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Josef K (band)

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Josef K were a Scottish post-punk band, active between 1979 and 1982, who released singles on the Postcard Records label. [1]

51 relations: A Secret Wish, Albert Camus, AllMusic, Aztec Camera, Big Gold Dream, Blancmange (band), Boots for Dancing, Bossa nova, Creation Records, Disco, Domino Recording Company, Edinburgh, Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Kafka, French New Wave, Funk, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Hermann Hesse, Ian Curtis, John Peel, Joy Division, Knut Hamsun, Les Disques du Crépuscule, LTM Recordings, Malcolm Ross (musician), Momus (musician), Nouvelle Vague (band), Orange Juice (band), Paul Haig, Pencaitland, Pere Ubu, Post-punk, Postcard Records, Propaganda (band), Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Scotland on Sunday, Subway Sect, Talking Heads, Television (band), The Exploited, The Futureheads, The Guardian, The Happy Family (band), The Herald (Glasgow), The June Brides, The Only Fun in Town, The Rapture (band), The Trial, The Wedding Present, UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts, ..., Wishful Thinking (Propaganda album). Expand index (1 more) »

A Secret Wish

A Secret Wish is the debut album by German synthpop band Propaganda.

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Albert Camus

Albert Camus (7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, and journalist.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Aztec Camera

Aztec Camera were a Scottish pop/new wave band formed by Roddy Frame, the group's singer, songwriter, and only consistent member.

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Big Gold Dream

Big Gold Dream is a 2015 film documenting the story of Scotland’s post-punk scene, focusing on record labels Fast Product and Postcard Records.

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Blancmange (band)

Blancmange are an English synth-pop band that formed in Harrow, London in 1979.

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Boots for Dancing

Boots for Dancing are a post-punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active between 1979 and 1982.

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Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a genre of Brazilian music, which was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music genres abroad.

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Creation Records

Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Scottish music executive Alan McGee.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Domino Recording Company

Domino Recording Company (also known as Domino Records, generally known as Domino) is a British independent record label based in London.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Franz Ferdinand (band)

Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish indie rock band, formed in 2002 and based in Glasgow.

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Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian Jewish novelist and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.

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French New Wave

New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague) is often referred to as one of the most influential movements in the history of cinema.

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoevskyHis name has been variously transcribed into English, his first name sometimes being rendered as Theodore or Fedor.

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Hermann Hesse

Hermann Karl Hesse (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter.

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Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis (15 July 1956 – 18 May 1980) was an English singer-songwriter and musician.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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Joy Division

Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester.

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Knut Hamsun

Knut Hamsun (August 4, 1859 – February 19, 1952) was a major Norwegian writer, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920.

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Les Disques du Crépuscule

Les Disques du Crépuscule is an independent record label founded in Belgium.

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LTM Recordings

LTM Recordings (originally les temps modernes) is a British independent record label founded in 1983, and best known for reissues of artists and music from 1978 to the present day, as well as modern classical and avant-garde composition.

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Malcolm Ross (musician)

Malcolm Ross (born 31 July 1960 in Blantyre, Malawi) is a Scottish guitarist.

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Momus (musician)

Nicholas "Nick" Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish songwriter, author, blogger and former journalist for Wired.

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Nouvelle Vague (band)

Nouvelle Vague is a French band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin.

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Orange Juice (band)

Orange Juice was a Scottish post-punk band founded in the Glasgow suburb of Bearsden as the Nu-Sonics in 1976.

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Paul Haig

Paul Haig (born 4 September 1960)Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate,, p. 386-7 is a Scottish indie musician, singer and songwriter.

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Pencaitland

Pencaitland is a village in East Lothian, Scotland, about south-east of Edinburgh, south-west of Haddington, and east of Ormiston.

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Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Postcard Records

Postcard Records is a Glasgow-based independent record label founded by Alan Horne in 1979, as a vehicle for releases by Orange Juice and Josef K. The label's motto was "The Sound of Young Scotland", a parody/tribute to the Motown motto; its logo featured a cartoon cat beating a drum.

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Propaganda (band)

Propaganda are a German synthpop group, formed in 1982.

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Richard Hell and the Voidoids

Richard Hell and the Voidoids were an American punk rock band, formed in New York City in 1976 and fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers.

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Scotland on Sunday

Scotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman.

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Subway Sect

Subway Sect were one of the first British punk bands.

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Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.

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Television (band)

Television is an American rock band from New York City formed in 1973.

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The Exploited

The Exploited are a Scottish punk rock band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1979, in Edinburgh by Stevie Ross and Terry Buchan and later by ex-soldier Wattie Buchan (Terry's brother).

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The Futureheads

The Futureheads were an English post-punk band from Sunderland.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Happy Family (band)

The Happy Family were an early-1980s post punk band from Scotland, featuring Momus and members of Josef K.

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The Herald (Glasgow)

The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.

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The June Brides

The June Brides are an English indie pop group, formed in London in 1983, by Phil Wilson and Simon Beesley of International Rescue.

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The Only Fun in Town

The Only Fun in Town is a studio album by the influential Scottish post-punk band Josef K. It was recorded in Brussels and released in 1981 on Postcard Records, being the only album issued by the original iteration of that label.

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The Rapture (band)

The Rapture were a rock band from New York City, formed in 1998.

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The Trial

The Trial (original German title: Der Process, later Der Proceß, Der Prozeß and Der Prozess) is a novel written by Franz Kafka between 1914 and 1915 and published posthumously in 1925.

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The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group originally formed in 1985 in Leeds, England, from the ashes of the Lost Pandas.

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UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts

The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom.

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Wishful Thinking (Propaganda album)

Wishful Thinking is a 1985 remix album by the synthpop band Propaganda.

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Entomology (album), Only Fun In Town, Sorry For Laughing.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_K_(band)

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