Explore every episode of the podcast Songsheets: The Stories Behind the Music

From Manchester's Factory Records to London's art-punk experiments, the movement that made darkness dance

Chapters

• 00:00 Chapter 1: The Scene
• 02:35 Chapter 2: Key Players
• 05:39 Chapter 3: Defining the Sound
• 07:38 Chapter 4: Stories
• 09:17 Chapter 5: Legacy and Influence

The whole issue's music in one playlist: Songsheets: UK Post-Punk on Spotify

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• Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart": Spotify
• Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Forever": Spotify
• Wire, "Outdoor Miner": Spotify
• The Cure, "The Top": Spotify
• Gang of Four, "Damaged Goods": Spotify
• Magazine, "Shot By Both Sides": Spotify
• Public Image Ltd, "Public Image": Spotify

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• Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division (1979)
• Metal Box by Public Image Ltd (1979)
• Entertainment! by Gang of Four (1979)

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Three teenagers from a Detroit suburb fused Parliament-Funkadelic and Kraftwerk in their basements, birthing the blueprint for electronic music's future

Chapters

• 00:00 Chapter 1: The Scene
• 02:29 Chapter 2: Key Players
• 04:47 Chapter 3: Defining the Sound
• 06:48 Chapter 4: Stories
• 08:57 Chapter 5: Legacy and Influence

The whole issue's music in one playlist: Songsheets: Detroit Techno on Spotify

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• Juan Atkins, "Track Ten": Spotify
• Eddie Fowlkes, "All Day Vibes": Spotify
• Derrick May, "Strings Of Life": Spotify
• Kevin Saunderson, "Rock To The Beat": Spotify
• Carl Craig, "At Les": Spotify
• Underground Resistance, "Inspiration": Spotify
• Jeff Mills, "The Bells": Spotify

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• Enter by Cybotron (1983)
• Techno! The New Dance Sound of Detroit by Various Artists (1988)
• Paradise by Inner City (1989)

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The whole issue, with the records and photographs: songsheets.co/packs/detroit-techno

The sophisticated soundtrack of Japan's economic boom, from studio perfectionism to global rediscovery

Chapters

• 00:00 Chapter 1: The Scene
• 03:07 Chapter 2: Key Players
• 05:32 Chapter 3: Defining the Sound
• 07:36 Chapter 4: Stories
• 09:38 Chapter 5: Legacy and Influence

The whole issue's music in one playlist: Songsheets: Japanese City Pop on Spotify

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• Haruomi Hosono, "スポーツマン": Spotify
• Taeko Onuki, "4:00A.M.": Spotify
• Mariya Takeuchi, "Plastic Love": Spotify
• Yellow Magic Orchestra, "RYDEEN": Spotify

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• Songs by Sugar Babe (1975)
• Ride on Time by Tatsuro Yamashita (1980)
• Variety by Mariya Takeuchi (1984)

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The underground feminist punk revolution that erupted from Olympia and DC, weaponizing zines, raw sound, and radical politics

Chapters

• 00:00 Chapter 1: The Scene
• 04:05 Chapter 2: Key Players
• 09:14 Chapter 3: Defining the Sound
• 12:42 Chapter 4: Stories
• 17:09 Chapter 5: Legacy and Influence

The whole issue's music in one playlist: Songsheets: Riot Grrrl on Spotify

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• Bikini Kill, "Rebel Girl": Spotify
• Bratmobile, "Cool Schmool": Spotify
• Heavens to Betsy, "Calculated": Spotify
• Huggy Bear, "Herjazz": Spotify
• Team Dresch, "Fake Fight": Spotify
• Sleater-Kinney, "Dig Me Out": Spotify
• Le Tigre, "Deceptacon": Spotify

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• Revolution Girl Style Now by Bikini Kill (1991)
• Bikini Kill EP by Bikini Kill (1992)
• Pussy Whipped by Bikini Kill (1993)

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King Tubby, Lee Perry, and the studio engineers who turned the mixing desk into an instrument

Chapters

• 00:00 Chapter 1: The Scene
• 04:13 Chapter 2: Key Players
• 11:41 Chapter 3: Defining the Sound
• 15:36 Chapter 4: Stories
• 20:30 Chapter 5: Legacy and Influence

The whole issue's music in one playlist: Songsheets: 70s Dub Reggae on Spotify

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• Bunny Lee, "Dubbing in the Front Yard": Spotify
• King Tubby, "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown": Spotify
• Lee 'Scratch' Perry, "Return of the Super Ape": Spotify
• Errol Thompson, "Lick the Pipe Peter": Spotify
• Augustus Pablo, "King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown": Spotify
• Scientist, "Dance Of The Vampires": Spotify
• Mad Professor, "April 29, 1992 (Miami) Dub": Spotify

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• The Undertaker by Derrick Harriott (1970)
• Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle by Lee 'Scratch' Perry & King Tubby (1973)
• King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown by Augustus Pablo & King Tubby (1976)

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