Monday 16 June 2014

***Forgotten Classics*** (New Order, The Charlatans, The Telescopes, The Posies, The Shamen, Future Sound Of London, Slowdive, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Northside, Chumbawamba, Levitation)

***Tonight's classic PostModern edition feature...

Manchester indie/new wave legends New Order with 'World in Motion',  their theme to England's 1990 World Cup campaign. It was the band's only number one hit in the UK singles chart.

Another band from the north - Manchester Rave lads The Charlatans and their video for 'I Dont Want To See The Sights' from the 2nd album 'Between 10th and 11th', released in march 1992.

Psychedelic rock/shoegaze band The Telescopes from Staffordshire with their video/single 'Flying', released in 1991 on Alan McGees fabulous Creation Records label.

'Dream All Day' by american alternative rock band The Posies. The Song was released as the first single from their album 'Frosting on the Beater' in 1993.

Scottish psychedelic-influenced electronic dance music band The Shamen with their 1991 single 'Pro›gen' ('Land of Oz' Mix) taken from the album 'En-Tact'.

British electronic music band Future Sound of London with 'Cascade', the first single from their 1994 'Lifeforms' album.

'Ballad of Sister Sue' by Reading shoegaze/dreampop band Slowdive from their 1991 debut album 'Just For A Day'.

West Midlands indierock five piece Ned´s Atomic Dustbin with 'Stuck', the band's final single before they split in 1995. The track appeared on the album 'Brainbloodvolume'

Another band from the end 80s/early 1990's Madchester/Baggy scene. Northside with 'Rising Star', the 2nd single from the album 'Chicken Rhythms', their only full length studio lp, released on factory records in september 1991.

Anti-fascist single 'Enough is Enough' from 1993, a collaboration between british anarcho-punk-pop band Chumbawamba & hip-hop group Credit to the Nation.

plus
London psychedelic/indierock band Levitation with their video for 'Even When Your Eyes Are Open' from the ep with the same name, released in april 1993***




New Order [England/Manchester] - World In Motion (1990)




The Charlatans [England/Manchester] - I Dont Want To See The Sights (1992)
Between 10th and 11th





The Telescopes [England/Staffordshire] - Flying (1992)
The Telescopes




The Posies [USA/ Washington] - Dream All Day (1993)
Frosting on the Beater





The Shamen [Scotland/Aberdeen] - Pro›gen *Land of Oz' Mix* (1991)
En-Tact




Future Sound Of London [England/Manchester] - Cascade (1993)
Lifeforms




Slowdive [England/Reading] - Ballad of Sister Sue (1991)
Just For A Day




Ned's Atomic Dustbin [England/ Stourbridge] - Stuck (1995) 
Brainbloodvolume




Northside [England/Manchester] - My Rising Star (1991)
Chicken Rhythms




Chumbawamba & Credit To The Nation [England/Leeds] - Enough is Enough (1993)
Anarchy




Levitation [England/London] - Even When Your Eyes Are Open (1993)
Even When Your Eyes Are Open EP

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