Stacey Q, “Better Than Heaven” (Atlantic, 1986)
‘80s techno-dance-pop refined to its purest essence. The cold shimmer of propulsive, cool-and-controlled beats, synths that peal like bells or stairstep up and down M C Escher mazes, Stacey’s vox alternately lighter-than-air or fiercely alien.
Try 1, 3, 10
11/10/16

Stacey Q, “Hard Machine” (Atlantic, 1988)
Ms. Q was the most puckish and punky of the femme-electro-pop dynamos to emerge in the shadow of Madonna, and as the title suggests, this is her most hard-hitting album. Crystalline, hammering sequencers and syndrums drive Stacey’s cyber-courtesan siren-song through a glittering nocturnal cityscape that disciples of the style will want to return to.
Try 1/ 1, 1/ 5
11/10/16