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22/08/2009

Electronic music expert Mark Jones is joined by The Human League's Phil Oakey in the first of a series of shows joining the dots between synthesized sounds past and present.

Record label boss and electronic music aficionado Mark Jones presents a new series of shows joining the dots between synthesized sounds past and present.

Jones, best known as the founder boss of leading independent record label Wall of Sound - home of Royksopp and Grace Jones - is joined for his first show by The Human League's Phil Oakey.

The Human League were one of most successful acts in the early 1980s, pioneering synthesised pop music and having a string of chart hits including Love Action. In this in-depth interview, Oakey tells Mark about the soundtrack of 1970s Sheffield and plays tunes by Cerrone, Georgio Moroder and Caberet Voltaire which inspired the band to come together.

There's also a 30 minute mix from the godfather of acid house music, DJ Pierre direct from Detroit, featuring tunes from Yazoo and Gino Soccio, which inspired the elusive DJ to create the distinctive acid techno sound. There's also electro past and present from Propaganda, Soft Cell and La Roux, and Mark delves into his record bag to pull out a selection of mutant funk tunes from Was (Not Was) and Talking Heads in Mark's Mutant Mashup.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 22 Aug 2009 21:00

Music Played

  • Soft Cell

    Memorabilia

  • La Roux

    Bulletproof

  • The Human League

    Being Boiled

  • Propaganda

    Dr Mabuse

  • Gary Numan

    Are Friends Electric?

    Performer: Tubeway Army.
  • Belouis Some

    Imagination

  • Untitled

    Phil Oakey Playlist and interview

  • The Human League

    Love Action

  • Cerrone

    Supernature

  • Wendy Carlos

    Switched On Bach

  • Kraftwerk

    Autobahn

  • Jean鈥怣ichel Jarre

    Equinoxe Pt 5

  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

  • Giorgio Moroder

    Son Of My Father

  • Cabaret Voltaire

    Nag, Nag, Nag

  • Giorgio Moroder & Philip Oakey

    Together In Electric Dreams

  • Untitled

    Mark鈥檚 Mutant Mash up

  • Talking Heads

    Once In A Lifetime

  • Shriekback

    All Lined Up

  • 23 Skidoo

    Coup

  • Was (Not Was)

    Out Come the Freaks

  • Untitled

    DJ Pierre In The Mix

  • Dr. Buzzard鈥檚 Original Savannah Band

    Cherchez La Femme

  • Gino Soccio

    Dancer

  • Johnny Shaker

    Walk The Night

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

  • Yazoo

    Situation

  • James Brown and the JB's

    Satisfied

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Aug 2009 21:00