Test Transmission Archive Reel 42

 

After a bit of a break here we have another Test Transmission Archive Reel. Lots of electronic goodies and oddities for you this time. Roger Limb, Cerrone, Prince Rama, Simple Minds, Belbury Poly, Pjcat, Pierre Arvay, Klaus Wunderlich, John Foxx, Pink Floyd, Devine and loads more. As I always say (most of the time) not sure when the next one will be??? so until then please keep safe.

 

Outward Journeys/Belbury Circle/John Foxx

 The rather superb Synth Pop sounds of The Belbury Circle (Plus John Foxx on 2 tracks) release their 1st album. The last Belbury Circle and John Foxx release was Empty Avenues back in 2013. If you are a fan of 80s synth/library music, then this is going to be right up your street. With Track titles like Transports, Heading Home, Light Industry and Cloudburst Five  (my personal fav at the mo) you really can't go wrong. The Haunting Forgotten Town is classic Quiet Man/John Foxx.

A joyfully re-imagined soundworld that draws heavily on
late 70s and early 80s synth pop and library music. 

 

The Quiet Man

Many many years ago the In The City Fanzine produced a book called Ultravox Past Present and Future. Naturally being a fan of Ultravox/John Foxx I ordered a copy. I still have that copy and had a good old read of it recently. Apart from the usual (Band forms as Tiger Lilly, 1st album 2nd album, Steve Shears goes, Robin Simon replaces etc etc) it had the John Foxx short story The Quiet Man. So for your reading pleasure here is John Foxx's The Quiet Man.