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Electronic/synth is perfect because once you get into specific genres of electronic music, I am so bad at differentiating House from Trance from Garage etc. I'll divide them into arbitrary categories based on vibes alone for organisational purposes:

Experimental early works:

The Robots - Kraftwerk (1971; Germany).

Plastic Bamboo - Ryuichi Sakamoto (1978; Japan)

These songs are from some of the earliest and most unique sounding electronic music albums and as such there's a distinctly hokey, 70s vibe to them that can put some people off. Just an interesting look into the early origins of electronic music.

Cheesy synthpop:

Ngiyakusaba - Brenda Fassie (1991; South Africa)

Always - Erasure (1994; UK)

Life - Haddaway (1995; Germany)

New York City Boy - Pet Shop Boys (1999; UK)

These are more dance-oriented songs that were made for the club. If you're looking for something more upbeat and danceable these songs are great.

Low-key, relaxing:

O-We-O - Boom Shaka (1994; South Africa).

Children - Robert Miles (1995; Italy)

Thula Thula - Trompies (1995; South Africa)

Ngiwelele - Sun-El Musician (2020; South Africa)

Ophelia - PinkPantheress (2023; UK)

Not saying that it's impossible to dance to these songs but if you want something that you can kind of nod your head to while doing light work or something to listen to on the bus home?

Upbeat and modern:

Nogonondo (Radio Mix) - Mandoza (2005; South Africa)

Bulletproof - La Roux (2009; UK).

Goodbye Cruel World - Shaa'ir + Func (2010; India)

I Love Music - Lebo Mathosa (2006; South Africa).

Strobe Last - Siinamota/Powapowa P (2011; Japan).

Zero Hour - Dualist Inquiry (2016; India)

Charlotte - Prince Kaybee (2017; South Africa)

Jerusalema - Master KG (2020; South Africa)

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Y E P.  Since you asked, allow me to explain….  ;)

I’d seen him in other things over the years and knew he was hot, but it was more like an empirical fact: Matthew Goode is handsome and attractive and pretty and that is just how it is, whatever.  I tend to think of him in my head as from several years ago, like when I saw him in Brideshead Revisited (2008) recently, or back when he was in a Marple ep (2005):

My favorite @asthewheelwills mentioned ADOW to me and suggested I watch it.  I wasn’t sure I would like it, since witchy stuff and violent stuff aren’t generally my thing, but I said I’d give it a shot.  And then I saw this:

And this is the story of how I died.