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Enya
The cult of personality around her is almost deified, and her insular nature (and I don't just mean eschewing the press) contributes to that. Supposedly that was all the idea of Nicky Ryan, but she does seem to be a private person all the same …

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What are you listening to now?

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Systemagic (Second Single)
I wouldn't exactly say their 'push' of Erasure was/is very successful either considering the only person i've heard/seen talk about them is you, TinSoldier :)) Think you're cute there, dontchya? ;) My implied bias aside,…

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Come up with name for what is known as Goldfrapp
I think it solidified when Head First came along, being so Xanadu-influenced as it is, that I imagined Alison as a muse of old, and Terpsichore came to mind. I still think it's fitting, if a bit Hellenistically blasphemous.

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Erasure
I think I can fit my Beyerdynamics in there.

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Systemagic (Second Single)
all's quiet on the singles front it seems... a shame too, they should be pushing this HARD in clubs and on radio. does Mute just not have a budget anymore or what? Well, while Mute does seem to shift their weight behind certain artists at cert…

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
Absolutely! It's a bummer to have seen many of my favorite acts' forums fade away over the years. There's a few fan forums for Erasure (I belong to the main English-speaking one), but the official forum imploded almost a decade ago d…

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Erasure
Well, aside from rave album reviews, their UK gigs over these last few days seem to be well-received (a 27 track setlist!). As odd as it sounds, after these UK gigs, they will be opening for Robbie Williams on his tour throughout Europe and even to …

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
There's an implied impermanence to social media. Good luck trying to find stuff posted to a Twitter or Facebook group a few years ago. Really, you can hire someone to scroll and still not find what it was you thought you remembered seeing. For…

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
What would you class as a left turn, TS? In my opinion this is one of the biggest left turns they've ever made. They've completes removed their sweeping string soundtracks and their intense poppy-ness. Songs like "Become the One&quo…

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
Again, I really do think some of this is folks feeling that since they didn't take another left turn this time, that they are resting on their laurels or "playing it safe". I like SE for what it is.

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
I don't think it's a worry. I think it is more of a statement about this site. It hasn't been the same since, well, it became this site. Well, messageboards in general seem a bit moribund to the social media crowd if they were rais…

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Super! Nature Notes
I drop everything for momma duck videos. Never hand me a child and a phone at the same time.

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MusicTech magazine June 2017- Full feature on Goldfrapp.
Think I made a Jane's joke on here just last week...

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RIP
Confirmed as suicide now. :( Can't comprehend it...

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What are you listening to now?
It's out tomorrow, but I've had it since yesterday, and can say it's a return to form...well, if you felt their early 90s work was a high point. Really enjoying it more as an album than for a few tracks alone, which is something aki…

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Live clips
As they say, there's money in the basement! Who says this, and why haven't they heard of mildew and mice? ;^)

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the homage thread? i can't find one.....
Pixelation is a demon which hides in plain sight. I had an umbrella made with a design based on an album cover, and only when it was made did the logo look pixelated. Don't ask what I was out. I only use it from afar now. ;^)

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Systemagic (Second Single)
As it was on a promo, and seemingly as files (I'd think we would have seen it on ebay by now if real, as it would have been knocked off already!), it might leak...at least I hope so. Of course, it might be on the "Pt. 2" single relea…

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Alison's birthday 13th May
I know it could just be that "being local when local" effort that comes when touring, but I do feel she's on the cusp of moving to New York. I hope that this effort being organized by a NY resident (Julia) pushes her over the edge. S…

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Silver Eye (main album thread)
Still, for someone to say they sold on their copy of the album...to even post that here, on GMB, seems passive-aggressive to me. I doubt I'd volunteer that bit here even had I felt the same way. Eschewing genre and labels comes as par for the …

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Alison's birthday 13th May
Damn. If we could only have coordinated with the mom to get him to sing Head First! Who else here has kids? :)

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Alison's birthday 13th May
:)

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Erasure
Well, Erasure might agree, though Andy is a Blondie fan too.

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Anymore - remixes
I still haven't found that Danny Dove Intro Edit though. I wonder if will pop up anywhere.

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Anymore - remixes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/systemagic-anymore-remixes-pt-1-single/id1232680545 Ah well, just the two tracks. Here's hoping for Pt 2. soon.

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Systemagic (Second Single)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/systemagic-anymore-remixes-pt-1-single/id1232680545 Shame it's just a two-track release. That Whatever Whatever mix of Anymore must exist out there somewhere, though.

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Alison's birthday 13th May
Hrmm...what to do? WHAT TO DO???!!!! OK, I need to drink less caffeine...

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Alison's birthday 13th May
Which is 7PM New York time...T-Minus 20 minutes and counting. Clear the launchpad, and get the Tang ready.

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Erasure
Yes, but over here, pretty lumped in. I know it's heretical from a talent standpoint. :)

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