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01-24-2015, 07:23 PM | #1 |
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Artists that fully embrace 80s pastiche
It really is a thing now for artists to be totally upfront about ripping off / paying tribute to the 80s. You have an artist called Miami Nights 1984. Another artist called Com Truise. And another one called Chromeo.
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01-24-2015, 07:30 PM | #2 |
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01-24-2015, 08:57 PM | #3 |
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01-25-2015, 01:15 AM | #4 |
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chromeo has been around for over 10 years though...
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01-25-2015, 01:28 AM | #5 |
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I've mentioned how huge the 80's are now, but no one here cares
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01-25-2015, 02:03 AM | #6 |
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how huge they are NOW? Revisiting the 80s has been a thing since the early 2000s.
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01-25-2015, 02:19 AM | #7 |
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Because post-punk
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01-25-2015, 03:28 AM | #8 |
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Miami Nights 1984 are pretty obscure. Chromeo is big now thanks to a hit song. Com Truise is probably somewhere in the middle.
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01-25-2015, 05:45 AM | #9 |
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I think the huge success of Chvrches has proven that 80s revival stuff is still big.
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01-25-2015, 03:36 PM | #10 |
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It bugs me when Chvrches are compared to like DM (who obviously i love) and such. It's synths yeah. To me it still sounds pretty modern (or at the very least, post 80's). I don't really hear a similarity. I mean specifically to their 80s output anyway. I mean synthpop having been born into the 80s because its when synths came out (well no the 70s but until people started commonly using them) automatically links that sound to the 80s in people's minds. But i don't think it's fair to say a band like Chvrches is 80's revival.. Those Chvrches songs couldn't have happened in the 80's. They mainly use post 2000's synths for one except a Juno 106 (which is a mid 80s synth) but then again that never REALLY went out of fashion and has been used throughout the 90's and 2000's by many artists.
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01-25-2015, 03:40 PM | #11 |
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There are a few tracks like Lies and Lungs that have a somewhat modern feel to them as far as the production. But most of the album sounds decidedly retro.
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01-25-2015, 03:48 PM | #12 |
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hmm....the production is VERY post 80's i'm afraid. Let's just agree that i'm right and you're wrong.
I find more things 90's than 80's on this record, if one wants to go there. Though i still maintain its a pretty modern synthpop record. |
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01-25-2015, 03:58 PM | #13 |
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What do you think of the newest Depeche Mode album Delta Machine? I like it a lot. It's probably my third fave D.M. album behind Black Celebration and Exciter.
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01-25-2015, 06:44 PM | #14 | |
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Wow, I certainly don't agree with you there, but it was alright. Another case of "okay album with excellent songs" both from the record itself & bonus tracks etc., kinda like sotu was to me. Playing the angel's still the latest great record from them for me tho Top 5 are sofad, ultra, pta, violator, & black cele btw (not necessarily in that order !) |
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01-25-2015, 07:33 PM | #15 |
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Love this whole "Analog Synths = 80s throwback" logic
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01-25-2015, 09:58 PM | #16 |
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to be fair something like com truise is a lot more recalling of "the 80s" than say aphex twin or something
i mean that drum sound, snare in particular get out yer turbografx we're goin in |
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01-25-2015, 10:07 PM | #17 |
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01-25-2015, 10:40 PM | #18 |
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Is future islands 80s throwback?
If so, does it matter? |
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01-26-2015, 03:21 AM | #19 | |
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I hate that "modern" usually means "shit" |
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01-26-2015, 03:38 AM | #20 | |
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01-26-2015, 04:27 AM | #21 | |
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Last edited by Catherine Wheel : 01-26-2015 at 04:34 AM. |
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01-26-2015, 08:27 AM | #22 | ||
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Also, congratulations for knowing a band that is pretty obscure. Well done! I am impressed. |
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01-26-2015, 09:04 AM | #23 | |
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like, what the fuck? exciter second best on top of that... like i'm no hater of exciter, i love it for what it is but to like that so much & not have any love to give for ultra??? get real, son! |
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01-26-2015, 09:05 AM | #24 |
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i mean, i guess it'd make sense if you were one of those "80s purists" i've never understood but black cel & exciter are like the two extremes of the band (well, minus maybe songs of faith)
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01-26-2015, 02:21 PM | #25 |
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My point is just that i really don't think Chvrches is attempting to emulate an 80s sound at all which if they were, they'd likely be all about using synths from the era. Probably. Not that you couldn't replicate the sound anyway but...
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01-26-2015, 05:32 PM | #26 |
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fwiw there are just as many bands emulating every single decade and past style of music at this point.
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01-26-2015, 11:16 PM | #27 |
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01-27-2015, 12:26 AM | #28 |
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01-27-2015, 12:27 AM | #29 |
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01-27-2015, 01:10 AM | #30 |
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What about artists that fully embrace 80 pistachios.
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