Today’s select is in honor of the birth of my daughter, Onjali Marie! Welcoming her into the world is Isao Tomita‘s synthtastic version of the timeless,”Claire De Lune”. French for “moonlight”, Claire De Lune is the title of  the third movement of Claude Debussy‘s piano suite, Suite bergamasque and a depiction of  the poem by [...]

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I’ve been doing a lil research on Detroit’s own Electrifying Mojo and came upon this Thomas Dolby gem. “Get On Out of My Mix” is basically an instrumental cut up of two of Dolby’s hits, “She Blinded Me With Science and “Europa and The Pirate Twins”, both off his first album, “The Golden Age of [...]

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One Way was formed in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan and were originally known as Soul Partners. They first recorded as “Al Hudson and the Partners”, scoring an R&B hit on the ABC label called “You Can Do It” in 1979. When ABC got bought out by MCA, the band changed their name to One Way [...]

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A special shout! out goes to Actual Jakshun (M_NUS) for introducing this fine Depeche Mode track at a basement mix session back in the day. “Shout” is the B-side song to the “New Life” 12″ released in 1981 on Mute and would have been their oddest and best track from the “Speak & Spell” period. [...]

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Hard to believe that Ministry started out sounding this way. “Work For Love” is an 80s synth pop gem that holds up better than a lot of the band’s later material. Recently included on Metro Area’s Fabric mix (highly recommended), this song has not left my brain for days-you’ve been warned.

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