Alphaville - Big in J a p a n (Petko Turner Edit) Free DL

A l p h a v i l l e - Big in J a p a n Edit By Mr Turner Profil:
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band centered around vocalist
Marian Gold (Hartwig Schierbaum), formed in 1982 in Münster.
Started out as a trio with Gold backed by synth players Bernhard
Lloyd and Frank Mertens. At the end of '81, Gold and Lloyd (Frank
would come in not long afterwards) take part in a concert with 5
other artists, on Nelson Community. Initially the band name was
just Forever Young, however, after a few months they changed the
name inspired by Jean-Luc Goddard's film: Alphaville "the city of
the future". Which, incidentally, represented even better their
whole project. Due to contracts and agreements with record labels,
Alphaville stopped performing live shows after '84, using only play
back features at most shows and presentations. Only after 1994
would they performed again without these resources The band then
has a downfall. At Frankfurt Airport, after a live show (the last,
until after 1994) Mertens warns that he would leave the band. Ricky
Echolette (Wolfgang Neuhaus) joined in his place, in early 1985.
The following year they released the single "Dance With Me", which
is well received by the public. Soon they released the album
"Afternoons in Utopia" After 3 years they appeared again with the
album "The Breathtaking Blue" bringing a totally new concept with
regard to sonority, lyrics, instrumentalization and even the media
in which the songs were recorded. They practically invented the
DVD. The Breathtaking Blue was released in CD+G format. The
production of the album was difficult, Gold would later say "the
production saw Alphaville in the horrors of permanent crisis. There
was an ongoing war between [the band]. ... The furious guitar
shrieks during the intro [of lead-off single "Romeos"] being a true
indication of the real spirit of the production. In 1988, a
compilation of singles called "The Singles Collection" was released
in the USA, with Forever Young, Big in Japan in a remix (not as
good as the one of '84), Red Rose and Dance with me, all in 2
versions. "Prostitute" was Alphaville's first release for five
years. It features electronic jazz, new wave music, synthpop, swing
music, hip hop, classical ballads and Pink Floyd-like epic
electronic music. However, the album's experimental nature and lack
of commercial success led the band to return to its synth/dance
roots with the following album, Salvation. It was the last
Alphaville album with Ricky Echolette. The good thing about '93,
after 10 years away from the stage they decided to play in Beiruth,
yes, live! They did a tour up until and they decided to launch in
June of 1997 the album "Salvation", The most revered song was of
the album was "Wishful Thinking". Between 1999 and 2002 the band,
in a stage of rest and crativity, released some parallel and
old/demo versions of their songs, independent. Experiments and
inventions, the projects were the limited and numbered 8CDs
"Dreamscapes", the first live album "Stark Naked And Absolutely
Live", and the remixed compillation named "Forever Pop". In 2003
they release the limited and numbered compilation of 4 CDs called
"CrazyShow", it is this year that Lloyd leaves the band definitely.
7 years later, Alphaville mysteriously reappeared with the album
"Catching Rays On Giant". So, 2010 is marked as the year of
Alphaville's return. Now with a new training and a totally
refurbished style! In 2017, they released a new album with even
more force, "Strange Attractor" despite having had an extremely
difficult production. After the loss of (Martin Lister), who was
also part of the production of the album, they released this new
album and went on tour!