These are my newly created New Wave Music Mixes, with my favourite songs that passed the ‘test of time’ and in good audio quality.
New Wave is a genre of rock music and a term which became popular in the late 1970s and the early 80s with connections to punk rock, disco, and electronic music. New Wave was a cultural shift away from the blues, classic rock, and progressive rock sounds which were dominant in the early and mid 70s. The term refers to both this shift and the great amount of cross pollination happening in music in the late 70s when non-mainstream musicians began incorporating a wide range of seemingly disparate sounds with a DIY rawness. Early punk, dub reggae, funk, art rock, glam pop, kraut rock, and experimental electronic music were all very influential on this new wave of rock musicians. [Discogs]
For those who prefer, all my Mixes below are also on Mixcloud, so you can play them from there by clicking the play button below, and since it’s a playlist they will all be played.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1974-1977
This short mix contains songs from 1974 to 1977 that in my opinion started or greatly influenced the New Wave genre, along with Punk music that will be part of a separate category.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1978 A
This mix contains my favourite New Wave songs of 1978, which might be considered the year this music genre was really born, and yes I did love Kraftwerk and still do.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1979 A
This more than 2 hours mix contains my favourite New Wave songs of 1979, which might be considered the year this music genre really became popular – at least for us initiated people.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1979 B
This is another more than 2 hours mix containing my favourite New Wave songs of 1979, this one with maybe more singing and Ska, Reggae, Rock and Rockabilly accents.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1979 C
This shorter mix contains more New Wave songs from 1979 I had first overlooked, as maybe a bit more obscure, but I think are still worth listening to.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1980 A
This almost 2 hours mix contains my favourite New Wave songs of 1980, which I would qualify as ‘pure New Wave’ including some French songs and the Dig Mix Montage at the end.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1980 B
This is another almost 2 hours mix containing my favourite New Wave songs of 1980, which I would qualify as ‘Electronica New Wave’, with Reggae and Ska accents at the end.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1980 C
This is another almost 2 hours mix containing my favourite New Wave songs of 1980, this one with maybe more singing and Rock , Rockabilly and Punk accents.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1980 D
This mini-mix contains more New Wave songs from 1980 I had first overlooked, as maybe a bit more eclectic, but I think are still worth listening to.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1981 A
This almost 2 hours mix contains my favourite New Wave songs of 1981, which I would qualify as ‘pure New Wave’ including some Electronica.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1981 B
This is another mix containing my favourite New Wave songs of 1981, this one with maybe more singing and Rock , Rockabilly and Post-Punk accents.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1981 C
This mix contains the last of my favourite New Wave songs from 1981, perhaps a bit more eclectic.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1982 A
This mix contains some of my favourite New Wave songs from 1982.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1982 B
This mix contains some of my favourite New Wave songs from 1982.
Pascal's Music Mix - New Wave 1982 C
This mix contains some of my favourite New Wave songs from 1982.
As I somewhat arbitrarily decided to end my New Wave section in 1982, if you enjoyed it, I am sure you will also enjoy my Synth Pop Music Mixes starting in 1983.