aLfie vera meLLa
Sa Ugoy ng Musika

by aLfie vera meLLa
alfie@filipinojournal.com

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 31

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 31

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One style of music that I really love, especially when I’m in a somber or romantic mood, is what many regard as Sophistipop–a portmanteau of ‘sophisticated’ and ‘pop.’ It is best characterized by its

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 30

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 30

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The latter part of the 1980s was a great time for me as music enthusiast and collector. A university student at the time, I had a bigger school allowance, a good portion of which

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 29

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 29

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As a music genre, New Wave has become a broad palette through the decades, from its humble and obscure beginning in 1967. Supported by many published books, Internet articles, film documentaries on the subject,

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 28

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 28

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Most of the New Wave enthusiasts I know think that New Wave and ’80s music are one and the same. That’s understandable; New Wave, which was first coined in 1967 in a musical context,

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 27

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 27

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Music and films have always been intertwined with each other. Film scores and soundtracks have become as important as the movies themselves. After all, music plays a major role in intensifying the emotions portrayed

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 26

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 26

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In the heartland of post–’70s Punk New Wave, the pioneering bands Joy Division and New Order are confidently among the most iconic and influential. The music of both–especially the latter’s–has influenced many artists from

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 25

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 25


For this volume, I’m recognizing female-oriented groups that made their respective marks in this beloved spectrum of music. May be included as part of the entire New Wave archives, these albums, however, may be

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 11

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 11

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Previously, I featured albums classifiable under the so-called Gothic subgenre of the New Wave spectrum. Now, here is another set of the same Goth/Dark/Ethereal Wave species, to make the ambience chilly and gloomy. l-r

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Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 10

Ultimate New Wave Evolution (& closely related styles) part 10

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For this batch, I gathered mostly jangly and melodic, guitar-oriented records that are also oozing with Pop sensibilities. These are actually some of the best representatives of the New Wave spectrum during the genre’s

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