SR1 (Synthesizers Rules 1978-1983) - Various Artists

This is what I've been doing lately. Listening to old synth stuff. It started this summer after I made the shoegazer compilations. I wanted to do a playlist for myself with new wave post-punk synth like Tuxedomoon, Cabaret Voltaire and so on. Soon I found myself in a sea of minimal wave, flexipop compilations, french new wave, and rare synth singles. It was wonderful! Anyway it's a jungle out there and here is the best (I think) of what I found. If you want to know and hear more you should visit blogs like Viva flexipop, Mutant Sounds, Soundhead, Saltyka, Minimal Wave, Old Punks Analog Cyberpunk Page, Phoenix Hairpins to name a few. It's alot good stuff out there. I'm a sucker for pop so it tends to lean on the popier side. So without further a do. Here's the first of the SR (Synthesizer Rules) compilations. Enjoy!

SR 1
1. New Machine/Tuxedomoon
2. TVOD/The Normal
3. Something Came Over Me/Throbbing Gristle
4. Kick That Habit Man/Monte Cazazza
5. Private Plane/Thomas Leer
6. Day Breaks, Night Heals/Thomas Leer and Robert Rental
7. Double Heart/Robert Rental
8. Back To Nature/Fad Gadget
9. Definition Of Honour/Second Layer
10. Blank Clocks/The Future
11. The Dignity of Labour (part 1)/The Human League
12. Stay With Me Tonight/Alex Fergusson
13. I Think I Think Too Much/Ed Sirrs
14. Living In A Vacuum/Higher Primates
15. Love By Number/Ash Wednesday
16. Memphis, Tennessee/Silicon Teens
17. Mekano/SPK
18. Nag Nag Nag/Cabaret Voltaire
19. Digital Stimulation/The Units
20. King of the Rumbling Spires/The Fast Set
21. Sleep Don't Talk/UV Pop
22. Sleep/Voice Farm
23. Keep Your Dreams/Suicide
24. Heartbeat/Chris & Cosey
25. Underpass/John Foxx

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