{"id":20299,"date":"2016-05-15T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T11:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=20299"},"modified":"2016-06-19T13:24:14","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T12:24:14","slug":"competition-win-one-of-two-vinyl-albums-from-electro-london-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/competition-win-one-of-two-vinyl-albums-from-electro-london-records\/","title":{"rendered":"COMPETITION: Win One Of Two Vinyl Albums From Electro London Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Enter our fantastic competition to win one of two copies of ‘Synth Wave Volume 1’, courtesy of Electro London Records!<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2018Synth Wave Volume 1\u2019 is the flagship VINYL compilation album of some of the world\u2019s freshest innovative electronic music. Electro, synth pop, electro pop, darkwave… collectively it’s called Synth Wave.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Synth Wave Volume 1\u2019 challenges the apathetic and predictable current popular music scene and features an array of artists who are regularly championed by the likes of BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing, and Radio X. <\/span><\/p>\n

Synth Wave is not just a genre, it’s a culture, an attitude, a state of mind. This is not just a compilation album, more a reflection of a world-wide music phenomenon that is happening now in cities around the world\u2026with artists from Argentina, France, Canada, UK, Sweden, Ireland and Brazil. Exciting, acclaimed artists with new songs, inspired by their electronic peers, with synthesisers, emotion, style and attitude\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Synth Wave Volume 1\u2019 has been collated by the team behind the popular Electro London Festival (headlined by ex-Kraftwerk Wolfgang Fl\u00fcr), Analogue Nights and Synthetic City music events: Johnny Normal, and Rob Green (The Department) are Electro London Records.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rob Green performs with The Department, was signed to Feargal Sharkey\u2019s label and has remixed for artists as revered as Robbie Williams and William Orbit. Johnny Normal meanwhile performs with his post-punk electronic rock-pop group, and has toured with the likes of Adam Ant and Blancmange. Incidentally, Johnny is also a Swine Flu survivor, having come out of a 7 month battle with the disease back in 2014! <\/span><\/p>\n

Johnny also hosts a regular radio show promoting independent synth music.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For a chance to win one of two of copies of ‘Synth Wave Volume 1’, simply answer the following question:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

What famous German electronic music band was <\/span><\/strong>Wolfgang Fl\u00fcr associated with?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Email your answer to essentiallypop1@gmail.com and the first two correct answers will win. Competition ends Sunday 22 May.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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You can\u00a0pre-order \u2018Synth Wave Volume 1\u2019<\/strong> here<\/a>. Find out more about Electro London Festival on their official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n