Absolute Body Control – Figures

Hailing from Belgium, Absolute Body Control is a synthpop duo of Dirk Ivens and Eric Van Wonterghem.  This track was taken from their 1983 full length of the same name. It’s synthpop with a bit of DIY punk feel to it — think Soft Cell-esque.  I fell for that lead synth in the chorus that rides behind the lyrics “What’s the name of the movie, figures are so groovy”.

Absolute Body Control – Figures

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Dirk Ivens is still producing music to this day, a recent examples are:
A cover of “Who Do You Love”

And his latest release under side-project Sonar with a new album titled,  Sonar ?– Shadow Dancers. Here is a cut from the album, which is very Industrial.

Sonar – Creed

Taco – Puttin On The Ritz

Going to start a new segment here on Audiodrums called Flashback Fridays.  I hope to find forgotten gems of synth magic to post every Friday.  The first of these posts is Taco’s “Puttin On The Ritz”

Flashback to 1983 and Dutch singer Taco released a synthpop version of Puttin’ On The Rits.  It was to be his only hit, but it was memorable.

Taco – Puttin On The Ritz

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