Label: Cherry Red

Released 2021

Three CD set. Sequel to the hugely successful Musik Music Musique, this time exploring 1981, the year synth pop broke into the mainstream. Over 50 tracks showcasing the innovation and exploration that gave rise to what would become the decade's pre-eminent musical form. 2020's Musik Music Musique set, we present the sequel, this time looking at the electronic pop scene as it evolved from curio and novelty into a major movement and began to dominate the airwaves. Featuring a plethora of acts who would quickly become household names (many of which endure today) and exploring the wide variety of directions electronic instruments took both the mainstream and independent music in. Musik Music Musique 2. 0 embraces both the pure pop aesthetic of a new generation of aspirational, defiantly polished artists and those who embraced electronic music in the aftermath of the post-punk explosion. From chart bothering, High Street nightclub anthems to self-pressed one-offs and cassette releases, this set provides an overview of the scene as it blossomed and an introduction to a wealth of fascinating, lesser known material.

Track listing:

1. Heaven 17–    (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
   
2. Soft Cell–    Frustration
   
3. Devo–    Through Being Cool
   
4. Dramatis–    Lady DJ
   
5. Aneka–    Japanese Boy
   
6. Richard Bone–    Alien Girl
   
7. New Musik–    Twelfth House
   
8. A Flock Of Seagulls–    Talking
   
9. Virna Lindt–    Young And Hip
   
10. The Passage–    Taboos
    
11. Toyah–    Thunder In The Mountains
    
12. Duran Duran–    Khanada
    
13. Second Layer–    In Bits
    
14. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark–    Souvenir
    
15. The Fallout Club–    Wonderlust
    
16. Analysis–    Surface Tension
    
17. Yellow Magic Orchestra–    Cue
    
18. Gina X Performance–    No G.D.M. (Dedicated To Quentin Crisp)
    
19. Drinking Electricity–    Random Particles
    
20. Hazel O'Connor–    (Cover Plus) We're All Grown Up
    
21. Rod Vey–    Brave New Modern World
    
22. Those French Girls–    Close-Up
    
23. Kim Wilde–    Cambodia
    
24. Thomas Leer–    West End
    
25. Voice Farm–    Sleep
    
26. Tears For Fears–    Suffer The Children
    
27. Johnny Warman–    Will You Dance With Me
    
28. Visage–    Visage
    
29. Spandau Ballet–    Reformation
    
30. Beasts In Cages–    Sandcastles
    
31. Peter Baumann–    Repeat Repeat
    
32. Japan–    The Art Of Parties
    
33. Fashiøn–    Move Øn
    
34. Natasha–    I Can't Hold On (Original Mix)
    
35. Chris & Cosey–    This Is Me
    
36. Schleimer K–    Nevermore
    
37. Yello–    Bostich
    
38. Naked Lunch–    Slipping Again
    
39. AK-47–    Stop! Dance!
    
40. Zeus–    Cowboy On The Beach
    
41. Blue Zoo–    Love Moves In Strange Ways
    
42. Mystery Plane–    Something To Prove
    
43. John Foxx–    You Were There
    
44. Portion Control–    Brix
    
45. B-Movie–    Nowhere Girl
    
46. Ultravox–    I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
    
47. The Limit–    OK Go
    
48. Erogenous Zones–    Say It's Not So
    
49. Faction–    Wrong Again
    
50. Alan Burnham–    Science Fiction
    
51. Eyeless In Gaza–    The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers