Archive for the ‘1970s Electronic’ Category

Tonight on Subculture: Songs in the key F-sharp minor. Inspired by composer Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No.45 in F-sharp minor “Farewell”. Artists include Ladytron, Erasure, Stereolab, Switchblade Symphony, The Creatures, Gang of Four and more.

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Gary Numan “Asylum”
Null+Void “Where I Wait (feat. Dave Gahan)”
Wassermann “Die Schallplatte (Video Remix)”
Alison Moyet “Horizon Flame”
Peter Murphy “I’ll Fall With Your Knife”
Röyksopp “Running to the Sea (feat. Susanne Sundfør)”
Switchblade Symphony “Chain”
Four Tet “Pockets”
China Crisis “African and White”
Erasure “Love to Hate You”
Ladytron “Tomorrow is Another Day”
Air “Cherry Blossom Girl (Radio Mix)”
Depeche Mode “Blasphemous Rumours”
The Creatures “Prettiest Thing (Hormonal Mix)”
Grace Jones “Sex Drive (Dominatrix mix)”
Scape One “Dance to My Beat”
3MB “Bassmental (feat. Magic Juan Atkins)”
Interpol “Summer Well”
Cabaret Voltaire “Animation”
Poptone “Mirror People”
Gang of Four “Why Theory?”
Scanty Sandwich “This One (edit)”
Duran Duran “Nice (Eric Prydz mix)”
Alpine “Foolish”
Heaven 17 “Who’ll Stop the Rain”
Martin Gore “Creeper”
Stereolab “Cosmic Country Noir”
The The / Joseph Haydn “Wireless Trip / Symphony No.45”

Tonight on Subculture: The Return of ABBA! Featuring information and music from their forthcoming album & virtual “ABBAtar” concert. Also, classic music, remixes and covers from Lush, Erasure, Portishead and more!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

ABBA “Summer Night City”
Erasure “Voulez Vous”
Elvis Costello “When I Was Cruel, No. 2”
U2 “Dancing Queen (Live)”
Frida “I Know There’s Something Going On”
Pale Honey “Lay All Your Love on Me”
ABBA “Don’t Shut Me Down”
Blancmange “The Day Before You Came (Extended)”
Goldfrapp “Head First (Live)”
Culture Club “Voulez Vous (live)”
Madness “Money Money Money”
ABBA “Waterloo (French version)”
Erasure “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Live 1987)”
Men Without Hats “S.O.S.”
Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski “Super Trouper”
Goldfrapp “Alive (Joakim Remix)”
Frida “Fernando (Swedish version)”
Sinead O’ Connor “Chiquitita”
Portishead “S.O.S.”
Lush “Hey Hey Helen”
Stereolab “The Free Design”
ABBA “The Visitors”

Tonight on Subculture: Songs about work in life and love. Artists include XTC, The Damned, Lou Reed, Ministry ++

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

China Crisis “This Occupation”
Devo “Watch Us Work It”
Andy Stott “Science & Industry”
The Damned “Lovely Money (Extended Version)”
David Bowie “A New Career In a New Town”
Japan “My New Career”
Kate Bush “This Woman’s Work (Echoes remix)”
Heaven 17 “Crushed By the Wheels of Industry (Extended Dance Version)”
The Clash “Career Opportunities”
FFS “Collaborations Don’t Work”
Frente! “Labour of Love”
XTC “Senses Working Overtime”
The Jam “Just Who Is the 5 O’Clock Hero?”
Future Bible Heroes “Cartoon”
The Flaming Lips “Riding to Work in the Year 2025”
Johnny Marr “Easy Money”
The Smiths “Work Is a Four-Letter Word”
Morrissey “Back on the Chain Gang”
China Crisis “Working With Fire and Steel”
The Psychedelic Furs “Another Edge”
The Stranglers “Toiler On the Sea”
The Skids “Working for the Yankee Dollar”
Lou Reed “Don’t Talk to Me About Work”
R.E.M. “Welcome to the Occupation”
The English Beat “Get-a-Job”
Ministry “Work for love (extended mix)”
Ovef Ow “Working Girl”
Jose Gonzalez “Let It Carry You (Holy Ghost! Remix )” (A song to relax your senses) 🙂

Tonight on Subculture: WELCOME TO MASS! The music, slang and history of Massachusetts. Electronic to Post Punk to Surf Rock to… Donna Summer!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Ylvis “Massachusetts (feat. Calle)”
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra “Massachusetts Avenue”
The Magnetic Fields “Long-Forgotten Fairytale”
Future Bible Heroes “Hopeless (Remix)”
Boy Harsher “Motion”
Ace Hausthor “91”
Juliana Hatfield “Can’t Stand Losing You”
Blake Babies “Out There”
Stephin Merritt “Not One of Us”
Mission of Burma “Trem Two”
Groove Armada “At the River” (cover of Patti Page’s “Old Cape Cod”)
David Borden “Her Inner Lock”
Morphine “Kerouac”
They Might Be Giants “Rabid Child”
Certainly, Sir “Happy”
Arthur J. Marsh “MA State Song”
Human Sexual Reponse “Pound”
Swirlies “Wrong Tube”
Kindling “Pantone Blue”
Frank Black “Speedy Marie”
Pixies “Ring the Bell”
Future Bible Heroes “Bathysphere”
The Dresden Dolls “Pretty In Pink”
Donna Summer “You To Me (Oliver Nelson Remix)”
Armand Van Helden “Into Your Eyes (The Droyds Delinquent Remix)”
Boy Harsher “Pain”
Mathieu Santos “Massachusetts”
Scruffy The Cat “Moons of Jupiter”
The Rosebuds “Back to Boston”
They Might Be Giants “Push Back the Hands”

Tonight on Subculture: * Mtv 1981 * Music from the first 24 hours Mtv ever played including Kate Bush, Splitz Enz, Elvis Costello, Ultravox. Plus, classic Mtv commercials and voices of the original VJs. Mtv first aired August 1, 1981

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture
The Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star
Split Enz “History Never Repeats
The Cars “Double Life
Split Enz “One Step Ahead
Elvis Costello & The Attractions “Oliver’s Army
The Silencers “Remote Control
David Bowie “Boys Keep Swinging
Blondie “Rapture
Kate Bush “The Man With the Child In His Eyes
Pretenders “Message of Love (Live At the Santa Monica Civic, CA, 1981)” (linked to original video)
The Specials “Rat Race
Talking Heads “Once in a Lifetime
Nick Lowe “Cruel to Be Kind
Kate Bush “Wuthering Heights
The Selecter “Celebrate the Bullet
The Specials “A Message to You Rudy
Blondie “Heart of Glass (Live from Havana, 2019)” (linked to original video)
Split Enz “I Got You
David Bowie “Fashion
Robert Palmer “Johnny & Mary
The Tubes “Prime Time
Ramones “Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?
Fischer-Z “So Long
Ultravox “Vienna
Elvis Costello & The Attractions “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
Ultravox “Passing Strangers
The Vapors “Turning Japanese

Tonight on Subculture: INFRASTRUCTURE. Songs about buildings and roads and water and all the things we need. Featuring Hot Chip, And The Kids, The Church, Icicle Works, Let’s Active and more!


Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Holy Ghost! “Bridge & Tunnel”
Various Artists “Electricity, Electricity”
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark “Electricity”
Rubies “I Feel Electric”
A Shallow Madness “Power”
John Foxx & The Belbury Circle “Empty Avenues and Dark Corners (Pye Corner Audio Mix)”
Brian Hodgson, Delia Derbyshire & Don Harper “Computermagic”
Hot Chip “No Fit State”
Scape One “Alternate Pathways”
Wang Chung “Electric Days”
Japan “Life Without Buildings”
Booka Shade “Body Language (Interpretation)”
And The Kids “No Countries”
The Church “Is This Where You Live (Remastered)”
Masquer (The Cure) “The Hanging Garden”
Newcleus “Computer Age (Push the Button)”
Pet Shop Boys “Building a Wall”
Kraftwerk “House Phone”
Water “My Computer”
Pixies “Build High”
The Icicle Works “Waterline (USA Version)”
Let’s Active “Waters Part”
Let’s Active “Gravel Truck”
The Call “The Walls Came Down”
Squeeze “Electric Trains”
Ride “Cold Water People”
Strawberry Switchblade “Deep Water”
The B-52’s “Dirty Back Road”
The The “Dave Edwards”

Tonight on Subculture: SPARKS. Hear the legendary band along with Martin Gore, Telex, and FFS ++ their early work in Halfnelson!

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Sparks “I Predict”
Italoconnection “Tryouts for the Human Race”
The Urban Renewal Project “Computer Girl”
The Five Mod Four “A Fun Bunch of Guys from Outer Space”
Les Rita Mitsouko “Singing in the Shower”
FFS “Look At Me”
James Corden “FFS Interview”
Sparks “Amateur Hour (feat. Erasure)”
Neil Gaiman “Amateur Hour”
Todd Rundgren “Your Fandango”
Morrissey “Suedehead (Sparks Mix)”
Sparks “Lighten Up, Morrissey”
FFS “Call Girl”
Sparks “We Are the Clash”
Siouxsie & The Banshees “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us”
RoMero “Funny Face”
Sparks “Roger”
Sparks ft. Jane Weidlin “Cool Places”
The Go-Go’s “Yes or No”
Sparks “Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat”
Martin Gore “Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth”
Gleaming Spires “A Christian Girl’s Problem”
Annette “(The Sparks Brothers movie trailer)”
Telex “#1 Song In Heaven (Remastered)”
Grand Popo Football Club ft. Sparks “La Nuit Est Là”
Halfnelson “Jane Church”
Spyker “Popularity”
Sparks “When Do I Get to Sing “My Way” (Vince Clarke Remix)”
Sparks “Beat the Clock (Extended Mix)”

Tonight on Subculture: Songs about traveling (Tis the season!) Featuring Gang of Four, Ivy, The The, Scape One and more.

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Blancmange “Wanderlust”
Keep Shelly In Athens “Flyaway”
Mark Brown & Sarah Cracknell “The Journey Continues (Vocal Radio Edit)”
Ivy “Get out of the City”
The Cardigans “Over the Water”
Kraftwerk “Tour de France ’03 (Version 1)”
Cybotron “Cosmic Cars”
Ultravox “Love’s Great Adventure (Extended Version) [2009 Remaster]”
Northside “Shall We Take a Trip?”
Bjork “Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix)”
Sub Focus “Airplane”
Duran Duran “Night Boat (BBC Radio 1 Peter Powell Session (Recorded 19th June 1981, Transmitted 11th August 1981)”
Brazilian Girls “Tourist Trap”
DoctorAether “Coddiwomple”
Kurt Baggaley “Escape to Paradise”
Tin Star “Grey Hotel”
Yello “L’Hôtel”
Brian Eno “The Big Ship”
The B-52’s “Roam (Extended Remix) [Remastered]”
Simple Minds “Travel”
The Cure “Another Journey By Train”
Gang of Four “At Home He’s a Tourist”
The Jam “All Around the World”
The Higsons “Push Out the Boat”
Daft Punk “Around the World (Radio Edit)”
Röyksopp “Running to the Sea (feat. Susanne Sundfør)”
The The “Wireless Trip”

Tonight on Subculture: My 50th birthday show! Featuring electronic music from 1971-2021. Over 80 artists – from Tangerine Dream to Cabaret Voltaire to Boards of Canada!

1970s:

TANGERINE DREAM – ALPHA CENTAURI

NEU! – NEGATIVLAND

KRAFTWERK – ELEKTRISCHES ROULETTE

BRAIN ENO – THE BIG SHIP

NEU! – ISI

LA DUSSELDORF – LA DUSSELDORF

KRAFTWERK – TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS

GIORGIO MORODER – FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

AUTOMAT – THE RISE

THE CARPENTERS – CALLING INTERPLANETARY OCCUPANTS

DONNA SUMMER – I FEEL LOVE (12” VERSION)

GARY NUMAN – M.E.

THROBBING GRISTLE – STILL WALKING

1980s:

OMD – BUNKER SOLDIERS

JAPAN – GENTLEMEN TAKE POLAROIDS

VISAGE – VISAGE

CABARET VOLTAIRE – THE VOICE OF AMERICA/DAMAGE IS DONE

JOHN FOXX – PLAZA

DURAN DURAN – NIGHT BOAT (MIX)

SOFT CELL – FRUSTRATION

KRAFTWERK – COMPUTER WORLD

LIASONS DANGEREUSES – LOS NINOS del PARQUE

THE HUMAN LEAGUE – SECONDS

YAZOO – BRING YOUR LOVE DOWN (DIDN’T I) (MIX)

SIMPLE MINDS – NEW GOLD DREAM (81-82-83-84)

NEW ORDER – THE VILLAGE

EURYTHMICS – SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)

CABARET VOLTAIRE – DISKONO

DEPECHE MODE – SOMETHING TO DO

ALPHAVILLE – BIG IN JAPAN 

KATE BUSH – HOUNDS OF LOVE

NEW ORDER – SUBCULTURE (MIX)

PET SHOP BOYS – OPPORTUNITIES (MIX)

MINISTRY – JUST LIKE YOU

NITZER EBB – JOIN IN THE CHANT

DEPECHE MODE – BEGIND THE WHEEL (MIX)

THE SUGARCUBES – DEUS (MIX)

NINE INCH NAILS – KINDA I WANT TO 

THE CURE – LAST DANCE

1990s:

THE KLF – WHAT TIME IS LOVE

808 STATE – COBRA BORA

THE SHAMEN – MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN (MIX)

COCTEAU TWINS – HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – HELLO TEENAGE AMERICA

ERASURE – BREATH OF LIFE

OPUS III – IT’S A FINE DAY

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – POTSOUNDS

AUTECHRE – BASSCADET

PORTISHEAD – STRANGERS

RAC – ELECTRO FISH

ELECKTROIDS – FUTURE TONE

TRICKY – OVERCOME

ETIENNE de CRECY – LA PTRON EST DEVENU FOU! (MIX)

THIEVERY CORPORATION – SHAOLIN SATELLITE 

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – LOST IN THE K-HOLE

PHOTEK – SMOKE RINGS

MASSIVE ATTACK – MAN NEXT DOOR

FATBOY SLIM – SHO NUFF

FATBOY SLIM – PRAISE YOU

GROOVE ARMADA – CHICAGO

ART OF NOISE – IL PLEURE (AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY)

2000s:

LEMON JELLY – IN THE BATH

SWAYZAK – MYSTEREONS

ZERO 7 – IN THE WAITING LINE (MIX)

ROYKSOPP – EPLE (MIX)

BOARDS OF CANADA – YOU COULD FEEL THE SKY

ULRICH SCHNAUSS – CLEAR DAY

STEREOLAB – MARGERINE MELODIE

LADYTRON – DESTROY EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH

HOT CHIP – (JUST LIKE WE) BREAKDOWN

UNKLE – INTRO

PORTISHEAD – MACHINE GUN

PET SHOP BOYS – BUILDING A WALL

FLYING LOTUS – … AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU…

HOLY GHOST! – WAIT & SEE

VCMG – LOWLY

BOARDS OF CANADA – PALACE POSY

SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO – TANGENTS

NEW ORDER – SUPERHEATED

BRIAN ENO – THE SHIP

BRIAN ENO – REFLECTION

SAINT ETIENNE- THE REUNION 

SAINT ETIENNE – HEATHER

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO – SYNTHESIZER TESTE

808 STATE – CANONNBALL WALTZ

CABARET VOLTAIRE – VASTO

PAUL WELLER – COSMIC FRINGES

GARY NUMAN – INTRUDER

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture

Tonight on Subculture: CONNECTED. The evolution of pre-fame days to household name. Artists include Mark Hollis, Ian McCulloch, Bjork & more.

Composition Of Sound “Ice Machine”
Depeche Mode “Puppets”
The Vicars “I’m Going Mad”
Yazoo “Don’t Go”
Alison Moyet “Right As Rain”
The Assembly “Stop/Start”
Erasure “Drama! (Act 2)”
Robert Marlow “No Heart (Vince Clarke 2001 Dance Remix)”
The Reaction “I Can’t Resist”
Talk Talk “Hate (1997 – Remaster)”
Mark Hollis “The Gift”
Bjork “Oliver”
Tappi Tikarrass “Hrollur”
Kukl “The Spire”
The Sugarcubes “Cat (Icelandic)”
Bjork “Army of Me”
Nine Inch Nails “Down In It (Demo)”
Exotic Birds “Imagination”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross “Fashion”
A Shallow Madness “Books”
Echo & The Bunnymen “Crystal Days”
a-ha “Scoundrel Days (feat. Ian McCulloch)”
The Teardrop Explodes “Sleeping Gas”
Wah! Heat “Better Scream”
Julian Cope “Trampolene”
The Id “Julia’s Song”
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark “Vcl XI”
Onetwo “Kein Anschluss (Blank & Jones remix)”
Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark “The New Stone Age”
Warsaw “At a Later Date”
New Order “Temptation (Remastered) [12″ Version]”

Subculture: Fridays 8-10p ET on WXOJ 103.3fm in Northampton, MA or live online @ valleyfreeradio.org // Replays Sunday AM 2-4 // Playlists: wxojsubculture.wordpress.com // FB: wxojsubculture