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Post by sostie on Jul 1, 2019 13:11:46 GMT
Your top 80's synth duo. There may have been other members later, or live, some may have dropped the synth later on, but I have chosen acts where the core was basically two people and at least one synth
Omissions...
Sparks & Suicide - 70's
The Associates - was there any synth?
The Assembly - didn't really last that long
Dollar - they were a duo, there were synths, but neither played them
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Post by cryptoflovecraft on Jul 1, 2019 14:44:46 GMT
Chris & Cosey is missing!
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Post by sostie on Jul 1, 2019 14:49:46 GMT
Chris & Cosey is missing! I have no excuses other than they never even crossed my mind!
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Post by staggerstag on Jul 1, 2019 15:30:38 GMT
'This Last Night In Sodom' - whoop!
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Post by staggerstag on Jul 1, 2019 16:01:32 GMT
Yeah, talking of Soft Cell, it reminded me of 80s synth duo Vicious Pink Phenomena - they later dropped the 'Phenomena', going simply as Vicious Pink. They had begun as backing singers for Soft Cell. He played the keyboards and she sang. I recall buying their first 12" My Private Tokyo which is below. I liked it a lot and automatically bought the follow-up without first hearing it, an appalling cover version of Je'Taime. I lost touch with them after that one. They later released an album and a couple more singles.
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Post by DrKrippen on Jul 1, 2019 16:48:33 GMT
Heaven 17 and Visage are others that come to mind.
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Post by sostie on Jul 1, 2019 17:18:03 GMT
Heaven 17 and Visage are others that come to mind. Were they duos when they started to release records or for any significant length of time. Some bands were in flux so much it's difficult to tell
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Post by sostie on Jul 1, 2019 17:20:07 GMT
Not much love so far for Blancmange, but they did make a few corkers
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Post by cypher on Jul 1, 2019 18:32:27 GMT
Eurythmics
Yazoo
Yello
Yello is my number 1. Way ahead of their time.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Jul 1, 2019 18:51:27 GMT
Soft Cell
Erasure
Eurythmics
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Jul 2, 2019 0:07:41 GMT
Eurythmics, OMD and Pet Shop Boys. And YOU'RE MISSING, Minor Detail...
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Post by staggerstag on Jul 2, 2019 1:11:03 GMT
They'd have got my vote. Synth duo big band stylee!!
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 2, 2019 3:24:27 GMT
OMD
HM: PSB
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Post by Dayodead on Jul 2, 2019 6:50:42 GMT
Soft Cell should not be losing this vote...
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Post by darknessfish on Jul 2, 2019 8:26:42 GMT
Soft Cell should not be losing this vote... They're not now. Though I would've voted for Eyeless in Gaza above them, easily.
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Post by Dayodead on Jul 2, 2019 8:37:32 GMT
Soft Cell should not be losing this vote... They're not now. Though I would've voted for Eyeless in Gaza above them, easily. I prefer SC's layer of sleaze to Eyeless, but would put them higher than the others listed...
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Post by Zos on Jul 2, 2019 13:23:06 GMT
Chris and Cosey for me too.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 2, 2019 13:36:57 GMT
Erasure
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Post by NJtoTX on Jul 2, 2019 16:44:06 GMT
No Jon & Vangelis?
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Post by Jokers_Wilde on Jul 2, 2019 18:44:00 GMT
GREAT list!
Of those ones, I chose Erasure.
As for Yazoo, they're known as Yaz in the USA. I know this because I picked up a CD at the Barnes & Noble.
I imagine they are also known as Yaz in Canada, eh? 
Joker's Wilde
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