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Various Artists — Uneven Paths, Deviant Pop From Europe 1980​-​1991
Electronic, Experimental, Eighties Akhil Srivatsan Electronic, Experimental, Eighties Akhil Srivatsan

Various Artists — Uneven Paths, Deviant Pop From Europe 1980​-​1991

A set of experimental recordings from lesser-known European artists of the 80s that pose the question, what if this is what pop music from the 80s sounded like? What if it sounded like an understated drum machine, echoing guitars, and a bossa nova groove? What if it was African tribalism through a pop lens? What if it sounded like lush reverb-pop? Or infectious leftfield dance?

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