The Heart Is Strange xPropaganda SKU: 3838272 Barcode: 0602438382729 26.00 £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC Released Date: 20th May 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info xPropaganda are the brainchild of ex Propaganda members Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag, and producer Stephen Lipson. Formed originally as a trio in Dusseldorf, West Germany in 1982, Propaganda emerged from that city’s thriving post-punk avant-garde music and arts scenes. Founding members included vocalist Susanne Freytag, established industrial musician Ralf Dörper and visual artist Andreas Thein, later expanding to a five-piece with the addition of classically trained musician Michael Mertens and a second vocalist also from the Dusseldorf scene, Claudia Brücken. Propaganda’s startling, pioneering electronic sound swiftly caught the ears of various members of the UK music press and BBC radio legend John Peel. After hearing the band’s music on Peel’s late-night show, they were swiftly signed to producer Trevor Horn’s newly established ZTT by journalist-turned-A&R-man, Paul Morley. As one of the ‘holy trinity’ of ZTT’s legendary founding acts – alongside Frankie Goes To Hollywood and The Art Of Noise – Propaganda exemplified the mid-‘80s zeitgeist for beautifully crafted, sonically thrilling, boundary-pushing pop music. The band’s debut album ’A Secret Wish’ arrived in 1985, hot on the heels of two of the era’s standout electronic singles – the sinister, propulsive powerhouse ‘Dr Mabuse’ and the shimmering pop-art meisterwerk ‘Duel’. Produced for ZTT by Stephen Lipson (whose credits to date also include Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and, in collaboration with Hans Zimmer, the score to the latest James Bond film ‘No Time to Die’) it was a perfect summation of the band’s journey, as well as a perfect soundtrack for 1985 and a perfect representation of the ZTT spirit. Described by The Quietus in 2010 as “the apex of ZTT’s musical achievement” – ‘A Secret Wish’ remains undoubtedly one of the most satisfying and complete musical statements of the 1980s. Mixing intelligence, passion, state-of-the-art technology, Edgar Allen Poe poetry, twisted love songs, lush soundscapes and future-forward beats it is now rightly spoken about in the same breath as other electronic masterpieces like The Human League’s ‘Dare’, ABC’s ‘The Lexicon Of Love’, ‘Please’ by Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’. Its influence on subsequent generations of electronic musicians, producers and DJs is incalculable. With ‘A Secret Wish’ and its attendant landmark singles Propaganda achieved genuine global success. While the UK-based ZTT fuelled the fire, the band attracted followings across Europe and North America. Today in 2021, in a new music and technology landscape, their music remains timeless while their legacy endures, continuing to stream in large numbers right across South America, with cities such as Santiago, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo driving consumption and (re)discovery. Argentina – where they reached Number 1 with ‘Wound in My Heart’ – together with Brazil represent 7% of the global audience for Propaganda, while Germany takes 10% to the UK’s 21%. After the original line up split in 1987, the individual band members of Propaganda pursued various solo projects and musical adventures. Fast forward to the spring of 2018 and Claudia and Susanne reformed as xPropaganda to play two sold out headline shows at The Garage in Islington, London. Having felt creatively inspired by the experience, the duo then reconvened with ‘A Secret Wish’ producer Stephen Lipson to write new music. The results of these sessions, held over two years, can be heard on the new xPropaganda album ‘The Heart Is Strange’. It represents the first new release on the newly re-launched ZTT label (via UMC) and evokes the spirit and passion of classic Propaganda whilst sounding effortlessly contemporary. With its strident beats and glacial soundscapes offset beautifully by Claudia and Susanne’s expressive, passionate vocals its stand outs include the smouldering, slow burner ‘Chasing Utopia’, the intense, obsessive ‘No Ordinary Girl’ and the jagged pop glory of ‘Don’t (You Mess with Me)’. Over three decades on, all of the promises of ‘A Secret Wish’ are fulfilled once again. 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