“Map Ref 43 Degrees North 110 Degrees W” (1979) By Wire (1976-1980; 1985-1992; 1999-present)

“Chicken in Black” (1984) by Johnny Cash

This was basically a fuck you to his record company.

“Tainted Love” (1964) by Gloria Jones (1950’s-present)

You’ve probably heard Soft Cell or Depeche Mode’s version(s) of this hit song. Although it didn’t receive similar success, Gloria Jones sang and recorded the original version. Jones wrote and produced for well known acts such as The Supremes and Jackson 5. She also sang backup for T. Rex and became romantically involved with Marc Bolan until his death, an unfortunate result of her driving drunk.

Further Reading:

Interview on Goldmine Magazine (2010)

Marc Bolan School of Music & Film

“Commes C'Était la Derniere Fois” by The Young Gods (1982-present)

Swiss industrial/post-punk band that influenced many greats such as David Bowie, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails. Their band name comes from The Swans album titled Young God.

“La Fille De La Mort” live at Islington Academy on 12/15/2013

Further Reading:

Interview in Sound on Sound (1995)

Interview on Premonition Magazine (2004)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Chaos Conrol Digizine (2007)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Uber Röck (2010)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Redbull Music Academy (2015)

I just discovered an interview series called Making Music.  They have a set of videos with Alan Sparhawk from the band Low.  The few interviews I've seen so far are very different than most.  They get into the gritty details of the songwriters methods of creating songs, gear used, and much more.

“Wildflower” (2012) by Roman Ruins (2007-present)

This track comes off the album Homebuilding. The brains behind this act is Graham Hill, who also drums for Beach House.

“Dayvan Cowboy” (2005) by Boards Of Canada (1986-present)

Boards of Canada is a duo from Edinburgh, Scotland.

“Glasshouse” (1985) by Party Day

Further Experiments was a British band formed in 1979. They went on to take the moniker Party Day in 1982.

Further Reading:

official(ish) site great resource of information run by Steve Drury

link

“Experience” (1996) by Bisk

Hailing from Japan, this electronic project’s brainchild is Naohiro Fujikawa. You can download his latest album Twisted for free.

NPR probably won't be streaming this album for much longer since it came out this week. Highly recommended listening.

“Wir bauen eine neus Stadt” (1981) by Palais Schaumberg (1980-1984)

This song is from their second album Palais Schaumberg, which was released in 1981. Palais Schaumburg was an early 80’s Neue Deutche Welle (German New Wave) band from Hamburg, Germany. The band was co-founded in 1980 by Holger Hiller and Thomas Fehlmann, who met each other at the HFBK.

Listen to more here.

Further Reading:

Art-Magazin interview of Hoger Hiller in German (2013)

Article in Electronic Beats

A Guide to Neue Deutche Welle