On the week Duran Duran gained an award from MTV and it followed Q Magazine’s recent award to Gary Numan, you could be forgiven if you felt that artists from the 80’s were getting some final respect- or is is just good marketing by the labels. We also witnessed the massive promotional mammoth the is the Bond franchise this week, with the release of Spectre. A film franchise that also got some stick in the 80’s – maybe an Oscar is due soon….. just saying.

We had another 80’s legend, in the shape of a track from the last ever Visage album, which was completed after the sad loss of Steve Strange. It is hoped that from the sales a statue can be financed. On the show we had the new single from Circuit 3 and Model Depose, along with a great album track from the forth coming album from Tenek. In my undercover slot we had a slight hint toward Halloween with a cover track from Promenade Cinema, which is part of a cover album due out with lots of unsigned artists, care of DEF (Doncaster Electronic Foundation) and this particular track revives that 80’s classic from Rockwell with a Lady Gaga Vibe.  I try and mention all the live music shows coming up and the odd one where I’m DJ’ing at, so as one of them is getting close- Eclectic Electric, I thought I’d play two artists due to perform on the November 14th gig, Black Nail Cabaret and Aka

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Synth City with Rob Harvey: Oct 27th 2015 on Phoenix 98 FM by Rob Harvey on Mixcloud