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Extended Play turns 303! Time for some acid!! Tune in - turn on - drop out!!!!

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Luke Vibert - Pretty Old Acid Music
(“We Hear You” - 2009, Planet Mu)

Hardfloor - Acperience 1
(“TB Resuscitation” - 1993, Harthouse)

Solar Quest - Acid Air Raid
(“Acid Air Raid” single - 1994, Choci's Chewns)

Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (12" Version)
(“Let Me Go” 12inch - 1982, Virgin)

AFX - Batine Acid
(“Analord 06” 12inchEP - 2005, Rephlex)

DJ ESP - Slow-Mo
(“Acid House for All 4” compilation - 1994, Definitive)

Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness (Original Tweekin' Acid Funk Mix)
(“Higher State Of Consciousness” single - 1995, strictly rhythm)

Choice - Acid Eiffel (Live At Wake Up Paris)
(“La Collection” 2xCD compilation - 1994, FNAC Music)

Tyree - Acid Over
(“Acid Over” single - 1987, Underground)

Plastikman - Konception
(“Musik” - 1994, Novamute)

Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
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(In advance, sorry for any mistakes, sometimes I don't know if a song which I like really is a cover; or maybe my idea of who did the original version is incorrect and it is secretly a cover of a cover of a cover (LeInception!)..;'o)

[63 plays] Zauberstab - what a fun cover, and I actually like the fact, that it wasn't Dero who came up with those lyrics :D ZaZa]
[45 plays] Rock Me Amadeus - it has teh power B) Falco]
[40 plays] Eden - so very beautiful, better than the original in my ears Hooverphonic]
[36 plays] Walked in Line - kinda hooked - Warsaw]
[35 plays] El Tango De Roxanne - powerful! The Police]
[35 plays] Cry Me a River - :'D Justin Timberleake]
[35 plays] Temptation - actually, never heard the original. people flame about this song, but dur, it's fun and catchy - Heaven 17]
[33 plays] the passion of lovers - these dudes are cool! ;OO Bauhaus]
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This year was a year of great changes to my musical taste. Catch me in January 2009 and I'd say my favourite artist was Evanescence (I still LIKE them, just not as much). I hit 450 artists simply 'cause I wanted to *eyeroll*. The two camps I sit between are no longer pop rock and gothic metal, but industrial rock and circus metal.

Recently, I realized something as well: a big artist count (as in, 1000 or more) is nothing more than a cosmetic award, with as much worth in the real world as internets or e-peen. Sure, it's fun to see the newly discovered artists adding to the count but if you don't really enjoy them that's all they'll ever do. No matter how hard we try to stay pure, at the end of the day, we humans are naturally picky and narrow-minded. Now put down that Florence + the Machine album and go listen to the music you really like. (With no offence to fans, buuut...)

This will be quite similar to my overall top artists list because I only started scrobbling around the end of 2009.
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Answer the questions by going through your Top 50 Artists:

1. how did you get into 29 (Throbbing Gristle?
At first, it was just an excuse that I did listen to true industrial, but I found out I quite liked them. ;3

2. what was the first song you ever heard by 22 (P!nk)?
Stupid Girls.

3. what’s your favorite lyric by 33 (Mr. Bungle)?
That's a hard one. They're all so damn weird. :D
Probably the whole of None of Them Knew They Were Robots.

4. what is your favorite album by 49 (Front Line Assembly)?
Civilisation? I dunno...it's the one I've listened to the most, though mostly on Spotify or Last.fm radio. =/

5. how many albums by 13 do you own (Gary Numan)?
Three.

6. what is your favorite song by 50 (Diary Of Dreams)?
The Plague - version whatever. It's the only one I've heard. =/

7. is there a song by 39 (Noise Unit) that makes you sad?
No.

8. what is your favorite album by 15 (Jamiroquai)?
It was Synkronized, but I've only got the Greatest Hits album on this computer. =/
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Another excellent BBC show tracing the formation of Heaven 17 and the recording of their first album Penthouse and Pavement.
I could watch programmes like this all day. The tiny glimpses of a meeting with Phil Oakey are excruciatingly good.


BBC WebsiteThis is the story of the band, the city and the album that gave birth to the UK electronic pop movement in late 70s Sheffield.
Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement
The Human League
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Propaganda
Art of Noise
La Roux

Two Years ago on april 1st I did a 'What Country Are Your Top 100 from?' decided to do one each half year, so now it's time for the fifth 'Top 100' :-)

1. England (60)
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
The Cure
Erasure
The Power Station
New Order
Roxy Music
Muse
David Bowie
Arcadia
Tears for Fears
Ultravox
Japan
Queen
George Michael
Pet Shop Boys
The Beatles
Robbie Williams
Andy Taylor
The Human League
Oasis
Eurythmics
Spandau Ballet
Iron Maiden
The Police
Def Leppard
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Genesis
Kajagoogoo
Bryan Ferry
Mike & The Mechanics
Morrissey
Thompson Twins
Yazoo
Heaven 17
Wham!
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Talk Talk
Asia
Kim Wilde
Placebo
The Rolling Stones (new)
The Smiths
The Pretenders
Judas Priest
Level 42
John Lennon (new)
Phil Collins
Joy Division
ABC
Paul McCartney
Blur
Soft Cell
Culture Club
Martin L. Gore
Take That
Dave Gahan
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Marc Almond
Siouxsie and the Banshees

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Three out of four readers of this interview must have disco-moshed to the music the Age of Consent band members put out not too many years ago. They are two out of four men who wrote you the hymns about lovers of others, three-dimensional sex shows and Chinese martial arts, that needled your inner ADHD bambino. Why yes, we’re talking Shitdisco here! Singer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Reeves gives us a brief introduction to his and drummer Darren Cullen’s new project. One that sounds almost contrastive to the sound you were accustomed to. You can listen to three of their demos here; The Beach, Heartbreak and Truth. After one listen yourself you’ll find that the music is much more serene and emotional than their previous work, and tilt more to early new wave and post-punk music than the colossal concentration of dance-punk bands they used to be compared to since forever. …