Ministry Of Sound: Chilled Electronic 80s / Various

2016 three CD collection. Music is shaped by the time and place it's created... And in the '80s, changes in politics, technology and culture came together to produce an explosion of new sounds that have come to define a generation. The importance and continued popularity of the '80s can't be underestimated, from the pioneering producers of synthesized music like The Human League, Gary Numan and Giorgio Moroder to the immortal David Bowie. In addition, there are the brilliant electronic pop sounds of Soft Cell, Yazoo, Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Boy George and Visage... Play just one of these epoch defining tracks and you can feel the electricity of the era. And then there are the sounds which are uniquely British; from The Cure, New Order, Dream Academy and Black to Spandau Ballet and Bryan Ferry. These bands/artists perfectly summarize the mood of '80s Britain. Chilled Electronic '80s brings to life an alternative side of the decade; one of equal wonder to the dance floor electro classics but also of chilled cool. Over three CDs, these classic laid back tracks chart the birth of modern chill-out, chilled dance and electronic today... So sit back, relax and drift back in time as Ministry of Sound presents... Chilled Electronic '80s.