Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock ⦠and more.
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Out of the ashes of punk, a group of alienated geeks and misfits from the bleak factory towns of Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, London, and other cities dreamed of a synthetic future. Inspired by dystopian science fiction, they took the camp of European disco anthems, German robot aesthetic, ditched their guitars and went electronic.
New Order "Blue Monday" from "Power, Corruption & Lies" on WM UK The Normal "t.v.o.d." from "Warm Leatherette/T.V.O.D. - Single" on Mute Fad Gadget "Back to Nature" from "The Fad Gadget Singles" on Mute Throbbing Gristle "Adrenalin" from "Throbbing Gristle's Greatest Hits (Remastered)" on Mute Cabaret Voltaire "Spread the Virus" from "Red Mecca" on Mute The Human League "4JG" from "The Golden Hour of the Future" on Black Melody Music Limited Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark "I Betray My Friends" from "Navigation - The OMD B-Sides" on Virgin Records Visage "Fade to Grey (Main Version)" from "Fade to Grey" on August Day Drinking Electricity "Discord Dance" from "Overload" on Cherry Red Records John Foxx "Underpass" from "Metamatic (30th Anniversary Bonus Track Edition)" on Demon Depeche Mode "Ice Machine (Single Version)" from "Dreaming of Me - Single" on Reprise/Mute Yazoo "Goodbye '70s" from "Upstairs at Eric's" on Mute, a BMG Company Pet Shop Boys "West End Girls (Extended Mix)" from "West End Girls - Single" on High Fashion Music New Order "The Beach" from "Blue Monday [12"]" on Factory