PETER MURPHY - DEEP

Thanks to JRW for getting me hooked on Peter Murphy's solo work. Astoundingly beautiful, with the same meticulous construction as his Bauhaus sound. Retains the Victorian richness of classic goth culture, but slips a few industrial razors between folds of velvet.


Every track on Deep, 1989 from Rebel Rec/RCA Records, is a gem but Marlene Dietrich's Favorite Poem gives me little heart tremors. Playlist here.

CYBOTRON - CLEAR

Early electro classic out of Detroit. This recording, released 1983 by Fantasy Records, is now a staple of the genre and w0w 0:28, you are the sample from Lose Control.

EXUMA - EXUMA

Exuma is a district of the Bahamas and the stage name of Macfarlane Gregory Anthony Mackey, born 1942 on Cat Island. At 17, in 1959, Mackey moved to NYC to study architecture and played an active role in the '60s Greenwich Village folk scene. This is Exuma's first album, released 1970. His backing band is known as the Junk Band & had a rotating roster between work on The Obeah Man and their last album, Rude Boy, released 1986 by ROIR Records. Exuma toured with everyone from Patti LaBelle to Peter Tosh to Black Flag, and was awarded a British Empire Medal in 1978 for significant contributions to Bahamian culture (though Queen Elizabeth II as the monitor of Bahamian culture's enrichment is problematic at best).



Regardless, the man is obviously a mystic. His music showcases a rich variety of styles and media forms, including folklore, the saw-based rake & scrape, calypso, ballad, and junkanoo. A few posts of his better-known singles TK.

THE THE - GIANT

From the classic Soul Mining, 1983. Some synth-noir for this, the year that Michael Alig reenters the world, having never used a cell phone or a computer.