Synthetic Pleasures 2016 Released Today

White Lion Radio are proud to present Synthetic Pleasures 2016, our favourite Electronic & Synthpop tracks of 2016.

It isn't a chart, just merely a selection of 50 of our favourite songs, from over 200 played on our i-Select shows during the course of this year.

A big thank you to our listeners and to the many bands that have submitted music for our shows.

Enjoy the show!

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Playlist

Niels Gordon - Pio
Bimbo Boy - Drama Queen (Champagne Synth Remix)
Beborn Beton - The Black Hit Of Space
Destination - Vinyl
Synthdecade - Lighten Up The Darkness
Electro Spectre - The River
Tenek - Imitation Of Life (Single Version)
Trench Run - Where Dreams Never Go (Original Mix)
Book Of Love - Something Good
Cinemascape - Alien Surface (Deep Space Remix)
Dancing With Ruby - Renegade Girl
Modovar - Stranger
Neon - Eurostar (Neon 2016 Remake)
Covenant - Dies Irae
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - Perfect Menagerie (Original Mix)
Kaos - Still
Marsheaux - Safe Tonight
Black Nail Cabaret - We Like To Suffer
Assemblage 23 - Bravery (Interface Remix)
Kretz - Generated Alterated Patterns
Zoon Politicon - Dreamer (Atlantis Mix)
Foretaste - I Know Where To Find You (Remix)
Johan Baeckstrom - Like Before
The Rorschach Garden - Transcendental
Freezepop - Doppelganger (Album Version)
Metroland - Synthetic Sound
Obsession Of Time - The Seeker
Lay Your Ghost - A Darker Love
Rusty Egan Ft Midge Ure - Glorious
Advance - Calm Before The Storm (Original Mix)
Eurotix - Come And Hold Me (New Mix)
Austerity Complex - Mystery Girl
Datapop - Unterwegs
Sine City - Left Behind
Fragile Tom - Bleak November Sun
Exciting Valence - Once Upon A Time
Sad January - Until The End Of The World
Machinista - Pain Of Every Day
Ari Mason - Dim The Lights (Burnt Out)
Rational Youth - This Side Of The Border
Avec Sans - Hold On
Train To Spain - Believe In Love (Disco Digital Remix)
IIOIOIOII - One Moment (Original Mix)
Nina - Beyond Memory
Carved Souls - In A Blink
Rodney Cromwell - Fax Message Breakup (Single Mix)
Vogon Poetry - Mourn (Apop We Love You Edit)
Sound Tessellated - House Of Cards
2nd Happiest - True Fake
Jonteknik - Oslo

Pet Shop Boys + 2 Hour Show Released Today

White Lion Radio's favourite band of all time are the Pet Shop Boys, and we have released a 2 hour show dedicated to the duo called "Pet Shop Boys +".

The show features music by the Pet Shop Boys as well as tracks they have written for other artists, artists they have produced and remixed, as well as collaborations.

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Full Playlist

Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing
David Bowie - Halo Spacebuoy (Pet Shop Boys Remix)
Electronic - The Patience Of A Saint
Cicero - Live For Today
Eighth Wonder - I'm Not Scared (Disco Mix)
Robbie Williams - She's Madonna
Dusty Springfield - Daydreaming
Pet Shop Boys Ft Phil Oakey - This Used To Be The Future
Madonna - Sorry (Pet Shop Boys Mix)
Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind
Sam Taylor-Wood Ft Pet Shop Boys - I'm In Love With A German Film Star (Mark Reeder's Stuck In The 80s Remix)
Pet Shop Boys - Ft Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Extended Mix)
Pet Shop Boys - The Resurrectionist
Morten Harket - Listening
Electronic - Disappointed (Stephen Hague 7 Inch Version)
Cicero - Love Is Everywhere (Extended)
Pete Burns Ft Pet Shop Boys - Jack And Jill Party (Single Mix)
Peter Rauhofer and Pet Shop Boys - Break 4 Love (UK Radio Edit)
Dusty Springfield - In Private (12 Inch Version)
Pet Shop Boys Ft Kylie Minogue - In Denial
Boy George - The Crying Game
Liza Minnelli - Don't Drop Bombs (Extended Remix)
Jean Michel Jarre Ft Pet Shop Boys - Brick England
Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

The Early Years Of Electronic Music

A special show called "The Early Years Of Electronic Music" has been released today on White Lion Radio.

This is a show that celebrates those early electronic music hits, underground hits, demo's and alternative versions. The show includes early tracks by the likes of The Human League, Tears For Fears, Tubeway Army, Depeche Mode, China Crisis, Heaven 17, Ultravox, A-Ha, Erasure, Yazoo and much, much more.

Emerse yourself in 90 minutes of pure electronic brilliance.

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Full Playlist

The Human League - Being Boiled (Fast Version)
Blancmange - I've Seen The Word
Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn - One Day
Tubeway Army - Down In The Park (Early Version)
Dalek I - Destiny (Dalek I Love You)
OMD - Electricity (Dindisc Version)
Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids (7 Inch Version)
Simple Minds - Love Song (7 Inch Version)
Kraftwerk - Pocket Calculator (US 7 Inch Mix)
China Crisis - Some People I Know To Lead Fantastic Lives
Depeche Mode - Photographic (Some Bizarre Version)
Erasure - March On Down The Line
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunites (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (Full Length Original 7 Inch Mix)
John Foxx - He's A Liquid (Alternative Version)
Our Daughters Wedding - Lawnchairs
The Silicon Teens - Just Like Eddie
Soft Cell - The Girl With The Patent Leather Face
Ultravox - Sleepwalk (Early Version)
Heaven 17 - Temptation (Original Demo)
Seona Dancing - More To Lose (12 Inch Version)
Naked Lunch - La Femme
Tears For Fears - Suffer The Children (Original 7 Inch Version)
Yazoo - Goodbye 70s
Visage - In The Year 2525
Robert Marlow - Claudette
A-Ha - Take On Me (Original 7 Inch Version)

White Lion Radio's 200th Show Released Today

White Lion Radio are delighted to bring you their 200th show!

To celebrate this milestone, as we are based in Manchester, we are going to celebrate the Music Of Manchester.

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Here is the Full Playlist for the show:

Electronic - Forbidden City
Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drum
When In Rome - The Promise
Rick Astley - Together Forever
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels
Oasis - Wonderwall
James - Laid
Morrissey - Everyday Is Like Sunday
The Chemical Brothers - Hey Boy Hey Girl
Happy Mondays - Step On
808 State - In Yer Face
Hurts - Nothing Would Be Bigger Than Us
Simply Red - Stars
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
New Order - True Faith
M People - Search For The Hero
Take That - Back For Good

i-Select #19

Released today on White Lion Radio is Edition #19 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

Austerity Complex - Mystery Girl
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - Perfect Menagerie (Jonteknik Remix)
Covenant - Dies Irae
Kaos - Still
Tenek - Imitation Of Life
Reed & Caroline - Singularity (We Bond) (Bright Light Bright Light Remix)
Kretz - Generated, Alternated, Patterns
Exciting Valence - Once Upon A Time
Aron Future - One Day You Will Know
Precog - Monster (Nature Of Wires Remix)
Black Nail Cabaret - Descent
Austerity Complex - Putity
James D Stark - Prisoner
Neon - Machine Pop Beat
Nature Of Wires & CountessM - We Kill All (My.Cosmo Remix)
The Truth Sounds Different - Back Into Time
Sound Tesselated - Lifelines

The Electronic Music Hour #19

Welcome to edition #19 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 - Values Of Trust (Planet Pop Mix)
Electrobelle - Mirrorball
Duran Duran - Girls On Film
Mr Jones Machine - I'm Your Enemy
Alphaville - Jerusalem
Analog Angel - They Don't Understand
Fotonovela Ft James New - Romeo & Juliet
Erasure - Storm In A Teacup
Angels And Agony - Monument
Cinemascape - Frozen Ground (Split Mirrors Remix)
The Human League - Only After Dark
Frozen Plasma - Irony (Album Version)
Destination - No Mercy
Pulse State - Faith Loss (Copernicus Groove)

Maximum 80s (Volume 43)

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

Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This? (Extended Mix)
Taylor Dayne - Prove Your Love (Extended Remix)
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy (Extended)
Depeche Mode - Get The Balance Right (Combination Mix)
Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothing Going On But The Rent (12 Inch Mix)
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy (Summer Version)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass (12 Inch Version)
Tears For Fears - Change (Extended Version)
Two Thirds - I Want The World (Planet Earth Mix)
Forrest - Rock The Boat (Special Extended Version)