The second Darkwaves episode was broadcasted on April 9, 2020. Next week Thursday (April 16, 2020), Darkwaves will be slightly different in that the focus will be on dark (sad, wistful…) electronic music, ranging from dark ambient to new wave-‘pop’, with artists such as Coil, Visage, Depeche Mode and Deine Lakaien. Should be ‘fun’!
Yesterday’s show combined avantgarde/experimental approaches to new wave (such as Tuxedomoon) with an emphasis on a (for me personally) very important sub-genre of new wave/postpunk that is often called ‘ethereal wave’ or (in the 1990s) ‘dream pop/shoegaze’ (Cocteau Twins, Mazzy Star). It is available for streaming (until April 23) here: https://whupfm.org/episode/darkwaves-4-9-20/
This is the playlist:
(1) Tuxedomoon: The Stranger (5:10) (Pinheads on the Move, 1987)
(2) Shock Therapy: I never asked for this (6:51) (Adventures in Good Music, 1992)
(3) Cocteau Twins: Peppermint Pig (5:02) (Peppermint Pig, 12”, 1983)
(4) Dead Can Dance: The Arcane (3:46) (Garden of the Arcane Delights 12”, 1984)
(5) The Cure: A Forest (5:55) (Seventeen Seconds, 1980)
(6) Cranes: Loved (3:09) (Loved, 1994)
(7) Box and the Twins: Pale Blue Dot (5:40) (Everywhere I Go is Silence, 2016)
(8) Mazzy Star: Roseblood (4:51) (Among My Swan, 1996)
(9) Autumn: The Hating Tree (11:33) (The Hating Tree, 1996)
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