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80s Music - STARCK CLUB
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French designer Philippe Starck helmed creation of legendary STARCK CLUB in Dallas TX- famous for its 1980s cutting edge style, architecture & progressive music
#NewWave #Industrial #EBM #ItaloDisco #NewBeat #Electro #Darkwave #SynthPop #Funk #SophistiPop
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#StarckClub #Music explored the best of emerging, experimental & indie artists with an emphasis on #80s #NewWave #Electro #Industrial #Freestyle #House & #ItaloDisco it became a hotspot for celebrities, royals & helped define #1980s club culture

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The Starck Club | CBGB Spot
YouTube video by M3filmsllc
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UK #SynthPop group #OMD’s 1988 single “Dreaming” was the last release to feature the band’s original line-up. It was a hit in the USA reaching #16 but peaked at #50 in the UK. Vocalist #AndyMcCluskey despised the song & still, it became a Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro #80s

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Dreaming - OMD (1988) HD
YouTube video by PS César
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December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Critic #JonSavage called #UK #PostPunk band #ThrobbingGristle’s 1978 debut single “United” ‘an influential #ElectroPop single that allowed other bands to skew experimental in direction & move towards #1980s #NewWave’- it was a Starck fave
#ArtPunk #Electro #Industrial #Noise

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Throbbing Gristle - United
YouTube video by Alle gegen Alle - Industrial music
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December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Although it stalled at #41 on the USA Hot100 chart, #KimWilde’s 1988 single “You Came” was a huge worldwide hit & one of her biggest songs cracking the Top10 in 15 countries & was co-written with her younger brother Ricky- it was a Starck favorite
#80sMusic #80sRetro #GenX #80s

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Kim Wilde - You Came 1988 (Official Music Video) Remastered
YouTube video by 80's 90's Music Video's Remastered @Videos80s
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December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Upon hearing that #Siouxsie was coming to #Scotland, #Glasgow #NewWave band #AlteredImages wrote & asked if they could be a local support band. #Siouxsie kept them for the entire 1980 British tour- their 1982 single “See Those Eyes” was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro #1980s

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Altered Images - See Those Eyes (Official Video)
YouTube video by alteredimagesVEVO
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December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NME critic #RichardCook sniped that #UK #NewWave band #TalkTalk’s 1984 single “Such A Shame” was “faceless regret coaxed from a stinking lurex trashcan”- brutal! It was a Top40 hit in 16 countries & became a beloved #StarckClub classic- so 😝 Richard Cook
#80sMusic #80sRetro

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Talk Talk - Such A Shame (Official Video)
YouTube video by Talk Talk band
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December 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
On USA singer #Kariya’s 1988 debut single “Let Me Love You For Tonight” Reading Evening Post music critic #SimonLloyd wrote ‘a rare #House tune without that God-awful jangling piano bit- it’s housey yet frightfully contagious’- it was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro #1980s

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Kariya - Let Me Love You For Tonight (House Club) [Vj Lou Version] - 1988 HD @LouVDJOfficialItaly
YouTube video by Vdj Lou Official Italy (RAVENNA)
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December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Euro based musician #TonyCarey took the pseudonym #PlanetP from #RobertHeinlein’s book #StarshipTroopers to explore his 6 #ScienceFiction #SpaceRock albums- his 1983 debut single “Why Me” stalled at #64 on the USA Hot100 but was an early Starck favorite
#NewWave #80sMusic #GenX

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Planet P Project - Why Me (music video 1983/HD)
YouTube video by Monte Carlo Music
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December 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Written by #ItaloDisco legends #ValerioSemplici & #MircoLeoni who created #ItaloHouse group #BlackBox, #Starlight’s 1989 cut “Numero Uno” reached #6 in the UK & was called by DJ #RobertMiles “an Italian house trip straight my happy place”- it was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #1980s

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Starlight - Numero Uno 1989
YouTube video by DJ.CASTORMIX
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December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#Eagles drummer #DonHenley scored a hit in 1985 when “All She Wants To Do Is Dance” entered the USA Top10. It also became his 3rd song to top the Rock Chart solidifying his success as a solo artist. Spin Mag called it “irresistibly catchy”- it was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #80s

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Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by DonHenleyVEVO
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December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
At their first live gig, #Sheffield #AltElectro band #CabaretVoltaire were booed so violently #StephenMallinder chipped a backbone after the crowd hurled objects at them. Eventually they’d find an appreciative audience like Starckers who loved their 1983 cut “Talking Time”
#80s

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Cabaret Voltaire - (03) - "Talking Time" (LP Version Sync)
YouTube video by wirewehear
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December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#NigelDick directed the video for UK #NewWave band #TearsForFears 1984 single “Shout” which features #RolandOrzabal & #CurtSmith on the south coast of England at Durdle Door in #Dorset- it went to #1 in over a dozen countries & was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #AT40 #80sRetro #1980s

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Tears For Fears - Shout (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TearsForFearsVEVO
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December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
UK #Techno duo #Orbital consists of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll who took the band’s name from greater #London’s Orbital Motorway (the M25) which they used to hop from warehouses to clubs during the #AcidHouse explosion- their 1989 track “Chime” was a Starck classic
#1980s

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Orbital - Chime (Top Of The Pops 1990)
YouTube video by London Records
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December 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The 8th and final album by UK #SophistiPop band #RoxyMusic, 1982’s AVALON was their most successful- selling over a million copies in the USA alone. Rolling Stone Mag's list of “100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s” puts it at #31- the deeper cut “True To Life” was a Starck fave
#80s

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Roxy Music - True To Life [1982]
YouTube video by STARCK CLUB MUSIC
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
#London’s #JohnRocca was the force behind groups #Freeez & #PinkRhythm. He also teamed up with superstar DJ #PaulOakenfold for their #Balearic dance project #Electra- Starckers loved his work on Scottish #SynthPop group #Secession’s 1984 track “Fire Island”
#80sMusic #80sRetro

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Fire Island
YouTube video by Secession - Topic
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November 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For their 1978 debut single, #Experimental Belgian #Electro group #Telex covered French #RockAndRoll band #LesChatsSauvages (The Wild Cats) 1961 single “Twist A St Tropez.” Critic #TeoFleiss called it “wacky, weird & wonderful”- it was an early Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro

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Telex - Twist à Saint Tropez - 1978
YouTube video by Héros Dynamique
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November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Zanni & Cundari of Memory Records were considered the #Motown of #ItaloDisco because of their knack for cranking out club hits- Starckers loved their #GiorgioMoroder inspired 1989 12” track by #Helen “I Love You” which critic #BillDine called “dazzling”
#Vinyl #VinylSky #80s

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Helen - I Love You (1989)
YouTube video by Italo Disco *Vinyls Set Collection*
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November 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
UK #Industrial band #TestDept couldn’t afford instruments in 1981 so they banged on pipes at abandoned factories & salvage yards to produce ‘feral fusions’- the more polished sounds of their 1986 12” as #TDA “The Faces Of Freedom” was a Starck fave
#80sMusic #80sRetro #1980s

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TDA -the faces of freedom 1986
YouTube video by chinarro69
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November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Belgian #NewBeat group #MondoBagdad changed their name to #BlueVertigo after learning that #SaddamHussein used chemical weapons against Iranians- their 1988 track “Abadan” was written in support of that city in southern Iran- it was a beloved #StarckClub classic
#80sMusic #80s

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Blue Vertigo • Abadan (Sunday Mix) (1988)
YouTube video by Les Enfants Terribles
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November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In 1989 UK powerhouse producers #StockAitkenWaterman helmed 6 #1 songs including “You’ll Never Stop Me Loving You” from #Liverpool teen sensation #Sonia who became the first UK female singer to have 5 Top20 singles from 1 album- it was a Starck fave
#SAW #80sMusic #80s #1980s

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Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me Loving You (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by PWL
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November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Cash poor UK #SynthPop duo #Doppelganger bought-begged-stole remaining studio time from acts who were exiting #London recording studios until they were able to create a decent demo- their 1986 track “Communication Breakdown” was a Starck favorite
#Electro #80sMusic #80sRetro

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DOPPELGANGER - Communication Breakdown
YouTube video by 45rpm80s
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November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#NYC #Freestyle singer #Cynthia Torres released 16 singles during her career & 9 of them were hits on the USA Dance Chart. In 2005 she released a duet with fellow #Freestyle legend #LisetteMelendez- her 1988 single “Endless Nights” was a Starck fave
#OldSchool #80sMusic #1980s

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“Endless Nights” - Cynthia - 1988 - (HQ HD) Dj Gus (Extended 12” Club Remix) remastered edit
YouTube video by Dj Gus Rodarte
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November 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Debut LP Magazine was a #1980s UK compilation #vinyl record containing new songs by mostly #NewWave bands along with articles in each issue. 1984’s #7 included UK #Goth pioneers #PsyCon’s #HiNRG tinged cut “Make Yourself Scarce”- it was an early Starck fave
#Vinyl #VinylSky

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Make Yourself Scarce (Unabridged Mix) - PSYCON
YouTube video by Lionel L
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November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Written by #BarryManilow, “Could It Be Magic” was a 1975 hit for him going to #6 on the USA Top10. UK boy band #TakeThat won 1992 song of the year at the Brit Awards with their version, but it was #QueenOfDisco #DonnaSummer’s 1976 cover that was a #Flashback fave at Starck Club

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Donna Summer - Could It Be Magic (live on German TV, 1976)
YouTube video by otzi
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November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
French musician #MarcoAttali left #ItaloDisco group #Visitors after a band mate admitted to sleeping with not only his girlfriend but also his best friend- Scandal! Starckers loved his 1988 solo effort “Silex And Sex” which critic #MitchRush called “voluptuary”
#80sMusic #1980s

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MARCO ATTALI - SILEX AND SEX (PREHISTERIC MIX) 1988.wmv
YouTube video by clifffreeword
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November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
#London #ElectroPop duo #IStartCounting took their name from a controversial 1970 UK film about a 14 yr old girl who develops a crush on her new, enigmatic 32 yr old step brother- their 1986 track “Lose Him” was a much beloved Starck favorite
#80sMusic #1980s #80s #80sRetro

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lose him istar counting (extended) doble a tv
YouTube video by DOBLEARADIO1
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM