THE TEARS OF TECHNOLOGY 180g vinyl 2-LP OMD Human League Simple Minds Soft Cell
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VARIOUS ARTISTS "BOB STANLEY & PETE WIGGS present THE TEARS OF TECHNOLOGY"
(Ace International XXQLP2 068)

Brand new limited edition 2-LP set pressed on 180gram VINYL!
At the turn of the 80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesisers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern, beautiful and decidedly emotional music. It was almost as if the musicians were intentionally creating this music to prove the doubters wrong.    Compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, “The Tears Of Technology” celebrates this brief period when scruffy synth duos from the provinces broke through and took over British pop. Like mellotrons before them, synths could project a strange and deep emotion; listen to OMD’s ‘Sealand’, or the Human League’s ‘WXJL Tonight’, and it was clear that something in the wiring had an inherent melancholy.
The influence of Kraftwerk–who had made a landmark appearance on Tomorrow’s World in 1975–is all over this collection. Big names rub shoulders with obscurities by Turquoise Days, Electronic Circus and Illustration, all highly prized recordings among ‘cold wave’ and ‘minimal synth’ afficionados. There are pioneers like (ex-Ultravox! front man) John Foxx and Thomas Leer, alongside unexpected synth sadness from Simple Minds and the Teardrop Explodes.   “The Tears Of Technology” celebrates an era of electronic melancholia, synthesized intimacies and insights – even Tomorrow’s World didn’t see that coming.
Brand new direct from the label—in opened shrink to verify vinyl colour.
Tracks:— China Crisis—Jean Walks In Fresh Fields Turquoise Days—Grey Skies Simple Minds—Real To Real Illustration—Tidal Flow Care—An Evening In The Ray The Turquoise Swimming Pools—The Winds Soft Cell—Youth John Foxx—Europe After The Rain Patrik Fitzgerald—Personal Loss Eyeless In Gaza—Lights Of April Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark—Sealand Thomas Leer—Private Plane The Electronic Circus—Direct Lines The Pale Fountains—Unless Chris & Cosey—October (Love Song) New Musik—A Map Of You The Human League—WXJL Tonight Paul Haig—Christiana The Teardrop Explodes—Tiny Children Oppenheimer Analysis—Behind The Shades Trevor Bastow—Feather Bed


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