Electro Selecto

This is a re-post from our old myspace blog. Enjoy.

The RWC crew have been rinsing the electro recently, here's a definitive list of music you should know...oh my god I love that 808 hand clap.

Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity (1977) Giorgio Moroder was the man back in the day.



Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977) The Giorgio Moroder production is killer.



Space were fronted by French musician Didier Marouani who penned Magic fly back in 1977. It went on to reach the top spot of many european countries and found itself at No.2 in the uk top 40 in September of that year.

Had jean michel jarre not had such a huge success with Oxygene the previous year, the French may well have described Marouani as their biggest music exporter.

This has to rate as one of the best early synthpop tracks ever.



Kraftwerk - The Robots (1978) Pure Genius.



M - Pop Muzik (1979) Classic



Joy Division - Love Will Tear us Apart (1979) Not really electro but I would kill to have written that synth part. Amazing tune....



Tubeway Army/Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric (1979) Heavy and dark.



The Flying Lizards - Money (1979) ...again not sure if this should be here - killer tune though.



Gary Numan - Cars (1979) Chooooooooon!



Ultravox - Vienna (1980) Truly beautiful - This means nothing to me.



Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rapping Hood (1981) 1 part Talking Heads = Amazing



Devo - Whip It (1981 I Think) Flower pots = genius, all they need is capes and they'll be the best band in the world,



Depeche Mode - I Just Can't Get Enough (1981) I just can't get enough of this tune.



Soft Cell - Tainted Love (1981) The dopest 80's special effects.



New Order - Blue Monday (1983) True classic. Great video



Heaven 17 - Temptation (1983) Take you higher and higher.



Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (1983) Such a killer track, I love it.



Animotion - Obsession (1984) So so fresh - It's all about those femail vocals.



Man Parrish - Hip Hop Be Bop (1984) The whole album is killer, check 'Six Simply Synthesizers'.



Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (1984) The sexy dead pan female vocalist is born.



New Order - True Faith (1987) Another great tune and fresh video by New Order.



Les Rythmes Digitales - Sometimes (1999) Darkdancer was the album that got me into electro again, Jacques Lu Cont (complete with spiky mullet) was well ahead of the game in the 80's retro revival. This tune features Nik Kershaw. Sick.



Cylob - Rewind (2000) An amazing video.



Chicks On Speed - Eurotrash Girl (2000) Very Kraftwerk



Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away (2001) Let the electro revival begin, A seriously pivotal record.



Peaches - Set It Off (2001) Also from the Teaches of Peaches (as above). The ugly queen of smut just kills it. Peaches should rule the world.



Fischerspooner - Emerge (2001) The best of the new breed.



Miss Kitten - Frank Sinatra (2001) Miss Kitten = Dead pan vocals = Sick! Killer video too.



Miss Kitten & Hacker - 1982 (2001) Retro as...



Tok Tok VS. Soffy O - Missy Queen's Gonna Die (2001)



Add N to (x) - Take Me to Your Leader (2002) 2002 was a good year for electro, I had some phat nights in London.



Tiga - Sunglasses At Night (2002) Killer



Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (2002) Heavy tune



Swayzak - I Dance Alone (2002)



Crazy Girl - Cocaine Talk (2002)



Ladytron - Seventeen (2002)



Chicks on Speed - We Don't Play Guitars (2003) Electro Punk revolutionaries.



Goldfrapp - The Train (2003) Soooooo sexy, the first 10 seconds kill me.



Free Form Five - Eeeeaaooww (2005) Amazing remixers, amazing fonts, ignore the new stuff 2005 is where it's at. This isn't their best tune but the only one I could find with a video.



I'm sure I've forgotten some classics. The late 80's seem a little sparse, as do the 90's and 2005 onwards. Suggestions anyone?