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Nice choice! I listened to this album a ton back in the day. Time to revisit. A very underrated/overlooked record. The opening instrumental "Transporter" is what led to his recording Theme of Secrets (likewise underrated) for Private Music in 1985! (Hot trivia: Private Music was a new startup launched by former Tangerine Dream keyboardist Peter Baumann!)
Been gone too long from this thread. How about some never-posted action?
Australian industrial act SPK was formed by Graeme Revell and Neil Hill in 1978 in Sydney. Synthesist Dominic Guerin and bassist Mike Wilkins joined up a couple years later, and they recorded the band's cassette debut At the Crypt.
The next album was Information Overload Unit (1981). Another synths & samples (and producer) guy, Brian Williams, came onboard. He later adopted various monikers like Lustmord and Dread for various industrial, ambient and dub recordings, while Graeme would go into film and TV scores. (Hill committed suicide in '84.)
Fast-forward a couple albums to 1984's Machine Age Voodoo. SPK's edges are still there, but they've been filed down a lot, and they sound a lot more "musical" than they did on that early stuff. But that's because Graeme's the only original member. "SPK" are now Revell and his then-new wife Sinan Leong on lead vocals, along with a bunch of session players.
Here's the official video for "Machine Age Voodoo (Junk Funk)."
In 1981, his superstardom peaking, Gary Numan announces he's retiring from touring.
You remember Numan's band — Chris Payne (vocals, keyboards), Russ Bell (guitars, keyboards), Cedric Sharpley (drums), Denis Haines (keyboards) — from the videos for "Cars" and (from Urgh! A Music War) "Down in the Park."
In the wake of the announcement, the other guys form a new band called Dramatis. They got as far as one album and seven singles before they called it a day in '82.
"Love Needs No Disguise" reached #33 in the UK in '81. It featured a guest lead vocal by Gary. Here's the official promo video. (The last 22 seconds make an interesting statement.)
Some more obscure, never-posted from the precursor to a successful solo career. "The Big Picture" from Y Kant Tori Read, featuring a young, big-haired Tori Amos.
^That is GOLD! The first thirty seconds looks exactly like the setup for an old '80s porno. "Somebody stole my underwear!"
Had never seen that. Haha!
How about that accent? I thought she (Tori Amos) was from North Carolina, sounds South Bronx.
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