Music Time! “Women of Synth” (Volume 7: U – Z) 11/20/16

Young Galaxy at the Vogue Theater, original photo from The Morning After.

Young Galaxy at the Vogue Theater, original photo from The Morning After.

I love most everything synth-based, especially Synthpop, Futurepop, EBM, Industrial, Industrial Dance, Synthwave, Darkwave, etc. Hell, I even like some 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 (and musicians) 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’ve had to break this up! So here is Volume 7: U – Z.

ARTIST: The Ultrasonics
SONG: Go Electro
ALBUM: Ultrasound
YEAR: 2009

ARTIST: Vicious Pink
SONG: CCCan’t You See
ALBUM: Vicious Pink (Remastered Expanded Edition)
YEAR: 1985 (song) 2012 (album)

ARTIST: Vive La Fête
SONG: Je Suis Fâchée Avec Toi
ALBUM: Jour De Chance
YEAR: 2007

ARTIST: Waves Under Water
SONG: My Cup
ALBUM: Serpents And The Tree
YEAR: 2009

ARTIST: Xenia Beliayeva
SONG: Ever Since
ALBUM: Ever Since
YEAR: 2010

ARTIST: X-Perience
SONG: Let Me Show You
ALBUM: Lost in Paradise
YEAR: 2006

If you’re a fan of Allison Moyet, they are remastering and re-releasing a lot of her solo albums, so keep an eye out for those!

ARTIST: Yaz
SONG: Nobody’s Diary
ALBUM: The Best of Yaz
YEAR: 1999 (album) 1983 (song)

ARTIST: Young Galaxy
SONG: Pretty Boy
ALBUM: Ultramarine
YEAR: 2013

Yes, it’s Zeigeist, even though Google and everything else wants to search for Zeitgeist.

ARTIST: Zeigeist
SONG: Tar Heart
ALBUM: The Jade Motel
YEAR: 2008

ARTIST: Zola Jesus
SONG: Seekir
ALBUM: Conatus
YEAR: 2011

ARTIST: Zombie Girl
SONG: Panic Attack
ALBUM: Alfa Matrix – Matrix Downloaded 003
(also on ZG’s album “Killer Queen,” 2015)
YEAR: 2014

Music Time! 3/25/16

Actually have a small breather at work as I’m waiting on Training to get me some requested info so I can continue… so let’s listen to some music!

ARTIST: Project Pitchfork
SONG: Your Tempting Fantasy
ALBUM: Kaskade
YEAR: 2005

ARTIST: Cocteau Twins
SONG: Suckling the Mender
ALBUM: Blue Bell Knoll
YEAR: 1988

ARTIST: Breeders
SONG: I Just Wanna Get Along
ALBUM: Last Splash
YEAR: 1993

ARTIST: mind.in.a.box
SONG: Introspection
ALBUM: Crossroads
YEAR: 2008

ARTIST: Front 242
SONG: Red Team
ALBUM: Official Version
YEAR: 1987

ARTIST: Endanger
SONG: Die Show Muss Weitergehen (TSP Mix)
ALBUM: Larger Than Life
YEAR: 2013

ARTIST: Agent Side Grinder
SONG: Wolf Hour
ALBUM: Hardware (Deluxe Edition)
YEAR: 2012

ARTIST: Information Society
SONG: Now That I Have You
ALBUM: Hack
YEAR: 1990

ARTIST: The Mission
SONG: Valentine
ALBUM: Afterglow (7″)
YEAR: 1994

ARTIST: Angels & Agony
SONG: Don’t Be Afraid
ALBUM: Unity EP
YEAR: 1999

ARTIST: 808 State
SONG: In Yer Face
ALBUM: EX:EL
YEAR: 1991

ARTIST: Inter-Connection
SONG: Cry
ALBUM: Traces From Heaven
YEAR: 2012

ARTIST: Yazoo (Yaz)
SONG: Only You
ALBUM: The Best of Yaz
YEAR: 1999 (album)

ARTIST: Bel Canto
SONG: Images
ALBUM: Rush
YEAR: 1998

ARTIST: Combichrist
SONG: Are You Connected?
ALBUM: What The Fuck Is Wrong With You People?
YEAR: 2007

Yaz

“Unmarked” by Yaz.

Listen to this Song!

Words and music by Vince Clarke. © 1983 Sonet Records and Publishing Ltd. Assigned to Emile Music (ASCAP) for USA & Canada.

Go and join the army
Said the father to the son
See the world around you boy
And learn to use a gun
Think you’re something special
Well, we’ll make you just the same
There’s nothing wrong in dying
After all, it’s just a game
Just a game.

Read the morning paper
There’s a picture of a cross
“We were proud in them days”
By the way, I think you lost
Trust me when I tell you boy
That God is on our side
Even Jesus cheers us on
Against the other side
Against the other side.

He who shouts the loudest
Is the on who’s in control
We who never listen
Are the one’s who pay the toll
Tell us that it’s time at last
To make a final stand
I’m glad ‘cos all I wanted
Was to kill another man
Just to kill another man.