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MIDGE URE: A Life In Music Interview - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 8h

Midge Ure talks about how a rejected piece of music for a Levi’s advert became ‘Love’s Great Adventure’ www.electricityclub.co.uk/midge-ure-a-...

Midge Ure celebrates his 70th birthday and a life in music this Autumn with a special concert at The Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday 4 October 2023. Midge Ure spoke to ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK about his ...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 12h

Please can we use this pic in the MIRRORS Appreciation Society Facebook group which we co-admin? If so, let us know how you would like to be credited 📷😉 m.facebook.com/groups/40457...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 12h

A new mix and a new video edit using outtakes and previously unseen footage from the original ‘Love’s Great Adventure’ shoot 🎶 youtu.be/_lElWxUpRoI

Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure (Blank & Jones so8os Reconstruction) (Official HD Music Video)

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 15h

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK has somehow managed to do a 20 song Beginner’s Guide to MIRRORS which will publish over the weekend… yes, they only did one album but don’t let that spoil the fun. Until then, a Vintage Synth Trumps interview about that 2011 album 🎹🎤❤️ www.electricityclub.co.uk/vintage-synt...

Vintage Synth Trumps with MIRRORS

Following the release of 'Lights & Offerings', MIRRORS were embarked on their first headlining tour in Germany, the spiritual homeland of electronic music. Just prior to their first show at Cologne’s ...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 17h

Updates to ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK Oh 2025! playlist include Kalipo, Paradox Obscur, R.Missing, Emmon, Page, Jaakko Eino Kalevi, Ani Glass, Charly Haze, Patriarchy, MotherMary, Mari Kattman, Assemblage 23, Austra, Fragrance. + more - listen on Spotify via link 🎧🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/1xX...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 21h

Why don't you go to this for £18 in Salford? 🙃 dice.fm/event/avgm22...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 21h

Seriously everyone, go see KITE and their impressive light show for £20 instead at London Fabric in November 🎹🎹🎹🎤🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹 😉 www.fabriclondon.com/event/kite-l...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 22h

Oh the ticket prices!!! £90 for RESTRICTED VIEW!!! 😱🤣

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 22h

EXPO... 🤖😂

New Europeans: The Legacy of ULTRAVOX - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 1d

What a legacy… 🎤🎹🎸🥁🎻 www.electricityclub.co.uk/new-european...

There are endless debates about whether the John Foxx or Midge Ure fronted ULTRAVOX is the valid and definitive one. The four piece ULTRAVOX comprising of Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and M...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 1d

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 1d

ULTRAVOX ‘The Collection’ gets the 4CD + double blu-ray boxed set treatment in December, it’s also one of the 20 albums that ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK chose to make up The Electronic Legacy of GREATEST HITS 🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

The Electronic Legacy of GREATEST HITS - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

Not appreciating a greatest hits of an artist who you admire is the ultimate in fan snobbery, that they are in a position of being able to release one is often a symbol of wider acclaim and success. ...

Always: The Legacy of ERASURE - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 1d

A good time to revisit our 2020 interview with DUBSTAR ☕️🫖😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/a-short-conv...

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 1d

Further to our idea that ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK should expand its "30 SONGS OF" series into imperial years such as 1981, what about us doing the same with established artists who have a catalogue of say 5 albums or more like ERASURE, PET SHOP BOYS, OMD etc? 😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/always-the-l...

It was the late Seymour Stein who said “the reason ERASURE are so great is because they make people feel good about themselves”. Together as ERASURE, Andy Bell and Vince Clarke have been one of the m...

THE ELECTRONIC LEGACY OF 1981 - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 2d

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK has been doing a series of legacy listings covering album for the years between 1977 to 1985 BUT would you be interested in listings of 30 songs and tracks from these particular years for us to celebrate and argue over? 🎤🎹😄 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electron...

Was 1981 the most important year in synth as far becoming ubiquitous in the mainstream and hitting the top of the charts internationally? For many listeners, 1981 was a formative year and had so many ...

PARADOX OBSCUR Interview - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 4d

With a catalogue dating back to 2014, PARADOX OBSCUR chatted to ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK about the development of the duo through the years and the making of their recently released album ‘IKONA’ 🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/paradox-obsc...

Greek duo PARADOX OBSCUR are forever evolving and from their more minimal roots, they have now readily embraced more explicitly dance-based influences onto their new album ‘IKONA’. Kriistal Ann and T...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK's 30 SONGS OF 2010

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 4d

While the compiling of the final 2025 list progresses, a look back to 15 years ago and the first 30 songs listing that ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK did at the end of 2010… it’s an interesting snapshot if nothing else 🎤🎹🎶😉 www.electricityclub.co.uk/top-30-songs...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK came into being on 15th March 2010 following the HEAVEN 17 aftershow party at Sheffield Magna. It also saw the release of a new album by OMD, their first since 1996 as well as th...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK’s 30 SONGS OF 2015

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 5d

As ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK shortlists its songs of 2025 for the end of year article, a look back 10 years ago to its 30 SONGS OF 2015 ⏯🎵 www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-electric...

In a far more productive year than 2014, many electronic music veterans returned to the fold in 2015 with their first new albums for many years. There were plenty of releases from independent acts to...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 7d

1982 - It's the Smash Hits all request issue and this time, it's the battle of the frilly blouses with the longest tracks of these two quintet's 1981 debut albums... so 'Friends Of Mine' or 'Toys'???? 😉

Die Roboter: The Legacy of KRAFTWERK - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 7d

KRAFTWERK articles you may enjoy www.electricityclub.co.uk/kraftwerk-in...

Many electronic music fans know KRAFTWERK, but how many know their work in their native language? But the ‘Computerwelt’ that KRAFTWERK predicted in 1981 has led to ‘Trans Europa Express’, ‘Die Mensc...

PAGE Inget Motstånd - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 7d

UK and Ireland! KRAFTWERK are back! Back! BACK! - tickets on sale 10th October 2025 from gigst.rs/KW26

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ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 8d

Out on Friday 3rd October is 'Inget Motstånd', the new album from Swedish poptronica veterans PAGE, here's the verdict in advance from ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK🎤🎹 www.electricityclub.co.uk/page-inget-m...

Swedish veterans PAGE are back with a new album ‘Inget Motstånd’, translated into English as “No Resistance”. The duo of Eddie Bengtsson and Marina Schiptjenko have been playing together since 1980; ...

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 8d

CERRONE DNA - ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK

ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK @theelectricityclub.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 www.electricityclub.co.uk/cerrone-dna/

Marc Cerrone is best known for 'Supernature’, a Top10 UK hit in 1978 which subsequently gained longevity thanks to its use as incidental music during the first series of ‘The Kenny Everett Video Show’...