape To Tape) 07:41
04.AZ-5 (Detonation) 08:23
05.Radiation (Toxic 12 Inch Version) 08:57
06.Uranium-235 07:26
07.Meltdown To The Core (Chain Reaction) 08:37
08.90 Seconds (Maximum) 04:47
09.Acute Radiation Syndrome (Maximum Levels) 06:35
10.In The Red Forest (Desolation) 08:38
11.Dancing In The Square (Extended Dance Mix) 05:49

The album is available on CD and as a Digital Download on Bandcamp here:

https://kraftman.bandcamp.com/album/chernobyl-maximum-exposure

It will also be available across all leading digital download retailers soon, once they are I will update this post.

i-Select #111 (Part 2)

White Lion Radio have released Part 2 of edition #111 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.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Ooo Eee Ooo - (Hit Em With) Every Beat
Vogon Poetry & SCALA - Hope of Heading Home (Knadask Remix)
Cold Connection - Voices Of The Night
Nutronixx - Heart On The Run
Arkavoid - The Hex
Mechanical Cabaret - Ripped Red Sails (Theme From Jacks Women)
Soft Cotton County - It Could Happen to You
Michael Angelaux - Crystal Eyes
Agency-V - Pray For The Sun
deZeption - Too Shallow
Logan Sky Ft RIS-707 - Everything Everywhere Endlessly
Church Of Trees - My Best Mistake
eeman - Jump
Chinese Theatre - Bittersweet (Arvid Tuba Remix)
KMX VII- Lost In Orbit
The Black Celebration - Drown With Me
Hollywood Brown - Creature Of The Night
Matt Springfield - Believe In Love
Rain - Angels
eLxAr - Stuck In A Time Loop
Gulvoss - Running With The Light
Lifelong Corporation - Lost In The Echo (Reflection Mix)
Maschine Brennt - Music Technology (Version 2)
Michael Angelaux - Love Is Not To Blame
Aerial Ship Of Flowers - Dark River
Vaylon - Without You
deZeption - Lost Feeling
Dreampocket - Outrun The Night (Neutron Dreams Radio Edit Remix)
Soft Cotton County - The Future's Not What it Used to Be
Mechanical Cabaret - The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum
Arpraxis - City Heat
Bending Grid - The Beast That Follows
Nutronixx - Storm In My Heart
Ooo Eee Ooo - Shadows In The Forest Of Time (Field Of Cows)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #43

Put The Needle On The Record Week #43 Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw And The Cooked

For this weeks feature we go back to January 1989 and the Fine Young Cannibals album by The Raw And The Cooked.

"The Raw And The Cooked" was the 2nd album released by Fine Young Cannibals and is easily there best and most successful album and even includes a cover version of The Buzzcocks song "Ever Fallen In Love"!

It was also my soundtrack on a train journey to London to attend a training course in early 1990!

It is a fabulous album with quality tracks from beginning to end and has a very distinct sound, unlike anything else released at the time. The album's title is taken from a book by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss. There was also a companion remix album released called "The Raw And The Remixed" released in 1990 featuring various remixes of tracks featured on the original album, for me the remix album was disappointing.

To show the strength of this album, no fewer than 8 singles were released off it, the album only featured 10 tracks! The first single released was The Buzzcocks cover of "Ever Fallen In Love", released 3 years before the album was released (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart), "She Drives Me Crazy" (which reached number 5 in the UK Singles chart and Number 1 on the American Billboard Hot 100), "Good Thing" (which reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and again topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the states), "Don't Look Back" (which reached number 34 in the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in America), "I'm Not The Man I Used To Be", my favourite track on the album (which reached number 20 in the UK Singles Chart), "I'm Not Satisfied" (which reached number 46 in the UK Singles Chart), "It's OK (It's Alright)" was released as a single in Germany, whilst "Tell Me What" was released as a single in France.

The album reached number 1 in the UK Albums chart and also number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the states.

Track Listing

She Drives Me Crazy
Good Thing
I'm Not The Man I Used To Be
I'm Not Satisfied
Tell Me What
Don't Look Back
It's Ok (It's Alright)
Don't Let It Get You Down
As Hard As It Is
Ever Fallen In Love

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

i-Select #111 (Part 1)

White Lion Radio have released Part 1 of edition #111 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.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Arkavoid - Memories From Nothing
Mechanical Cabaret - It Just Is
SIXMIXSIX - The Time Machine
Destiny Nation - Boys Will Be Boys
Synthetik FM - Brother Louie
Damokles - Time Is Kind
eeman - Radio
Vaylon - External Exile
Pacific Deep - Who To Trust (RE-Active Espionage Remix)
O.a.G. Ft Future Analog - Running (Future Analog Remix Radio Edit)
Projekt Ich Ft Alex Braun - Don't Wake Up
Mindmodvl - For Everyone
Paul Rein - Different
Glenn Main - October Nights
Vidéo L'Eclipse - Another Day (Arvid Tuba Remix)
Destiny Nation - I Don't Feel Like Talking
Nature of Wires ft Luka - Dark Waters
Nostalgia Deathstar - The Ground Belongs To Me
The Halo Trees - Alone In A Room Full Of Mirrors (Electro Mix)
Eric C. Powell & Andrea Powell - Darkness Falls
SIXMIXSIX - Beyond The Veil
Volker Milch & Skull Smith - A Forest
eeman Ft Anna S - Sound of Goodbye
Church Of Trees - Desolation
Synthetik FM - Hope I Never
Vague Notion - polaroid
Midnight Hi-Fi - Penthouse Paradise
Alex Braun & Rob Dust - Never Never
Faint line - Breathe The Water
Destiny Nation - Only One (Fly Away With Me)
Mechanical Cabaret - Devoid
Damokles - Dragonfly

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #42

Put The Needle On The Record Week #42 Tears For Fears - The Hurting

For this weeks feature we go back to March 1983 and the Tears For Fears album "The Hurting".

This album always reminds me of the days I lived in a crummy bedsit in Eccles, Manchester, as it was an album I constantly played during the few years I lived there....not the happiest of times I must add!

Anyway to the album.......This was the debut album by the band consisting of the duo Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, both had been in a previous band called Graduate and interestingly before they renamed themselves Tears For Fears, their band name was History Of Headaches!! Thank god they saw sense and came up with Tears For Fears, the name is taken from a book by Psychotherapist Arthur Janov, the book also inspired the tracks "The Prisoner" and "Ideas As Opiates".

For the album the band decided to change producers and worked with Chris Hughes, which meant they re-recorded the tracks Suffer The Children" and "Pale Shelter" for the album. Did you know thet their breakthrough hit "Mad World" was originally considered as a B Side!

It is without doubt one of the classic albums released in the 80s and I have to say it is a very strong album, however, I never liked "The Prisoner" or "Ideas As Opiates", other than those 2 tracks the rest of the album is outstanding.

In all 5 singles were released, "Suffer The Children", one of my favourite tracks on the album, was released in 1981 (which didn't make the UK Singles Chart at the time but was a minor hit in 1985 reaching number 52 in the UK Singles Chart), the original version of "Pale Shelter (You Don't Give Me Love)" (which was released in early 1982 and also failed to chart), "Mad World" (which reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart), "Change" (which reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart) and a new version of "Pale Shelter", one of my all time favourite records (which reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart).

The album reached number 1 on the UK album chart.

Track Listing

The Hurting
Mad World
Pale Shelter
Ideas As Opiates
Memories Fade
Suffer The Children
Watch Me Bleed
Change
The Prisoner
Start Of The Breakdown

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Maximum 80s #129

Welcome to edition 129 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

Kissing The Pink - Never Too Late To Love You (Kissing The Mix)
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (12 Inch Summer Version)
Luther Vandross - I Really Didn't Mean It (12 Inch Mix)
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep Pettibone Remix)
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World (Long Version)
Erasure - Love To Hate You (Paul Dakeyne Remix)
Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed (Special Remix Version)
The Whispers - My Girl (12 Inch Maxi Single
Heaven 17 - Height Of The Fighting (Full Length 12 Inch Mix)
Thompson Twins - Lay Your Hands On Me (12 Inch Version)
Sandra - Everlasting Love (Extended Version)
Phil Fearon & Galaxy - Dancing Tight (Dance Mix)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #41

Put The Needle On The Record Week #41 Duran Duran - Duran Duran

For this weeks feature we go back to June 1981 and the Self titled debut album by Duran Duran.

This is a really solid debut album by Duran Duran, with plenty of excellent tracks, including the singles, "Planet Earth", "Girls On Film", and tracks like "Anyone Out There" and "Sound Of Thunder", I was really surprised they released "Careless Memories" as a single, for me it is one of the weakest tracks on the album, I'm not a massive Duran Duran fan, really only liking the first 3 albums. You can't argue that they weren't the frontrunners in the new romantic movement.

The album was recorded during December 1980 and January 1981 and was produced by Colin Thurston.

The band formed as a trio in 1978, consisting of Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Stephen Duffy, who was the original vocalist in the band, the classic line-up of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Andy Taylor, John Taylor and Roger Taylor came into being in 1980.

The album featured 3 singles "Planet Earth" (which reached number 12 in the UK Singles chart), "Careless Memories" (which reached number 37 in the UK Singles chart) and Girls On Film" (which reached number 5 in the UK Singles chart).

The album reached number 3 in the UK Albums chart.

Track Listing

Girls On Film
Planet Earth
Anyone Out There
To The Shore
Careless memories
Night Boat
Sound Of Thunder
Friends Of Mine
Tel Aviv

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!

Rubik's 80s Mix #129 (June 1983)

We bring a fresh idea into the Rubik's 80s Mix series, each month we are going to focus on tracks that were in the charts on a specific month in the 1980s, which hopefully will bring back special memories for you, on this show, edition #129, we feature tracks that were in the charts in June 1983.

Tracks by David Bowie, Opus, China Crisis, Tears For Fears, Jaki Graham, Howard Jones, ABC and more are featured on the show.

Listen to the show on Mixcloud here

Playlist

Ultravox - We Came To Dance
Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
Imagination - Looking At Midnight
David Bowie - China Girl
Shalamar - Dead Giveaway
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something
Freeez - IOU
Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money
ELO - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Heaven 17 - Come Live With Me
Mary Jane Girls - All Night Long
A Flock Of Seagulls - Transfer Affection
Big Country - In A Big Country
George Benson - Lady Love me (One More Time)
Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling)

Put The Needle On The Record - Week #40

Put The Needle On The Record Week #40 Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's

For this weeks feature we go back to August 1982 and the Yazoo album "Upstairs At Eric's".

This is another one of my all time favourite albums and was played to death when I bought it, it is of course the debut album by Yazoo, which combined the talents of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet and is a collection of superb synthpop songs, however, I must say, I have no idea why they included the track "I Before E Except after C"! If it was an instrumental track it would be fine, however, it isn't it is just a load of people talking, very odd it was included, aside from that it features some outstanding songs, "Too Pieces", my favourite track and should have been a single, the same goes for "Bad Connection" and "Goodbye 70s", it also includes the classic singles "Only You" and "Don't Go". I also recall that this was another album I purchased from the small HMV shop on Market Street in Manchester.

3 singles were released, their debut single "Only You" (which reached number 2 in the UK Singles chart), "Don't Go" (which reached number 3 in the UK singles chart), by the way, the 12 inch single is fantastic! The final single released was "Situation", however this was only released in the states and Canada, the track was the B side to the "Only You" single and wasn't featured on the album and performed well in the charts in America, reaching number 1 for 4 weeks on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. This particular single was well sought after on import, I still have my copy!

The album reached number 2 on the UK album chart.

Track Listing

Don't Go
Too Pieces
Bad Connection
I Before E Except After C
Midnight
In My Room
Only You
Goodbye 70s
Tuesday
Winter Kills
Bring Your Love Down (Didn't I)

If you have this album in your collection, dig it out and give it a spin!