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1982 - Mark Ellen again on the fortnightly singles reviews for Smash Hits, thumbs up for Depeche Mode although it never made No1 but less enthusiasm for Japan, Soft Cell and Spandau Ballet

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Congratulations to NINA and Radio Wolf who have just got married, here’s an interview the couple did with ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK last year 🎤🎸🎹🇩🇪🇨🇦 www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-short-conv...

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Out now from Marie Davidson is 'City Of Clowns'; co-written and co-produced by SOULWAX, despite reflecting on some important existential questions, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK thinks this is a joyous and sexy collection of club-friendly avant-pop 🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/marie-davids...

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One from 2006 with Andy Bell and Paul Humphreys 😊

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Happy birthday to the wonderful Paul Humphreys of OMD who is 65 today. He was our first big interview back in 2010 a few months before 'History Of Modern' came out. It was later quoted by The Guardian and helped put ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK on the map 🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/interview-pa...

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1983 - TEARS FOR FEARS are greeted with enthusiasm by Smash Hits in the review for their debut album, their former NEON band mates NAKED EYES less so…

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40 years of ‘Songs From The Big Chair’ today but what is actually your favourite TEARS FOR FEARS album? 🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/listen-legac...

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Here are 30 tracks which shaped the discerning musical ethos of ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK 🎹⚡️🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/ten-years-of...

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With all the recent comments slating the negative reviews that David Hepworth and Mark Ellen did for Smash Hits over 40 years ago, the pair hilariously respond on their Word In Your Ear podcast at 35:00 🗣️🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNd...

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The party of 1983 and 20 key electronic albums, hot or not? 🎤🎹🎶😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

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William Orbit plays a rare intimate gig at Notting Hill Arts Club in London on Friday 30th May 2025, what was your favourite track involving him? Here are 18 chosen by ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK 🎹💻🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-beginners-...

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1982 - The Smash Hits NEW ORDER interview…

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Happy birthday to Howard Jones who is 70 years young today, back in 2011 ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK spent a wonderful half hour with him chatting about the making of his first two albums ‘Human’s Lib’ and ‘Dream Into Action’ 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/howard-jones/

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1981 - This Autumn fortnight’s Smash Hits album reviews include Soft Cell, New Order, DAF and David Bowie

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OK more OMD, this Beginner’s Guide by ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK from 2019 is NOT a “best of” but a 25 track showcase to highlight the diverse facets of Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-beginners-...

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It was nice to receive a video message from Paul Humphreys over the weekend while OMD are touring Australia, so here’s his most recent interview with ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK, conducted as part of their 40th Anniversary in 2019 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/paul-humphre...

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Back down memory lane to Summer 2006 with Andy Bell and Paul Humphreys 🎤🎹😊

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1984 - Please please tell me now… John Taylor of DURAN DURAN reviews the singles in this particular fortnight’s Smash Hits

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While ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK is on an OMD trip, what did people think of the ‘Unreleased Archive Vol1’ album that came with their ‘Souvenir’ 5CD+2DVD boxed set? This was what we thought at the time of release in 2019 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/omd-souvenir/

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45 years since ‘Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’ was released to start a magnificent 4 album legacy… to be honest with later OMD albums, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK thinks only 2013’s ‘English Electric’ comes close to matching this quartet, tell us we’re wrong 😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/2nd-thought-...

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How are people enjoying the Alison Moyet ‘Key’ tour? Here’s a chance to revisit the 2017 interview that ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK did with her around the time of the ‘Other’ album discussing a wide variety of topics 🎤🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/alison-moyet...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK chooses 20 great GREATEST HITS compilations 🎤🎹🎶😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

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One from the archives, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK listed its FAVOURITE 30 ALBUMS from 2010 to 2014, it was done for our 5th Anniversary in 2015 and now we are coming to our 15th on 15th March 2025! 🎤🎹🤪 www.electricityclub.co.uk/five-years-o...

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From 2020, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK discussed its favourite 20 electronic theme various artists collections 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

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‘Actually cassettes have a higher range of frequency response’: a guide to shutting down vinyl wankers https://buff.ly/4h3CxIZ

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK reports back from a wonderful evening in the company of Geneva Jacuzzi, Riki + Spike live at The Moth Club in London 🎤🎹🎵 www.electricityclub.co.uk/geneva-jacuz...

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It’s the ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK VINTAGE SYNTH TRUMPS roll of honour, all the interviews are now in one handy menu for those who can tell their VCOs from their VCRs 🎹📼😁 www.electricityclub.co.uk/v-s-t/

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Since 2011, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK’s Vintage Synth Trumps interview series has included the likes of John Foxx, Billy Currie, Dave Ball, Martyn Ware and Mark Reeder while it will soon feature Gary Daly, but the very first article was with Mirrors 🎹🎤🎹🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/vintage-synt...

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1985 - Smash Hits make 'Duel' by PROPAGANDA their Single Of The Fortnight, also reviewed is 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' by SIMPLE MINDS and '19' by Paul Hardcastle

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK did a 21st Century Synth Covers list covering (see what we did there 😉) up to 2017, so is it time to compile another 25 covers from 2018 onwards plus maybe a few from before that we may have missed? 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/tecs-25-21st...

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NOW that’s what ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK calls music, last year Chi Ming Lai and Ian Ferguson were the guests of @poprambler.bsky.social Iain McDermott on his fine ‘Back To NOW’ podcast to talk about that iconic year of 1981 - listen to via the article link www.electricityclub.co.uk/back-to-now-... 🎶😉

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You’ve enjoyed the music, now read the book… towards the end of last year, ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK had a delightful conversation with author @wadeywade.bsky.social about ‘1984: The Year Pop Went Queer’ 🎶🪩 www.electricityclub.co.uk/1984-the-yea...

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1982 - After been awarded 4 out of 10 for their eponymous debut LP the year before, DURAN DURAN get another 1½ from Smash Hits for ‘Rio’…

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Norwegian covers band CHINESE DETECTIVES have their only album ‘Are Kisses Out Of Fashion?’ reissued by Emmobiz Records in red and transparent splatter vinyl. ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK interviewed the classic line-up about its making back in 2020 🎹🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/lost-albums-...

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Out now on Sprechen Music is ‘Anywhere’, the second album from noir synth duo CAUSEWAY, very happy that ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK is able to offer its thoughts on this more than worthy follow-up to their debut ‘We Were Never Lost’🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/causeway-any...

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1985 - Having been Assistant Editor of Smash Hits, the boot is now on the other foot as Neil Tennant is interviewed, along with Chris Lowe as the new Stephen Hague produced version of ‘West End Girls’ rises the UK singles chart 🎤🎹🎶

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A live review of Geneva Jacuzzi coming next week but until then, here's an in-depth interview with her talking about her artistic ethos and her most recent album 'Triple Fire' 🎤🎹🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/geneva-jacuz...

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A brilliant presentation of theatrics and performance art from Geneva Jacuzzi at The Moth Club 😀 - London, February 2025 Her 2024 album 'Triple Fire' is well worth checking out and the song 'Dry' was one of ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK's 30 SONGS OF 2024 🎤🎹🎵 www.electricityclub.co.uk/geneva-jacuz...

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Nice to meet Tim Burgess after Geneva Jacuzzi's gig at The Moth Club, a lovely affable chap 😊

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK takes a look at 25 occasions when more conventionally minded acts ventured into the murky world of synths, sequencers and drum machines… if case you’re having a case of déjà vu, this is a reworked version of an article from 2017 🎤🎹🎶😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/synthy-conve...

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1982 - independent retailer mag Masterbag present one of the first ever YAZOO interviews, best Vince Clarke quote: “I got voted 19th Best Keyboard Player Of The Year in Sounds and I never actually touched the keyboard! It was all programmed!” 🎹🎛️😆

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A 2016 ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK interview with Gary Numan, the first half is about the crowdfunder for 'Savage', the second half talks about his collaborations with Jean-Michel Jarre and John Foxx while he also talks about the synths he bought but never used!🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/gary-numan-d...

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90 years young, still making music and playing concerts, in case you missed it, this was ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK's look into the pastoral world of Hans-Joachim Roedelius 🎹🎵 www.electricityclub.co.uk/beginners-gu...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK’s Spotify playlist tribute to the compilations 'Modern Dance', ‘Methods Of Dance', 'Machines' + 'Modern Heroes'; plus some stuff from the ‘Some Bizzare Album’ and bonus tracks that wouldn't have sounded out of place on them... 🎶📻😉 open.spotify.com/playlist/1Vm...

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1980... so much to answer for 🎶😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

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