Music Weekly: Cold Wave special

Time for something a bit different this week, as Music Weekly investigates incredible lost synth-pop from the early 80s. Cold Wave was a scene that was never a scene – a bunch of musicians scattered across Europe (and beyond) who emerged out of post-punk with an icy new sound. Often armed with the first affordable synthesisers and inspired by Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle and Joy Division, they set about making a fascinating new noise that's been virtually ignored by pop historians. Until ...

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