VA - All The Young Droids | Vinyl
VA - All The Young Droids | Vinyl
VA - All The Young Droids | CD

VA - All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth pop 1978-1985 (Pre-Order)

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The scheduled release date for this product is July 11th 2025. Release dates and availability are subject to change without notice.
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All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop 1978-1985 is a new compilation that charts the underbelly of the epoch-defining sound of the synthesiser in 80s popular music.

Compiled by curator Phil King, the music here connects the dots between DIY synth enthusiasts grappling with new, cheap synthesisers at the tail-end of punk and wannabe, jobbing songwriters enthral to the new music pioneered by Gary Numan, Depeche Mode and Daniel Miller’s Mute Records. NZ's very own Alastair Riddell even makes an appearance with his 1982 single - Do You Read Me?

The story told on All The Young Droids is one of the dawning opportunity presented by both the emergence to the market of cheaper analog synthesisers and the distribution networks plus indie labels that exploded with the advent of punk music in 1976.

Complete with extensive sleeve notes written by King and never before seen imagery, all 24 tracks were remastered by RPM in-house engineer Simon Murphy, many from vinyl copies due to lost master tapes.

Tracklist:
01. Design - Premonition
02. Vision - Lucifer’s Friend
03. Richard Bone - Alien Girl
04. John Howard - I Tune Into You
05. Ian North - We’re Not Lonely
06. Selwin Image - The Unknown
07. Harry Kakoulli - I’m On A Rocket
08. Rich Wilde - The Lady Wants To Be Alone
09. Billy London - Woman
10. Alan Burnham - Science Fiction
11. The Microbes - Computer
12. The Goo-Q - I’m A Computer
13. Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
14. The Warlord - The Ultimate Warlord
15. Die Marinas - Fred From Jupiter
16. Dee Jay Bert & Eagle - I Am Your Master
17. Peta Lily & Michael Process - I Am A Time Bomb
18. Sole Sister - It’s Not What You Are But How
19. Alasdair Riddell - Do You Read Me?
20. Karel Fialka - Armband (The Mystery Song)
21. John Springate - My Life
22. Incandescent Luminaire - Famous Names
23. Disco Volante - No Motion
24. Dream Unit - A Drop In The Ocean

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