Various–Musik Music Musique 1979 (The Roots Of Synth Pop) 3X CD

• FOURTH VOLUME IN OUR HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ‘MUSIK

MUSIC MUSIQUE’ SERIES. THIS TIME A PREQUEL,

EXPLORING 1979 AND SYNTH POP’S LEAP FROM NOVELTY

AND FAD INTO A CHART DOMINATING SCENE WITH ITS

OWN IDENTITY.

• 60 TRACKS SHOWCASING THE ARTISTS BEHIND THAT

LEAP FROM THE MUSICAL OUTSKIRTS INTO THE

MAINSTREAM.

• FEATURING THE BUGGLES, TUBEWAY ARMY AND GARY

NUMAN, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, OMD, GIORGIO MORODER,

YELLO, DALEK I, DEVO, JOHN FOXX, M, VISAGE, SUICIDE,

FAD GADGET, THOMAS LEER AND ROBERT RENTAL, JAN

HAMMER, STEVE HILLAGE, GINA X PERFORMANCE, ZEUS

B HELD AND AN EXTENSIVE CAST OF PIONEERS AND

INNOVATORS.

• PACKED WITH OUR TRADEMARK BLEND OF FAMILIAR CLASSICS AND LESSER-KNOWN GEMS,

AND BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TEAM BEHIND THE CRITICAL AND COMMERCIAL HITS ‘CLOSE TO

THE NOISE FLOOR’ AND ‘ELECTRICAL LANGUAGE’.

• SLEEVENOTES BY ELECTRONIC SOUND MAGAZINE’S MAT SMITH.

We present the fourth volume in this critically acclaimed series - this time a prequel, exploring the

transitional year 1979, a period which saw electronic pop move from curio, fad and novelty status into the

credible post-punk pop landscape. A story of experimental and eccentric artists, outsider aesthetics and the

fusion of the spirit of punk with a pop sensibility.

Featuring an array of artists who would become household names and dominate the pop scene during the

first half of the 1980s, alongside lesser-known scenesters, independent innovators and one-off scene

hoppers, ‘Musik Music Musique 1979’ provides a perfect backdrop to our previous three volumes. Call it a

prequel, call it back story - packed with great pop music, a twist of the weird and wonderful and plenty of

floor-fillers, this is a snapshot of a vital year in the wake punk rock, when a new path suggested throughout

the 1970s was finally cut, paved and explored.

Eclectic, endlessly innovative and, most importantly, enduringly listenable, ‘Music Musik Musique 1979’ is

an international adventure, throwing the spotlight on those brave enough to take the first steps into the

rainbow of electronic music that would come to define the 1980s.

1-1 The Buggles– Technopop 3:50

1-2 M (2)– Made In Munich 5:38

1-3 The Korgis– Cold Tea 3:54

1-4 Metal Voices– At The Banks Of The River 3:49

1-5 Yello– I.T. Splash 2:38

1-6 Dalek I– The Kiss 2:03

1-7 Karel Fialka– Armband 3:35

1-8 Japan– Life In Tokyo (Pt. 1) (7" Version) 4:04

1-9 Black Rod– Going To The Country 3:13

1-10 Tubeway Army– Are 'Friends' Electric? 5:25

1-11 Dollar– Star Control (B-Side Mix) 6:17

1-12 Quantum Jump– The Lone Ranger (1979 Remix) 3:17

1-13 Fashion– Technofascist 3:36

1-14 The Cars– Night Spots 3:17

1-15 Devo– Strange Pursuit 2:47

1-16 Bruce Woolley And The Camera Club– Video Killed The Radio Star 2:47

1-17 Moebius (2)– Mirror Of Infinity 6:06

1-18 Tanya Hyde– Herr Wunderbar 3:39

1-19 Final Program– Hanging Around 3:08

1-20 Metrophase– New Age 3:17

2-1 Gary Numan– Cars 4:00

2-2 Giorgio Moroder– E=MC² 4:35

2-3 Gina X Performance– Nice Mover 4:34

2-4 Blah Blah Blah– In The Army 4:44

2-5 Gerry And The Holograms– Gerry And The Holograms (Alternate Drumbox Version) 4:17

2-6 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark– Almost 3:42

2-7 The Men– I Don't Depend On You 4:36

2-8 Telex– Rock Around The Clock 3:56

2-9 They Must Be Russians– Nagasaki's Children 4:18

2-10 Silicon Teens– Memphis Tennessee 2:26

2-11 Henry Badowski– Making Love With My Wife 2:43

2-12 After The Fire– One Rule For You (Album Version) 3:20

2-13 Cowboys International– Thrash 3:37

2-14 Jude (13)– Mirror Mirror 2:48

2-15 Minny Pops– Dolphin's Spurt 3:34

2-16 Mi-Sex– Computer Games 3:56

2-17 The Passage– 16 Hours 3:37

2-18 Zeus B. Held– Held It 4:59

2-19 The Family Fodder*– Sunday Girl #1 2:53

2-20 Secret Service– Oh Susie (Album Version) 4:39

3-1 The Human League– Blind Youth 3:20

3-2 Fad Gadget– Back To Nature 5:50

3-3 Landscape– Japan (12" Version) 5:07

3-4 Calvin Twilight– Harmony 3:00

3-5 Cuddly Toys– Madman (Original 1979 Japanese Mix) 4:01

3-6 R.L. Crutchfield's Dark Day*– Hands In The Dark 2:25

3-7 Visage– Frequency 7 3:09

3-8 New Musik– Living By Numbers 3:29

3-9 Suicide– Dream Baby Dream 3:18

3-10 John Foxx– Young Love (1979 Version) 3:11

3-11 The Dodgems– Science Fiction (Baby You're So) 3:53

3-12 Genocide (3)– Pre Set Future 4:41

3-13 Jan Hammer– Forever Tonight 4:49

3-14 Toyah (3)– Computer 3:08

3-15 Thomas Leer– Attack Decay 3:43

3-16 Plain Characters– Man In The Railings 3:17

3-17 Steve Hillage– Don't Dither Do It (7" Version) 3:53

3-18 La Düsseldorf– Rheinita (Single Version) 4:24

3-19 Tim Blake And Jean Philippe Rykiel*– New Jerusalem (Extract) 2:48

3-20 Instant Automatons*– All You Need Is Love 4:57