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MUTE 091 :: Laibach :: "Across The Universe" :: 1988

Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984. ___SOURCE___

#Laibach #Across The Universe #Mute Records

MUTE 090 :: These Immortal Souls :: "King Of California" :: 1992

These Immortal Souls was an Australian post-punk band based in Europe and active through the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band consisted of Rowland S. Howard (guitar and vocals), Genevieve McGuckin (keyboards), Epic Soundtracks (drums) and Harry Howard (bass). The band formed in Berlin in 1987 when McGuckin joined the three ex-members of Crime And The City Solution. ___SOURCE___

#These Immortal Souls #King Of California #Post Punk #Mute Records #Rowland S. Howard

MUTE 089 :: Erasure :: "Drama!" :: 1989

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer and songwriter Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode and sole writer of their first three singles (including the breakthrough Top 10 hit "Just Can't Get Enough"). After leaving the band in late 1981, Clarke forged an equally successful career with the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.). After two hit albums in as many years (1982–1983), he split with Yazoo partner Alison Moyet and briefly formed The Assembly with producer Eric Radcliffe. The project spawned a UK number four hit single, "Never Never," featuring Feargal Sharkey on vocals. Clarke then released another single with vocalist Paul Quinn, "One Day." It flopped, leading Clarke to place an advertisement in Melody Maker looking for a vocalist for a new musical project. He selected Peterborough-born Andy Bell. The origins of the band's name are unclear. One possible explanation is that in 1985, a Mute Records technician is believed to have accidentally written "erasure" on a demo tape for "Who Needs Love Like That" submitted by Clarke and Bell. At the time, the duo still hadn't chosen a name for themselves, and when they rescued the tape, they decided upon Erasure. ___SOURCE___

#Erasure #Mute Records #Vince Clarke

MUTE 088 :: Renegade Soundwave :: "The Phantom" :: 1988

Formed in London during the late '80s, Renegade Soundwave applied the punk and industrial ethic to both dub and dancefloor electronica, in good company with fellow sound terrorists throughout the decade, from Cabaret Voltaire to Skinny Puppy and Meat Beat Manifesto. The trio of Gary Asquith, Danny Briottet and Carl Bonnie debuted on Rhythm King with the 1987 single Kray Twins, and moved to Mute Records one year later for an EP, Biting My Nails. ___SOURCE___

#Renegade Soundwave #The Phantom #Mute Records #Gary Asquith #Danny Briottet #Biting My Nails

MUTE 087 :: Wire :: "Eardrum Buzz" :: 1989

Wire is an English rock band, formed in London in 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert Gotobed (drums). They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on the Live at the Roxy WC2 album—a key early document of the scene—and were later central to the development of post-punk. Inspired by the burgeoning UK punk scene, Wire are often cited as one of the more important rock groups of the 1970s and 1980s. Wire are arguably a definitive art punk or post-punk ensemble, mostly due to their richly detailed and atmospheric sound, often obscure lyrical themes, and, to a lesser extent, their Situationist political stance. The group exhibited a steady development from an early raucous punk style (1977's Pink Flag) to a more complex, structured sound involving increased use of guitar effects and synthesizers (1978's Chairs Missing and 1979's 154). ___SOURCE___

#Wire #eardrum buzz #Mute Records

MUTE 086 :: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds :: "Deanna" :: (1988)

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band that formed in London in 1983 by frontman Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist Blixa Bargeld. The band has included international personnel throughout its career and currently includes Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey, keyboardist Conway Savage, and percussionists Thomas Wydler and Jim Sclavunos. The band was founded after the demise of Cave and Harvey's former group, The Birthday Party. Deviating from the noise rock roots of their contemporaries, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds have a distinctive take on alternative rock that has been influenced by various genres, including punk rock, gothic rock, no wave and blues. Their early material - From Her To Eternity (1984), The Firstborn Is Dead (1985), Your Funeral... My Trial (1986) and Tender Prey (1988)—had a primarily post-punk sound.

#Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds #Nick Cave #Deanna #Blixa Bargeld #Warren Ellis #Jim Sclavunos #Mute Records

MUTE 085 :: Erasure :: "A Little Respect" :: 1988

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer and songwriter Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode and sole writer of their first three singles (including the breakthrough Top 10 hit "Just Can't Get Enough"). After leaving the band in late 1981, Clarke forged an equally successful career with the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.). After two hit albums in as many years (1982–1983), he split with Yazoo partner Alison Moyet and briefly formed The Assembly with producer Eric Radcliffe. The project spawned a UK number four hit single, "Never Never," featuring Feargal Sharkey on vocals. Clarke then released another single with vocalist Paul Quinn, "One Day." It flopped, leading Clarke to place an advertisement in Melody Maker looking for a vocalist for a new musical project. He selected Peterborough-born Andy Bell. The origins of the band's name are unclear. One possible explanation is that in 1985, a Mute Records technician is believed to have accidentally written "erasure" on a demo tape for "Who Needs Love Like That" submitted by Clarke and Bell. At the time, the duo still hadn't chosen a name for themselves, and when they rescued the tape, they decided upon Erasure. ___SOURCE___

#Erasure #a little respect #Mute Records #synthpop #Vince Clarke #Depeche Mode

MUTE 084 :: Wire :: "Silk Skin Paws” :: 1988

Wire is an English rock band, formed in London in 1976 by Colin Newman (vocals, guitar), Graham Lewis (bass, vocals), Bruce Gilbert (guitar), and Robert Gotobed (drums). They were originally associated with the punk rock scene, appearing on the Live at the Roxy WC2 album—a key early document of the scene—and were later central to the development of post-punk. Inspired by the burgeoning UK punk scene, Wire are often cited as one of the more important rock groups of the 1970s and 1980s. Wire are arguably a definitive art punk or post-punk ensemble, mostly due to their richly detailed and atmospheric sound, often obscure lyrical themes, and, to a lesser extent, their Situationist political stance. The group exhibited a steady development from an early raucous punk style (1977's Pink Flag) to a more complex, structured sound involving increased use of guitar effects and synthesizers (1978's Chairs Missing and 1979's 154). ___SOURCE___

#Wire #Silk Skin Paws #Mute Records

MUTE 083 :: Erasure :: "Chains Of Love" :: 1988

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer and songwriter Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode and sole writer of their first three singles (including the breakthrough Top 10 hit "Just Can't Get Enough"). After leaving the band in late 1981, Clarke forged an equally successful career with the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.). After two hit albums in as many years (1982–1983), he split with Yazoo partner Alison Moyet and briefly formed The Assembly with producer Eric Radcliffe. The project spawned a UK number four hit single, "Never Never," featuring Feargal Sharkey on vocals. Clarke then released another single with vocalist Paul Quinn, "One Day." It flopped, leading Clarke to place an advertisement in Melody Maker looking for a vocalist for a new musical project. He selected Peterborough-born Andy Bell. The origins of the band's name are unclear. One possible explanation is that in 1985, a Mute Records technician is believed to have accidentally written "erasure" on a demo tape for "Who Needs Love Like That" submitted by Clarke and Bell. At the time, the duo still hadn't chosen a name for themselves, and when they rescued the tape, they decided upon Erasure. ___SOURCE___

#Erasure #Chains Of Love #Mute Records #synthpop #Vince Clarke

MUTE 081 :: I Start Counting :: "RaRaRawhide" :: 1988

I Start Counting were an electronic music duo from North London. The band consisted of David Baker and Simon Leonard. In 1982 they began to DJ together which led to them to form the I Start Counting project. Leonard specialised in the technology side and Baker was biased toward the musical side of the project. They approached Daniel Miller with some demos of their recorded material. These demos led to Mute Records signing the duo in 1984. Initially they recorded two singles for Mute titled Letters To A Friend and Still Smiling; both singles were produced by Daniel Miller. ___SOURCE___

#I Start Counting #RaRaRawhide #David Baker #Simon Leonard #Daniel Miller #Mute Records

MUTE 080 :: Laibach :: "Sympathy For The Devil" :: 1988

#MUTE 080 #Laibach #Sympathy For The Devil #Mute Records

MUTE 079 :: Frank Tovey :: "Bridge Street Shuffle" :: 1988

#MUTE 079 #Frank Tovey #the best of fad gadget #Fad Gadget #bridge street shuffle

MUTE 078 :: Nitzer Ebb :: "Hearts & Minds" :: 1989

Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris (programming, synthesizers, drums, vocals), Douglas McCarthy (vocals), and David Gooday (drums). The name of the band was chosen for its harsh, supposedly German sound and does not carry any meaning in either English or German. ___SOURCE___

#Nitzer Ebb #Mute Records

MUTE 077 :: Barry Adamson :: "The Man With The Golden Arm" :: 1988

Barry Adamson is a British-born musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine, Visage, The Birthday Party, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Pan Sonic. Adamson has also remixed Grinderman, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Depeche Mode. He has also worked on the soundtrack for David Lynch's Lost Highway, and released numerous solo recordings. In the late 1970s Adamson joined ex-Buzzcocks singer Howard Devoto's band Magazine, playing bass guitar, scoring one chart single Shot By Both Sides. In 1977 he joined Buzzcocks, as a short-time replacement of Garth Smith. He played on all of Magazine's albums, and contributed to Devoto's solo album and his next band, Luxuria. He also contributed to the studio-based band Visage, playing on the ensemble's first two albums, Visage and The Anvil. After Magazine broke up, Adamson worked with another ex-Buzzcock, Pete Shelley, before joining Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds. He appeared on four of that band's albums: From Her To Eternity, The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against The Pricks and Your Funeral, My Trial. After his stint in the band, he went solo, releasing an EP, The Man With The Golden Arm in 1988, and his first solo album, Moss Side Story, the following year, the soundtrack to a non-existent film noir. In 2002 Adamson left Mute Records and started his own label Central Control International. ___SOURCE___ TAGS visage album

#Barry Adamson #Magazine #Visage #Mute Records #MUTE 077

MUTE 076 :: Crime & The City Solution :: "On Every Train" :: 1988

Crime & The City Solution are an Australian rock music band, which formed in late 1977 by singer-songwriter and mainstay, Simon Bonney. They disbanded in 1979 without any recordings, in late 1983 Bonney travelled to London. Two years later he formed another version of the group there, later they transferred to Berlin, which issued four albums, Room Of Lights (1986), Shine (1988), The Bride Ship (1989) and Paradise Discotheque (1990), before disbanding again in 1991. In 2012 Bonney reformed the band in Detroit. ___SOURCE___

MUTE 075 :: Diamanda Galás :: "Double-Barrel Prayer" :: 1988

Diamanda Galás is an American-born avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter. Double-Barrel Prayer is a single taken off You Must Be Certain Of The Devil, which is the fifth album by Diamanda Galás, and the third installment of her Masque Of The Red Death Trilogy about the AIDS epidemic. ___SOURCE___

#Diamanda Galás #Mute Records

MUTE 074 :: Erasure :: "Ship of Fools" :: 1988

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer and songwriter Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single "Sometimes", the duo established itself on the UK Singles Chart and became one of the most successful artists of the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s. Vince Clarke was a founding member of Depeche Mode and sole writer of their first three singles (including the breakthrough Top 10 hit "Just Can't Get Enough"). After leaving the band in late 1981, Clarke forged an equally successful career with the duo Yazoo (known as Yaz in the U.S.). ___SOURCE___

#Mute Records #Erasure #Vince Clarke #Andy Bell #Depeche Mode

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