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'KPP Best' was released on this day in May 2016. A compilation by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, the album was released to celebrate the fifth anniversary of her debut.🎤 The album included singles such as 'Pon Pon Pon', 'Candy Candy', 'Fashion Monster' and 'Furisodation'. 📀

'Brilliant' was released on this day in May 2012. Ultravox's 11th studio album, it marked their first album release in 18 years. The album reached No. 21 in the UK album charts. Read the TEC review of the album here: www.electricity-club.co.uk/ultravox-bri...

'Fundamental' by the Pet Shop Boys was released on this day in May 2006. The duo's ninth studio album, it featured the singles 'I'm with Stupid', 'Minimal' and 'Numb'. The album reached No. 5 in the UK charts.

'Electricity' was released on this day in 1979. OMD's debut single, issued on the Factory label, the song was also one of the first compositions that Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys wrote together. 🎹 The song rapidly became the band's signature song and served as a pioneering synth-pop song. 💽

Happy Birthday to Warren Cann, born on this day in May 1950. 📸 Thargol

Erasure's album 'World Be Gone' was released on this day in 2017. The duo's 17th studio album, it opted for a more sober, reflective (and at times, darker) approach than previous entries. 🎹 Here's TEC's album review at the time.👇👇👇 www.electricity-club.co.uk/erasure-worl...

Happy Birthday to Martyn Ware, born on this day in May 1956.

"‘The Grand Ballet’ is NASA’s orbital data presented as an endlessly evolving audiovisual journey in time and space.” OMD finally unveil details of their NASA collaboration. www.electronicsound.co.uk/news/when-om...

Love Will Tear Us Apart. Remembering Ian Curtis of Joy Division, who passed away on this day in May 1980. 🖤 📸Kevin Cummins.

Happy Birthday to Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17, born on this day in May 1958. 📸 Andrew D Hurley

'Sulk' by the Associates was released on this day in May 1982. The second album by the band, it features the classic singles 'Party Fears Two' and 'Club Country'. The album reached No. 2 in the UK charts.

'So In Love' was released on this day in 1985. Taken from OMD's sixth studio album 'Crush', the song was one of the last songs written for the album. It was originally going to be dropped, but Martin Cooper persuaded Andy and Paul to demo it. 'So In Love' reached No. 27 in the UK charts.

'Low-Life' by New Order was released on this day in May 1985. The band's third studio album, it featured the singles 'The Perfect Kiss' and 'Sub-culture'. 'Low-Life' reached No. 7 in the UK charts.

A few years later and he was also the first man on the Moon. An incredible life. 🌓

Please do follow us at spray.bandcamp.com. You don't have to buy anything but we are getting in the habit of doing regular email mailouts from there about our comings and goings, which seems to cut through *much* better than social media these days.

Here's a promo film for that double CD back in 2016. Long since deleted. We don't have any copies. BUT! It's now on streaming including such madness as the song we did for the Smash Potato Martians, and the theme for the 2001 Manchester International Film Festival. open.spotify.com/album/4ca2rI...

'Rio' was released on this day in May 1982. Duran Duran's second studio album, it featured the singles 'Hungry Like the Wolf', 'Save a Prayer' and the album's title track. The album reached No. 2 in the UK charts. It also made the top ten in America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

'Computer World' was released on this day in May 1981. Kraftwerk's eighth studio album, it included the singles 'Computer Love'/'The Model' and 'Pocket Calculator'.🎹 The album reached No. 15 in the UK charts.💽

From the TEC archives: Back in 2019 Imogen Bebb reviewed 'Transform', the ninth studio album from Howard Jones 🎹 www.electricity-club.co.uk/howard-jones...

'Nobody's Diary' by Yazoo was released on this day in 1983, the only single from the duo's second and last album, 'You and Me Both'. 🎹 The single reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. 📀

We're now joined by the paramilitary wing of the Eurythmics #totp

A short film telling the true story of the First Cat In Space. The full video: youtu.be/70VCY9Iu6qc?...

'The Look of Love' by ABC was released on this day in 1982, the third single from their debut studio album, 'The Lexicon of Love'. 🎹 The single marked the band's highest-charting hit in the UK, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. 📀

'Torch' by Soft Cell was released on this day in May 1982. The classic single reached No. 2 in the UK charts. 🎹

'Sugar Tax' was released on this day in May 1991. OMD's eighth studio album, it featured the singles 'Sailing on the Seven Seas', 'Pandora's Box', 'Then You Turn Away' and 'Call my Name'. The album reached No. 3 in the UK charts.

From the TEC Archives: Back in 2022, new Soft Cell album '*Happiness Not Included'was reviewed by Simon Heavisides for TEC... 📀 More: 👇👇👇 www.electricity-club.co.uk/soft-cell-ha...

'Republic' by New Order was released on this day in May 1993. The band's first album following the demise of their former label Factory Records, it featured the singles 'Regret', 'Ruined in a Day', 'World (The Price of Love)' and 'Spooky. 🎹 The album reached No. 1 in the UK charts.💽

Remembering producer and musician Conny Plank, born on this day in May 1940. His work notably brought him into the orbit of bands such as Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmionia and Cluster. In later years, he also produced acts such as D.A.F., Eurythmics and Ultravox.

'Stay on These Roads' by a-ha was released on this day in 1988. The album featured the singles 'The Living Daylights', 'Stay on These Roads', 'The Blood That Moves the Body', 'Touchy' & 'You Are the One'. The album reached No. 2 in the UK charts.

Remembering Soft Cell's Dave Ball, born on this day in May 1959. 🖤

'Power, Corruption & Lies' by New Order was released on this day in May 1983. 🎹 The band's second studio album (following their 1981 post-Joy Division effort 'Movement'), it leant more heavily into electronic instrumentation.🎹 'Power, Corruption & Lies' reached No. 4 in the UK charts.💽

'Junk Culture' was released on this day in April 1984. OMD's fifth studio album, it included the singles 'Locomotion', 'Talking Loud and Clear', 'Tesla Girls and 'Never Turn Away'. The album reached No. 9 in the UK charts.

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Soft Cell, 1981

Marina and the Diamonds album 'Electra Heart' was released on this day in April 2012. It featured the singles 'Primadonna', 'Power & Control' and 'How to Be a Heartbreaker'. The album reached No. 1 in the UK charts.

From the JPG Archives: Back in 2012, we cast an eye over the moody electronic soundscapes of Jesse Ruins. 🎹 www.jpopgo.co.uk/introducing-...

"Robert Alfons has exercised patience in the crafting of The Destroyer, an ambitious undertaking that raises the bar from earlier outings." From the TEC Archives: Back in 2019, we cast an eye over new TR/ST album 'The Destroyer'. 🎹 www.electricity-club.co.uk/tr-st-the-de...

Happy Birthday to Giorgio Moroder, born on this day in April 1940. 📸 Andy Witchger.

'The Meaning of Love' by Depeche Mode was released on this day in April 1982. Taken from their second studio album, 'A Broken Frame' it reached No. 12 on the UK Singles Charts. 🎹

'Blue Monday 1988' was released by New Order on this day in April 1988. A remix by Quincy Jones and John Potoker of the original 1983 release, the single reached No. 3 in the UK, No. 4 on the Australian chart, and topped the dance chart in the United States.

'The Luxury Gap', Heaven 17's second studio album, was released on this day in April 1983. It featured the hit singles 'Come Live with Me', 'Crushed by the Wheels of Industry' and 'Temptation' which reached No. 2 in the UK. Meanwhile, 'The Luxury Gap' charted at No. 4 in the albums chart.

Today marks two Human League releases with 'The Sound of the Crowd' released on this day in 1981 and 'The Lebanon' in 1984. 🎹 'The Sound of the Crowd' reached No. 12 in the UK charts.📀 'The Lebanon' peaked at No. 11.🎤

'Lifelines' by a-ha was released on this day in April 2002. The band's seventh studio album, it featured the singles 'Forever Not Yours', 'Lifelines' and 'Did Anyone Approach You?'.

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An informative look at OMD classic 'Enola Gay'. www.musicradar.com/artists/i-wa...

Remembering producer Martin Hannett who passed away on this day in April 1991. A partner/director at Factory Records, Hannett also produced music by artists including Joy Division, the Durutti Column, A Certain Ratio, OMD, Magazine, John Cooper Clarke, New Order and Happy Mondays. 📸 Kevin Cummins

A reminder that the vinyl release of Archive Vol 1 will be available as part of Record Store Day this weekend. 📀

'Pocket Calculator' was released on this day in April 1981. The single was taken from Kraftwerk's 8th studio album 'Computer World' and reached No.38 in the UK Singles Chart. 🎹