2014 two album set curated by Techno duo Blank & Jones. ZTT is the label from superstar producer Trevor Horn and was founded in 1983 together with Paul Morley and Jill Sinclair. The label's mix of perfect Pop music, new recording and sound technologies, great artwork and marketing gave artists like Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Propaganda and the Art of Noise the perfect home to conquer the world.
For the third time, Blank & Jones take a journey to the depths of the archives of the '80 and offer up a tracklist full of surprises and exclusives. This triple CD deluxe set is a virtual non-stop mix featuring remastered and uncut rare mixes and extended versions. The booklet contains commentary from Blank & Jones on all of the tracks plus pictures of the original 12" single sleeves. Features tracks from INXS, Visage, Duran Duran, OMD, the Cure, Billy Idol, Simple Minds, Real Life and many others.
As with the other volumes in Blank & Jones' 12"-oriented So80s series, the selections here are mostly from the first half of the '80s, and they balance major pop hits with relatively deeper cuts as a way to catch the interest of a wide listening base. This fourth volume includes extended mixes of Gang of Four's "Is It Love," the Cure's "Close to Me," and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Telegraph," as well as alternate mixes of ABC's "King Without a Crown," Propaganda's "Dr. Mabuse," and Act's "Snobbery and Decay." The CD edition contains a DJ mix from the German duo, while tracks are provided unmixed on discs two and three.
2011 three CD set, the fifth volume in the So80s series. The finest collection of original classic 12" club & extended mixes.
Blank & Jones' fifth So80s mix continues the duo's omnivorous presentation of '80s club music. Within the span of only a few tracks, the first disc moves from Bananarama's "Cruel Summer" to John Carpenter's "The End" and Liaisons Dangereuses' "Los Ninos del Parque" - from chart-topping pop to deep, cult-level gems. Among the other inclusions are Rick Springfield's "Celebrate Youth," New Order's "True Faith," Deacon Blue's "Real Gone Kid," and Thompson Twins' "Hold Me Now." Listeners with similarly broad taste will lap it all up.
The second installment in the Blank & Jones So 80's series, this triple disc release includes a continuous mix CD followed by two CD's of unmixed rare extended versions of hits by some of the '80's biggest artists. Features tracks by New Order, Kajagoogoo, Billy Idol, Duran Duran, Fra Lippo Lippi, OMD, Howard Jones, a-Ha, Endgames, Simple Minds, Bronski Beat, Corey Hart, KTP and many others.
2011 three CD mix, the sixth in this series from the German duo. Get ready for a trip back into time with this collection of memorable tunes from the '80s. Many 12" mixes on CD for the first time plus the fantastic non-stop DJ mix on the final CD makes this deluxe box a true must have for every record collector. Includes cuts from ABC, Camouflage, Blancmange, New Order, Alphaville and many others.
Blank & Jones released the 11th volume in their popular so80s (so eighties) series which offers rare and forgotten 12" extended versions from the 1980s. The 22-track set includes artists like ABC, Yello, The Beloved,Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry or Company B and includes a 36-page booklet which features notes about the selections (in English and German) as well as full page cover images for each of the singles included.
2009 three CD set, the first volume in the So80s series. The finest collection of original classic 12" club & extended mixes. So80s was mixed by German DJ duo Blank & Jones and features non-stop mixes of great '80s tracks from legendary bands like by Yazoo, O.M.D., Ultravox, Simple Minds, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk, Erasure, Bryan Ferry, Duran Duran and many others.
2012 three CD set, the seventh volume in the So80s series, this time with an Ibiza theme. Blank & Jones searched for the biggest anthems of this magic island during the 1980s. Long time before mass clubbing started on Ibiza in the 1990s, there was a true musical melting pot creating it's very own soundtrack. The legendary KU (now known as Privilege), the Amnesia or Pacha were all hot spots for the Jet Set of the beautiful, the rich and the famous. Here comes the soundtrack for this special time with the whole range from Wham!, Sandy Marton, Bandolero and Lime, but also with the secret anthems of Ibiza like Flash & the Pan, Tullio de Piscopo, Art of Noise, Carly Simon an Tony Esposito. Celebrate the Sound of Ibiza in the 80s with Blank & Jones!
After Blank & Jones produced last years comback album for 80s icon Sandra, curated a so8os artist edition for Falco and received a Gold Award for over 100.000 sold units of their so8os series in germany they are finally back with the eighth volume of their worldwide critically acclaimed so8os compilation series. Blank & Jones collected 34 classics from George Michael, Bananarama, Tears for Fears, The Cure, Steve Winwood, Ultravox, and more 80s icons, all in Master Tape Quality, guaranteed no Vinyl Rips! Many of the legendary 12 inch versions on CD for the very first time. Check out the amazing tracklisting which will bring every 80s and 12 inch lover the tears of joy in their eyes.