STATE OF ART - At Work

"State of Art"  was part of  the '80 Italian New Wave (Milan area). I saw my friend Andrea (State of Art member ) few months ago in occasion of the   WIRE concert (see post 24 Feb 2011 on this blog).  Andrea gave  me  some new tracks from  "State of Art" to listen for. I really appreciate  that tracks !!. The style is  different (of course ) form the '80 sound  (listen to "Gathered" italian new wave compilation); the sound is now  more funky,  more dance, more rythm, more...!!
My favourite track is "make it work". It is  an irresistible dance-hit   and in the meantime the  memory goes back to the original  models: "A Certain Ratio", Rip Rig& Panic, Talking Heads and... why not ABC.
Finally the new album of State of Art in on the market. "At work" is the title and it is on  itunes.
Here are some links with example of their music and some fanzines review

MAKE IT WORK = http://www.youtube.com/user/edizioniishtar  

You can also see the previous works:
http://www.spittlerecords.it/index.html#28

http://www.technodisco.it/musica/5306620-state-of-art-venice/
 

                                        

BLANCMANGE - Happy Families

"Blancmange" This duo  was part of the synthpop movement in the '80. They only produce three Lp  in the period '82-'85 (this was the first one) before they decided to close the adventure to take different ways.
In Europe they had quite good success also if not comparable with other Synth-band of the period like Depeche Mode and Soft Cell. Their music with obsessive refrain  can be consider  as a first stage  of  Techno music !!!

 Happy Families: http://www.mediafire.com/?12wr2hu260qawa3

SIMPLE MINDS - Empires and Dance

 Simple Minds is a well known name in the music world. This was their third album and it was my first contact with their music. I loved them in the '80 and '90, then I stay for a long time without listen to their music; now, writing this post, I'm listening to some old work like "sons and fashination" and it is  a good feeling again.

I saw Simple Minds first time live in Milan (it was 1983) and then again in piazza Grande at Locarno (1986 great concert!!!)
ENJOY:
http://www.mediafire.com/?fna3lnag4v47401

V,A, BE A CAVEMAN (Voxx Garage revival)

This is a Good compilation of revival '60/garage. Some tracks previous released on vynil (from '79 to '90), There are famous groups like  Plan 9, Fuzztones, Gravedigger V etc.
Voxx project (2000) give a real picture of the ' 80  garage/california sound of the period.
P.S.  in the note you can see that cover art is by Rudi Protrudi  (quality is guarantee).

 ENJOY:http://www.mediafire.com/?wj6vw6sio8y6ftw