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Music Time! “Women of Synth” (Volume 1: A to B) Edition! 11/04/16

Wendy Carlos working on the music from Disney's TRON.

Wendy Carlos working on the music from Disney’s TRON.

I love most everything synth-based, especially Synthpop, Futurepop, EBM, Industrial, Industrial Dance, Synthwave, Darkwave, etc. Hell, I even like synth-based New Age music (in other words, not Yanni). But you know what I really like? Those genres with women vocalists! So it’s music time with women vocalists in the Synthpop, Futurepop, EMB, Industrial, and Darkwave world! I didn’t realize there were so many until I actually started thinking about it. There are so many I’m going to have to break this up! So here is Volume 1: A to B!

So let’s get started!

ARTIST: Aiboforcen
SONG: Time & Space
ALBUM: Dédale (Limited Plush Edition )
YEAR: 2011

ARTIST: Alice in Videoland
SONG: Ladykiller
ALBUM: Outrageous
YEAR: 2005

ARTIST: Alkemic Generator
SONG: When We Fail
ALBUM: The Oniric Geometry
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: Ambra Red
SONG: Oh Boy
ALBUM: Electronic Creations For Special People
YEAR: 2010

The first time I heard this song I was hooked on her voice, of which I said was “beautifully traumatic.” I went back to albums before The Dividing and have kept up every since!

Do yourself a favor and buy ALL of her albums!

ARTIST: Android Lust
SONG: Stained
ALBUM: The Dividing
YEAR: 2002

Creatures came out this year and if you don’t own it, you’re doing yourself a disservice!

ARTIST: Ari Mason
SONG: Beasts Tonight
ALBUM: Creatures
YEAR: 2016

I wish she did the vocals on every Attic Base song.

ARTIST: Attic Base
SONG: Drop It!
ALBUM: Night Vision
YEAR: 2002

ARTIST: Aural Vampire
SONG: Darkwave Surfer
ALBUM: Zoltank
YEAR: 2006

Austra is coming to Austin on 2/4 at Mohawk Austin, so make sure you come see her!

ARTIST: Austra
SONG: Annie (Oh Muse, You)
ALBUM: Olympia
YEAR: 2013

Ayria is also coming to Austin on 12/3 at Elysium Austin with Inertia! Make sure you purchase her new album Paper Dolls (it’s as awesome as all of her albums) and come see her on December 3rd in Austin!

ARTIST: Ayria
SONG: Feed Her To The Wolves
ALBUM: Paper Dolls (Bonus Tracks Version)
YEAR: 2016

ARTIST: The Azoic
SONG: Conflict
ALBUM: Illuminate
YEAR: 2003

ARTIST: Balligomingo
SONG: Purify
ALBUM: Beneath the Surface
YEAR: 2000

ARTIST: Beata Beatrix
SONG: Deeper & Deeper
ALBUM: The New Gothic Generation
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: Bel Canto
SONG: Birds of Passage
ALBUM: Birds of Passage
YEAR: 1989

ARTIST: Belanova
SONG: Baila Mi Corazón
ALBUM: Fantasía Pop
YEAR: 2007

Yep, you’re reading that right. Berlin put out a new album in 2013 and it was really good. It was modern, with hints of 80’s Berlin and of course Terri Nunn’s voice is killer as always!

I know Berlin was touring back in October (including a 10/14 stop in El Paso, TX), but not sure if they’re still on the road.

ARTIST: Berlin
SONG: Animal
ALBUM: Animal
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: The Birthday Massacre
SONG: Violet
ALBUM: Violet
YEAR: 2004

ARTIST: Blind Faith and Envy
SONG: Golden Glass
ALBUM: The Charming Factor (Extended)
YEAR: 2004

ARTIST: BLITZKIDS mvt.
SONG: Blinded
ALBUM: Silhouettes (German Version)
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: Book of Love
SONG: I Touch Roses
ALBUM: Book of Love
YEAR: 1986

ARTIST: Bow Ever Down
SONG: Bleed
ALBUM: The Product of My Pain
YEAR: 2009

ARTIST: The Break Up
SONG: Trapeze
ALBUM: Synthesis
YEAR: 2011
(also on The Break Up from 2010)

ARTIST: Brockdorff Klang Labor
SONG: Illusionen Zum Frühstück
ALBUM: Die Fälschung Der Welt
YEAR: 2012

Music Time! 9/30/16

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It’s been a while since I posted some music, so let’s put MediaMonkey on random and see what comes out. It’s Friday and time for the weekend! Oh yeah!

ARTIST: FEATHERS
SONG: Dark Matter
ALBUM: If All Now Here
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: CHIASM
SONG: Formula
ALBUM: Disorder
YEAR: 2015

ARTIST: Fixmer/McCarthy
SONG: Tonight I Sleep
ALBUM: Into The Night
YEAR: 2008

ARTIST: Evils Toy
SONG: Back on Earth
ALBUM: Angels Only
YEAR: 1997

ARTIST: Northern Lite
SONG: Looking At You
ALBUM: Small Chamber Works
YEAR: 2000

ARTIST: Spandau Ballet
SONG: Gold
ALBUM: The Singles Collection
YEAR: 1985 (song)

ARTIST: Agrezzior
SONG: Men Of Mayhem
ALBUM: Berserker
YEAR: 2015

ARTIST: Mondträume
SONG: Life Is Short (Acylum Mix)
ALBUM: Empty (Limited Edition)
YEAR: 2014

ARTIST: Zombie Girl
SONG: Rave Of The Dead (Pre-Emptive Strike 0.1 Remix)
ALBUM: Alfa Matrix – Matrix Downloaded 005
YEAR: 2015

ARTIST: cosmicity
SONG: Departure (Raindancer Remix)
ALBUM: Escape Pod for Two (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2003

ARTIST: Chandeen
SONG: Lumis
ALBUM: Shaded By The Leaves
YEAR: 1994

ARTIST: The Break Up
SONG: The Sun
ALBUM: Synthesis
YEAR: 2011

Saw these guys a long time ago in Jacksonville, FL of all places. If I remember correctly it was the Milk Bar. Does that place even still exist?

ARTIST: Front 242
SONG: Never Lost (Riley)
ALBUM: Pulse
YEAR: 2003

ARTIST: Ambra Red
SONG: Musique Electronique
ALBUM: Electronic Creations For Special People
YEAR: 2010

ARTIST: Fusspils 11
SONG: Der Schaender (Kinder-Mix)
ALBUM: Gib Ihr Einen Namen
YEAR: 1998

ARTIST: Dan Terminus
SONG: Avalanche
ALBUM: The Wrath of Code
YEAR: 2015

ARTIST: Stromkern
SONG: The Mercy Seat
ALBUM: Flicker Like a Candle (Millenium Edition)
YEAR: 1996

ARTIST: Angstfabrikk
SONG: Slot Machine
ALBUM: Uneilig
YEAR: 2012

ARTIST: eloquent
SONG: Colourful Rumour
ALBUM: Carousel Of Life (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2009

ARTIST: perfidious words
SONG: Patience
ALBUM: Feel Like Me
YEAR: 2009

ARTIST: Lights of Euphoria
SONG: Face of a God
ALBUM: Brainstorm
YEAR: 1995

Music Time! 3/10/16

Okay, rough day at work and need some music, so let’s put MediaMonkey on shuffle and see what comes out…

ARTIST: Neuropa
SONG: Beyond Here And Now
ALBUM: Beyond Here and Now
YEAR: 2001

ARTIST: The Break Up
SONG: Synthesis
ALBUM: Synthesis
YEAR: 2011

ARTIST: Cabaret Voltaire
SONG: I Think
ALBUM: The Conversation
YEAR: 1994

ARTIST: Fangoria
SONG: Cierra Los Ojos
ALBUM: Una Temporada En El Infierno
YEAR: 1999

ARTIST: NOISUF-X
SONG: Prison for Your Mind
ALBUM: Invasion (Limited Edition)
YEAR: 2014

ARTIST: IAMX
SONG: Fire and Whispers
ALBUM: Volatile Times
YEAR: 2011

ARTIST: Sensuous Enemy
SONG: Whispers (Rach 3 Mix)
ALBUM: Parity
YEAR: 2010