The "group" were publicised as a quartet with members named Darryl, Jacki, Paul and Diane, but in reality these individuals did not exist and for media interviews their parts were played by actors, with the band's lead singer Darryl portrayed by musician Frank Tovey.
(meta data) TITLE:  » Silicon Teens- Music For Parties LP Systems of Romance # Systems of Romance Systems of Romance « join: the podcast set Radio Free Europe- Laughoncue LP » ## Silicon Teens- Music For Parties LP Today's artist is Silicon Teens, a fictional UK outfit spearheaded by the infamous Daniel Miller, head of independent wave label Mute Records. After two releases under The Normal (both the famous 'Warm Leatherette' 7" and an experimental live recording with Robert Rental), Miller took to his synths to record a series of updated (and somewhat campy) 50s/60s rock n'roll tunes (alongside two originals), adopting a false 'teen' band to handle any budding press. Fad Gadget's Frank Tovey would act as lead vocalist during interviews as the remainder of the 'band' was portrayed by various actors, however, every note and vocal take was recorded by Miller himself. Though one track from the Silicon Teens' lone release appeared on the soundtrack for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, the 1980 record had little impact or chart success, and rumour claims that Mute would sign Depeche Mode soon after blowing the lid off the project in attempts to successfully market a true teen wave act. Details: Silicon Teens- Music For Parties LP 1. Memphis, Tennessee 2. Yesterday Man 3. Doo-Wah-Diddy-Diddy 4. T.V. Playtime 5. You Really Got Me 6. Chip N' Roll 7. Do You Love Me? 8. Let's Dance 9. Oh Boy 10. Sweet Little Sixteen 11. State of Shock (Pt. 2) 12. Just Like Eddie 13. Red River Rock 14. Judy In Disguise 15. Let's Dance 16. Sun Flight *download it here* …and for your viewing pleasure, here's the promotional video for 'Memphis, Tennessee,' feat. Frank Tovey as the leader of the band: This entry was posted on January 7, 2008 at 4:23 pm and is filed under 1980, 1980s, daniel miller, minimal, synth, the normal, uk . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. ### 8 Responses to "Silicon Teens- Music For Parties LP" 3john Says: July 4, 2008 at 2:00 am cheers! never expected silicon teens to have a video, always thought it was a marginal project for Daniel Miller Anonymous Says: October 27, 2010 at 7:02 pm wow i only know warm Leatherette from pls reup i cant life without and many tnx k Says: February 4, 2011 at 4:59 am fyi…wanna download this and the link isn't working. Anonymous Says: March 20, 2011 at 5:35 pm same here. zshare do not have a long "half life", so you need to reup stuff now and then. Moy Says: March 26, 2015 at 2:30 am Thanks a lot! Anonymous Says: August 14, 2015 at 3:32 pm thanks! sasha Says: September 18, 2017 at 11:15 am Thank you veryyyy much, systemsofromance! Banda Bacana – Stop the Planet – UNIGON PLANE Says: December 19, 2018 at 12:29 am […] Young Cannibals record which has some similarities and of course who could have a party without synthesizer covers of '50s & '60s Rock & Roll played by the guy who signed Depeche [ ### Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.
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