Synth Britannia

[Gert Van Santen]

Op 3 sep 2009, om 09:09 heeft Chris Strellis het volgende geschreven:

> BBC Four Autumn 2009/Winter 2010
>
> "In the late Seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The
> Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle were inspired by
> Kraftwerk and J G Ballard to dream of the sound of the future against
> the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.
>
> Gary Numan's 1979 appearance on Top Of The Pops heralded the invention
> of synthpop, which would provide the soundtrack as Britain entered a
> new, ruthless era in the Eighties.
>
> Depeche Mode, four lads from Basildon, came to embody the new sound,
> while post-punk bands such as Ultravox, Soft Cell, Orchestral  
> Manoeuvres
> In The Dark and Yazoo took the synth from the pages of the NME and  
> onto
> the front cover of Smash Hits.
>
> By 1983 the Pet Shop Boys and New Order were pointing to where the
> future of electronic music lay - in dance.
>
> Contributors to Synth Britannia include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke,
> Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant."
>
> Trailer here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kw433l
>
> Looking forward to this.  For non-UK residents I'm sure it'll go up on
> YouTube or a Torrent.
>


Duh... not available in your area. Looking forward to that youtube  
thingy :-)


> Cheers
>
> Chris
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