I’m somewhat familiar with 009. Good stuff! And your list pretty much reads like one of my playlists ;) As a fellow 80s synthpop freak I suggest you get thee to YouTube and check out the BBC documentary “Synth Britiania”.
Also, check out the so called 80s revival groups. “Electric Youth” (Girl has an incredible voice), Kavinsky (french dude that does very John Carpenter’esque themed stuff), FM Attack, Lazerhawk, Outrunners, Paralells and College.
It’s like the 80s never ended. And these are mostly by musicians barely if at all born at the time. Seriously great stuff for people into the genre.
You can thank me later ;)
RE: Numan...
Like most I heard/loved Cars back when but only recently got into his Tubeway Army/Replicas stuff and was pissed I had missed out for so long. I still love everything up to and including Bezerker. But as he got into the whole athesim thing in later recordings, I just couldn’t separate it. The music is better than ever. But the whole 55 YO man railing at God thing ...nope.
Thanks for the tips-will def check them all out.
Hey-I checked out this Electric Youth song: (She does have a great voice!)
http://www.youtube.com/user/NewRetroWave?feature=watch
and then I stumbled on this:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NewRetroWave?feature=watch
They call it “NewRetroWave” a website of modern bands with the 80’s New Wave sound.
Ooops, first link was wrong.
Here is Electric Youth song I thought was good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0c5QOMF6c