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Predictions that robots would be creating hit pops songs are a virtual reality: artificial intelligence is on a playlist near you. This episode of Blue Smoke looks back to the 70s and 80s and the arrival of synthesisers in New Zealand pop.
Written, presented, and produced by Chris Bourke; engineered by Phil Benge and Alex Harmer.
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Music Details:
Artist: Split Enz
Track: Stranger than Fiction
Composer: Judd-Finn
Album: Mental Notes
Label: White Cloud
Artist: Schtüng
Track: They Sleep Early in Cologne
Composer: Robert Hagen
45rpm single
Label: Polydor
Artist: Mike Harvey
Track: Crusher
Composer: Mike Harvey
Album: Great Expectations
Label: EMI
Artist: Murray Burns talks about ‘Computer Games’
Album: Kiwi Gold Disc II
Label: NZ On Air
Artist: MiSex
Track: Computer Games
Composer: Gilpin/Stanton/Burns
45rpm single
Label: CBS
Artist: Split Enz
Track: Double Happy
Composer: Eddie Rayner
Album: True Colours
Label: Mushroom
Artist: Body Electric
Track: Pulsing
Composer: Body Electric
12” single
Label: Jayrem
Artist: Alan Jansson talks about ‘Pulsing’
Album: Kiwi Gold Disc II
Label: NZ On Air
Artist: Marginal Era
Track: This Heaven (instrumental)
Composer: Larsen/Agar/MacDonald
12” single
Label: Reaction
Artist: Jag Moritz (Ian Morris)
Track: X=Y (Boot Up)
Composer: Ian Morris
12” single
Label: Hit Singles
Artist: Shona Laing
Track: Soviet Snow
Composer: Shona Laing
Album: South
Label: Pagan
