All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 (LP)
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All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 (LP)
[ Night School / 2 LP ]
Release Date: Friday 11 July 2025
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All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth pop 1978-1985 is a new compilation that charts the underbelly of the epoch-defining sound of the synthesiser in 80s popular music.
Compiled by curator Phil King, the music here connects the dots between DIY synth enthusiasts grappling with new, cheap synthesisers at the tail-end of punk and wannabe, jobbing songwriters enthral to the new music pioneered by Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller's Mute Records.
Complete with extensive sleeve notes written by King and never before seen imagery, all 24 tracks were remastered by RPM in-house engineer Simon Murphy, many from vinyl copies due to lost master tapes. The story told on All The Young Droids is one of the dawning opportunity presented by both the emergence to the market of cheaper analog synthesisers and the distribution networks plus indie labels that exploded with the advent of punk music in 1976.
Tracks:
Design - Premonition
Vision - Lucifer's Friend
Richard Bone - Alien Girl
John Howard - I Tune Into You
Ian North - We're Not Lonely
Selwin Image - The Unknown
Harry Kakoulli - I'm On A Rocket
Rich Wilde - The Lady Wants To Be Alone
Billy London - Woman
Alan Burnham - Science Fiction
The Microbes - Computer
The Goo-Q - I'm A Computer
Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
The Warlord - The Ultimate Warlord
Die Marinas - Fred From Jupiter
Dee Jay Bert & Eagle - I Am Your Master
Peta Lily & Michael Process - I Am A Time Bomb
Sole Sister - It's Not What You Are But How
Alasdair Riddell - Do You Read Me?
Karel Fialka - Armband (The Mystery Song)
John Springate - My Life
Incandescent Luminaire - Famous Names
Disco Volante - No Motion
Dream Unit - A Drop In The Ocean
