Alison Moyet - Best of (2009)

Genere: Rock / Pop

Style: Adult Alternative, Electronic,

Similar Artists: Kate Bush, Alice, Tasmin Archer.

Original Recording Year: Sony Music, 2009.

Moyet was born in Billericay, Essex, England, to a French father and English mother. She grew up in Basildon, where she attended St Nicholas School. After leaving school at 16, she worked as a shop assistant and trained as a piano tuner. She was involved in a number of punk rock, pub rock and blues bands in the South East Essex area during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including The Vandals and the Screamin' Ab Dabs, The Vicars and The Little Roosters.


Her mainstream pop career began in 1981 when she formed the electropop duo Yazoo with former Depeche Mode member Vince Clarke. In the United States, the band became known as Yaz, as there was a record label in the region already operating as Yazoo Records that presented trademark issues. Yazoo had several hits, including "Only You", "Don't Go", "Situation" and "Nobody's Diary", and recorded two albums, Upstairs at Eric's and You and Me Both.

In 1983 Moyet and Clarke decided to disband Yazoo. While Clarke went on to form The Assembly (another duo, this time with former Undertones vocalist Feargal Sharkey) and then Erasure (a duo again, with Andy Bell (singer)), Moyet signed to CBS (in part because it had been Janis Joplin's label), and began her solo career.

Alison Moyet, a British pop singer with a remarkably bluesy voice, began her professional career with synth pop duo Yazoo (Yaz in the U.S.) in the early '80s. In 1983, Moyet began a solo career, releasing her debut album, Alf, the following year. Alf was a major success in Britain, hitting number one on the charts and launching the hit singles "Invisible," "All Cried Out," and "Love Resurrection"; it was a minor hit in the U.S., with "Invisible" cracking the Top 40. During 1985, Moyet toured with a jazz band led by John Altman; the group recorded a version of Billie Holiday's "That Ole Devil Called Love," which became her biggest British hit, even though the group received poor reviews.

In 1986, Moyet had another major U.K. hit with "Is This Love?," which was released while she was recording her second solo album. Raindancing appeared in 1987 and it was another big British hit, peaking at number two and featuring the Top Ten hits "Weak in the Presence of Beauty" and "Love Letters." The record wasn't quite as successful in the U.S., peaking at number 94. In 1991, she released her third album, Hoodoo, which was her most musically ambitious collection to date. However, it didn't match the commercial success of her previous albums, failing to chart in America. Essex, her fourth album, appeared in 1994 and she released a greatest-hits collection, Singles, the following year. After a near-nine-year layoff, she returned with Hometime produced by the production team the Insects. Two years later and filled with standards, Voice arrived. In 2005, the album was reissued in America with her version of "Alfie" as a bonus track. After signing with the W14 Music label in late 2006, Moyet released The Turn in October 2007.

Fields Of Haze.

Front 242 - Tyranny for you

Género: Industrial, electro industrial

Artistas similares: Meat Beat Manifesto, KMFDM, Nitzer Ebb

Año de grabación: Sony, 1991.


Grupo formado en Bruselas, en el año 1981, cuando los programadores Patrick Codenys y Dirk Bergen se unieron para grabar y lanzar el disco Principles. Un año después, el programador Daniel Bressanutti (alias Daniel B. Prothese) y el vocalista Jean-Luc De Meyer se integran a la formación. El nombre de Front 242 es, según algunas explicaciones, dado al grupo por motivos políticos, basados en una resolución de la ONU, la 242, en la que Israel debía retirarse de los territorios ocupados de Palestina. Así su nombre viene a ser algo así como el Frente 242 que retira a Israel de Palestina, o interpretado según la ideología del grupo, sería el avance del débil sobre el fuerte. El cuarteto se presentó por primera vez en 1982 con el sencillo U-Men y el álbum Geography, grabado para Red Rhino Europe Records (RRE). Front 242 inició sus presentaciones en vivo poco después ese mismo año. Finalmente se sumó el percusionista Geoff Bellingham que luego fue reemplazado por un ex ayudante, Richard 23 (Richard Jonckheere). La clave de su éxito fue la combinación de influencias tecnológicas ya usadas por grupos en Alemania, pero con un toque de agresividad que daría inicio a un estilo enteramente nuevo, trabajado posteriormente por agrupaciones como Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps. Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, entre otros.


Group formed in Brussels, in 1981, when the programmers Patrick Codenys and Dirk Bergen were united to record and to send the Principles disc. A year later, the programmer Daniel Bressanutti (alias Daniel B. Prothese) and the singer Jean-Light De Meyer include to the formation. The name of Front 242 is, according to some explanations, gived to the group by political reasons, based on a resolution of the UN, the 242, in which Israel had to retire of the occupied territories of Palestine. Thus its name comes to be something as well as the Front 242 that retires to Israel of Palestine, or interpreted according to the ideology of the group, would be the advance of the weak one on the fort. The quartet appeared for the first time in 1982 with the simple U-Men and the Geography album, engraving for Red Rhino Europe Records (RRE). Front 242 live initiated its presentations shortly after that same year. Finally the percussionist Geoff Bellingham was added that soon was replaced by an ex- assistant, Richard 23 (Richard Jonckheere). The key of its success was the combination of technological influences already used by groups in Germany, but with a touch of aggressiveness that would give beginning to a entirely new style, worked later by groupings like Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps. Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, among others.


Fields of Haze.