Pop fans a bit put off by the Human League's dispassionate vocals on their breakout hit "Don't You Want Me" would have been shocked by the degree of emotionlessness heard two years earlier on the band's 1979 debut. The trio of Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware, and Philip Oakey all handled vocals and synthesizers to create a set of grim, rigid tracks that revealed a greater lack of humanity than even Kraftwerk. It's a surprise that the Human League hit the British charts at all (with the single "Empire State Human"), since this could well be the most detached synth pop record ever released.
We all know there is no such thing as Electronica. (Don't we? See "Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music":http://www.di.fm/edmguide/ if you don't believe me). It was just a a marketing term. However the reason for the title of this post (the start of an occasional ongoing series) is to highlight some electronic music that isn't particularly well known or which has been lost from most people's musi...
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We all know there is no such thing as Electronica. (Don't we? See "Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music":http://www.di.fm/edmguide/ if you don't believe me). It was just a a marketing term. However the reason for the title of this post (the start of an occasional ongoing series) is to highlight some electronic music that isn't particularly well known or which has been lost from most people's musi...
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