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    Dancing In Darkness: EBM Black Synth & Dark Beats From The 80sVarious Artists

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    • Throbbing Gristle – Dead On Arrival
    • DAF – Der Musolini
    • Cabaret Voltaire – Walls Of Jericho
    • Polyphonic Size – Zas
    • The Neon Judgement – Chinese Black
    • Da Davo – Sex Head
    • Borghesia – No Hope, No Fear
    • Chris & Cosey – Exotika
    • Click Click – Headf***"
    • Front 242 – Body To Body" (1988 mix)
    • The Cassandra Complex – One Millionth Happy Customer" (EBM mix)
    • The Weathermen – Poison" (Lethal mix)
    • Nitzer Ebb – Control I'm Here" (Strategic dancefloor Initiative mix)
    • Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon
    • 1. Throbbing Gristle – Dead On Arrival
    • 2. DAF – Der Musolini
    • 3. Cabaret Voltaire – Walls Of Jericho
    • 4. Polyphonic Size – Zas
    • 5. The Neon Judgement – Chinese Black
    • 6. Da Davo – Sex Head
    • 7. Borghesia – No Hope, No Fear
    • 8. Chris & Cosey – Exotika
    • 9. Click Click – Headf***"
    • 10. Front 242 – Body To Body" (1988 mix)
    • 11. The Cassandra Complex – One Millionth Happy Customer" (EBM mix)
    • 12. The Weathermen – Poison" (Lethal mix)
    • 13. Nitzer Ebb – Control I'm Here" (Strategic dancefloor Initiative mix)
    • 14. Meat Beat Manifesto – Radio Babylon

    Electronic Body Music, the sort of dark, proto-techno, industrial music pioneered by the likes of Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and Deutsch Amerikanische Freudschaft - all of which are included on 'Dancing In Darkness: EBM, Black Synth & Dark Beats From The 80s'. A comprehensive insight into the the darker, electronic sounds of the '80s.

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