NHT113: URBAN DANCE SQUAD – Deeper Shade of Soul

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Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT.

I think it is pretty hard to resist a good groove.

It is the sort of music which gets into your head and gives you that nice euphoric feeling.

It can even make the non-dancers dance. I think that describes me a little bit.

But try not to dance (or gently move from side to side!) when you put this little number on from Dutch band URBAN DANCE SQUAD with the volume up!

I hope you enjoy this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT.

Cheers, Andrew Muecke

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NHT112: DECKCHAIRS OVERBOARD – Shout

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Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT.

I first saw Australian band DECKCHAIRS OVERBOARD on a TV show when I was very young.

For me, they stood out from the other acts that were on the program and I really liked their particular take on the pop song.

Over the next year or so I stumbled on a couple more singles that they released and I liked them just as much.

I particularly enjoyed how they could swap vocalists and come out with a different sound.

And then they stopped. All too quickly. I am sure there is a story there, but regardless I have to say that I am happy that I got to hear some of their tracks as I was growing up.

I hope you enjoy this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT.

Cheers, Andrew Muecke

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NHT111: SAVAGES – You’re My Chocolate

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Welcome to this weeks NEVER HEARD THAT.

I am not ashamed to say that I miss the browse – that opportunity to immerse yourself in a physical store, with no regard for time, looking through music, video or books, or even all three at once!

Its not quite the same today, although online, “suggested for you” has become a powerful marketing tool.

As cool as that is, I don’t tend to spend a lot of time following those suggestions.

Having said that, in the past ignoring the edict “don’t judge a book by its cover” has tended to serve me very well. So, when a “suggested for you” revealed the band name SAVAGES and the song title You’re My Chocolate – I knew I had to click!

Boy, I am glad I did!

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Cheers, Andrew Muecke

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Note: Nándor Kürtössy (on left) performing as Savages y Suefo

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NHT110: AUTECHRE – Overand

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I wasn’t aware of UK duo AUTECHRE until I saw that they had done a remix for one of my favourite artists.

Liking the sound that they had produced, I knew that I needed to keep an eye out for them.

For some reason a number of years passed before I made that happen.

What I found was a really interesting act who had released a lot of recordings and had no fear of metamorphizing from release to release.

Here is one from their ambient period.

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Cheers, Andrew Muecke

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NHT109: MEN AT WORK – It’s A Mistake

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It must be an incredible feeling when your debut album tops the charts all around the world. You can imagine that it would have to be both a very happy and very surreal sensation.

In fact, it is hard to think of anything negative that might come from such an outcome. Perhaps one of the few things is that it might overshadow what comes next.

This is perhaps true of Australia band MEN AT WORK. Their debut album Business As Usual was enormous. So enormous that their second album was already complete whilst the debut was still high in the charts.

Second album, Cargo, wasn’t as big as Business As Usual, but maybe that was because the world was simply not yet ready to move on. Today’s track, I think, is a reminder of how good that second album is.

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Cheers, Andrew Muecke

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