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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 synthesised 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 summarise 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 3CDs, 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.

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – and looks back to 37 years ago – with 80 tracks on 4 CDs, to celebrate an incredible year of Pop singles… NOW – Yearbook 1987. This format is Special Edition 4CD set housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year and a track-by-track guide. Pop Rap, House, Ballad, Alternative Rock, Synthpop, Latin Pop, Soul Music, Vocal, New Jack Swing,

The Beach Boys unearthed more archival material, including dozens of previously unreleased songs, with their two new retrospective sets, 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow 2: The Studio Sessions and Live Sunshine – 1967.

One of the handsome guys of the music scene is almost back. The Killers‘ frontman, American musician, singer, songwriter and lyricist Brandon Flowers has started the hype, and we are so ready for this. Flowers highly-anticipated second solo album “The Desired Effect“, is 80s-inspired and features Bruce Hornsby, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, and a Bronski Beat sample. It was entirely produced by hitmaker and ‘co-captain’ Ariel Rechtshaid, and is “definitely going to be different” from the sound of his solo debut “Flamingo“, released in 2010. The album will also feature drumming by Kenny Aronoff and horns by Ron Francis Blake.

NOW is proud to present the next instalment in our ongoing ‘Yearbook’ series – and looks back to 37 years ago – with 80 tracks on 4 CDs, to celebrate an incredible year of Pop singles… NOW – Yearbook 1987. This format is Special Edition 4CD set housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year and a track-by-track guide. Pop Rap, House, Ballad, Alternative Rock, Synthpop, Latin Pop, Soul Music, Vocal, New Jack Swing,