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Over four hours of strictly 80s New Romantic and New Wave music recorded live at a private event.
The mere mention of the term “New Romantic” is likely to force one to imagine bleached-out MTV clips, nouveau glam make up, and Simon LeBon’s ubiquitous visage. A British music movement of the late ’70s and early ’80s, New Romanticism had everything to do with image. Spawned in large part from Bowie and Roxy Music, New Romantics cast off the increasingly boring fashion of punk in favor of something more dazzling and colorful. It just so happened that a lot of these fabulous young men and women were making some splendid music as well, likewise inspired by Bowie and Roxy Music, but with an increasing embrace of synthesizers and the slightest touch of disco. Duran Duran, ABC, OMD and more led the charge.