The Twelve Inch 204 : Typical Male : Synth-Pop/Dance Pop/Synth Funk - 1986

We start with the Twelve Inch Mix of “Typical Male”, then move effortlessly into dancefloor versions of pop records from the same era, like The Blow Monkeys’ “Digging Your Scene,” Humpe Humpe’s “Careless Love,” and Climie Fisher’s “I Won’t Bleed For You.”
Along the way there’s work from some of the great new pop bands the eighties gave us, including Love & Money’s “Candybar Express” and The Lover Speaks’ “Every Lover’s Sign,” in the Bruce Forest remix.

In the first half hour of pop-inspired dance, I dig a little deeper with two more unusual examples, Siouxsie & the Banshees’ “Peek-A-Boo” and even a dancefloor moment from Lou Reed with “The Original Wrapper.”

The second half of the set turns much funkier, with Blue Moderne, Cashflow, and Collage, before closing with Princess and “Say I’m Your Number One.”

The whole mix sits on a steady mid-tempo groove around 106 BPM, but the energy is anything but laid back.

Sitting still is simply not an option. 🎧