Here's a link to the archive of the show as well as a link to the playlist.
And we come to yet another episode of the Show Show. For some reason, New Order's "World in Motion" really hit me this week. I don't know why. Maybe it was the rap by none other than former footballer John Barnes. Maybe it was the tremendously cheesy nationalistic lyrics. "World in Motion" was produced for the 1990 World Cup in Italy (hence the horrendous lyrics of " We're singing for England ENGLAND! Arrivederci it's one on one"). It was actually New Order's only #1 hit in the UK. The video is can't miss if you haven't seen it.
Another excellent video can be found in "Everything Counts" by Depeche Mode. I added "Everything Counts" in the hopes of matching New Order's cheese with something similar. The song was released much earlier than "World in Motion" (about seven years in fact) in 1983 on the Construction Time Again release. I threw on "Opportunities" because well Disco by the Pet Shop Boys is a great album and I don't think I've ever played that particular track on the Show Show. The first version of the song was even produced by Hi-NRG/Italo-Disco maestro Bobby Orlando. I recently obtained "Whisper to Scream" by Bobby O (warning: Italo cheese incoming). Yet more connections coming into play between the Italo-Disco scene and early New Wave! (see: Giorgio Moroder/Human League amongst others)
Some more stuff came from the NME C86 re-issue put out by Cherry Red. If you are an eighties music (or indie music in general) aficionado, this is the compilation for you. A lot of common names mixed with some really obscure bands. You've got early Primal Scream with some Soup Dragons amongst many other bands. It's been fun exploring the compilation in its entirety. I heard Cold Cave in a mix earlier this week and had to throw on the Great Pan is Dead. I still haven't heard their latest album, but I've heard good things. Kodomo has been growing on me. Hearing good things about his album from a lot of people on the EDM scene.
Finally, I have to say that Porter Robinson's album is excellent. I had initially pigeon-holed him into the generalized "dubstep" space mentally. When you are force fed new music on a weekly basis it's hard not to generalize music sometimes. But Worlds is an excellent album. If you've been praying to the gods for a new EDM-y Daft Punk release than pick up this album as their spiritual successor. Sure there's some of that annoying bass drop dubstep stuff on their, but it's in the background overshadowed by an excellent evolution of the EDM scene.
I won't be on next week and Mully from Late Riser's Club will be filling in. Fully expect to hear some absolute gems!
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