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  1. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (Extended Theme)

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    🎡 Simple Minds; Steve Thompson - Promised You A Miracle (US Remix)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - White Hot Day (2002 Remastered)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Up On The Catwalk (Extended Version)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (12" Version)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Alive and kicking

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    🎡 Simple Minds - The American (Remastered 2002)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - All The Things She Said

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  10. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simples Minds - Up on the Catwalk

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  11. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Simple Minds "Theme for Great Cities (Moby Remix) / I Travel (John Leckie Remix)" – 2012

    A revisit to early Simple Minds material through a modern electronic lens. A meeting point between early 80s experimentation and later electronic reinterpretation.

    #simpleminds #moby #johnleckie #electronicmusic #remix #synthpop #alternativedance #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

  12. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Simple Minds "Empires and Dance" – 1980

    The sound is tense and kinetic with a clear focus on repetition and forward momentum.
    Jim Kerr delivers a more detached and observational vocal performance, matching the album’s themes of travel, identity, and political undercurrents...

    #simpleminds #jimkerr #80smusic #newwave #artrock #alternativerock #scottishmusic #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Premonition

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  14. β€œAlive and Kicking” from Simple Minds’ 1985 album Once Upon a Time. It was the Scottish band’s seventh studio album, coming at the peak of their 4-5 year run of major popularity in the U.S. #simpleminds #altrock #arenarock #vinyl #recordcollection

  15. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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  16. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle (Extended Version)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Alive and kicking

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  18. Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 33

    Sign o’ the Times

    Remembering Prince ten years later.

    β€œTell me is it nothing
    When the powerful protect their own
    And the ones with all the money
    Never answer for what they’ve done”

    #Prince #BillyCobham #SimpleMinds #ChakaKhan #Heaven17 #NinaSimone

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  19. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize (Extended Theme)

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  20. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (German 12'' Remix)

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    #VortexWave #SimpleMinds #Sythpop #NewWave #80s

  21. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (Extended Mix)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Premonition

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  23. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - I Travel (Remastered 2002)

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    🎡 Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)

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  25. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Celebrate (Remastered 2002)

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  26. πŸ”΄ LIVE NOW ON VORTEX
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    🎡 Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

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  27. I’m super hyped for this new entry into the burgeoning #animation market. #Dreamworks new film, coming September 2026, is titled #ForgottenIsland, and it looks and #SimpleMinds amazing β€œDon’t You (Forget About Me)” is clearly pivotal to the story. #movies youtu.be/a8RHqN93qfo

  28. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Simple Minds "Sweat in Bullet" – 1981

    Blends rock instrumentation with electronic elements which makes the tracks energetic and expansive so they reflect Simple Minds in their early, more experimental and rhythm-focused phase...

    #simpleminds #newwave #alternativerock #scottishmusic #vinylcommunity #vinyl #music #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #nowspinningonvinyl #nowspinning #nowlistening

  29. Pulling together the #shownotes in #ChapelHill while rocking out to #SimpleMinds for Monday’s posting of @gamesatwork_biz episode e546 with @andypiper, @michaelrowe01 and yours truly. Stories and discussion on #LEGO’s new #SmartPlay brick, this is a human brain (cells) on #Doom, #OrcAudio for #vibecoding, #LiquidDeath’s @Spotify #urn for playlist #immortality and a whole lot more. Check out earlier episodes, chock full of #AI #metaverse #AR #VR #gamification & more - gamesatwork.biz

  30. Night of the Vampire – The Enchanting Winds of the Dreamweaving Masquerade Review By Samguineous Maximus

    I love black metal, but it certainly has a reputation for taking itself too seriously. Now and then, though, a few bands remember that this is the genre that gave us pseudonyms, corpse paint, and grown adults pretending to be forest demons. Acts like Old Nick and Ordo Vampyr Orientus have been a welcome slap in the face, embracing black metal’s inherent goofiness and piling on the camp without collapsing into total self-parody. Which brings us to Night of the Vampire, the latest addition to this batch of kitschy kvlters. This is the handiwork of one β€œAstral Shadow,” whose 2022 EP hinted at something genuinely funβ€”a danceable, blackened darkwave hybrid that didn’t sound like it hated the listener for existing. Now our Gothic overlord returns with a full-length debut, modestly titled The Enchanting Winds of the Dreamweaving Masquerade. The question is simple: can this gloriously silly idea survive album-length scrutiny, or is it doomed to be background noise for a vampire-themed goth night attended by six people and a fog machine on its last legs?

    Night of the Vampire’s take on blackened darkwave is oodles of fun. Across Enchanting Winds, songs are led by gaudy synth lines atop simple distorted guitars, classic 80s drum patterns, and finished with a blackened rasp. This is an effective formula that’s as fun as it is addictive, evoking the playful jubilance of vintage synth-led sounds and sharpening it with black metal’s frostbitten cudgel. The result is campy and over-the-top, but Astral Shadow has plenty of tricks up their satin sleeve to make this formula more delectable. Whether it’s adding tasteful lead guitar and campy clean vocals (β€œChildren of the Immortal Blood”) 1, going full Simple Minds with a driving synth pop rocker (β€œSacrificed to the Night”) or deploying some ignorant mid-tempo chugs underneath the ocean of synth (β€œCasting Shadows in an Ocean of Time”), there’s no shortage of clever adornments to spice up the core blackened darkwave sound. Night of the Vampire might sound more like Depeche Mode than Darkthrone, but that’s fine when this pernicious platter is this delectable.

    ο»ΏThe Enchanting Winds of the Dreamweaving Masquerade by NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE

    Enchanting Winds provides meaningful variety in its execution, keeping this rave from getting too stale. Night of the Vampire goes full Blade nightclub with β€œThe Cosmic Darkness Calls me,” a delightful goth rager which ditches the guitars for a throbbing synth bassline and icy, programmed drums. The faster tempo of β€œMother Moon of the Astral Dawn” is a nice, energetic break from the dancefloor, utilizing effective drum pullbacks to keep its forward momentum, and β€œMisty Illusions” is a solid dungeon synth closer that eases you out of the whole vampiric experience. With relatively short song-lengths and a curt 30-minute runtime, this is also a record that doesn’t overstay its welcome, allowing for repeated spins without running the risk of blood withdrawal. Enchanting Winds is an enjoyable, blackened journey from start to finish. I only wish it set its sights a little higher.

    The main thing preventing Night of the Vampire from reaching sanguine ecstasy is the relative lack of ambition in Enchanting Wind’s songwriting. Astral Shadow’s approach is simple: latch onto a catchy synth melody and then ride it for the song’s entire duration, with minor variation for choruses. This works exceedingly well on shorter pieces or in conjunction with more inventive additions, but falls a bit short when it’s the only tactic on display. As a result, songs built almost entirely around a single synth line, like β€œThe Prince of Many Faces and the Lady of the Night” or β€œBeyond the Howls of the Celestial Wolves,” end up feeling one-note, with little development or variation. Once you notice this pattern across the record, the impact of individual tracks diminishes. That’s especially frustrating given that β€œChildren of Immortal Blood,” with its contrasting choruses, proves Astral Shadow is capable of writing dynamic, multi-part songs with distinct elements. As it stands, the straightforward songcraft doesn’t prevent these tracks from being exciting in the right context, but it does keep Enchanting Winds from evolving beyond its initial premise.

    The Enchanting Winds of the Dreamweaving Masquerade is a charming debut from Night of the Vampire. The essential idea of β€œblack metal meets 80s synths” is effective, entertaining and often moves beyond the simple proposition, even if the straightforward songcraft detracts from my enjoyment at times. I’ll gladly place Night of the Vampire alongside their unserious contemporaries in my β€œkvlt cheese-maxing” playlist and look forward to whatever Astral Shadow produces next.

    Rating: 3.0/5.0
    DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
    Label: Profound Lore Records
    Website: nightofthevampire.bandcamp.com | Instagram
    Releases Worldwide: February 6th, 2026

     

     

    #2026 #30 #AmericanMetal #BlackMetal #Darkthrone #Darkwave #DepecheMode #DungeonSynth #Feb26 #NightOfTheVampire #OldNick #OrdoVampyrOrientus #postPunk #ProfoundLoreRecords #RawBlackMetal #Review #Reviews #simpleMinds #Synthwave #TheEnchantingWindsOfTheDreamweavingMasquerade
  31. #FridayRockShow

    Another classic track from the 80's... The first gig I ever went to was a massive open air concert with Simple Minds, The Cult, The Bangles, The Waterboys and a band called In Tau Nu that I never heard of again.

    #SimpleMinds
    #AllTheThingsSheSaid

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  32. #FridayRockShow

    Another classic track from the 80's... The first gig I ever went to was a massive open air concert with Simple Minds, The Cult, The Bangles, The Waterboys and a band called In Tau Nu that I never heard of again.

    #SimpleMinds
    #AllTheThingsSheSaid

    youtube.com/watch?v=tytPcvyJAS

  33. #FridayRockShow

    Another classic track from the 80's... The first gig I ever went to was a massive open air concert with Simple Minds, The Cult, The Bangles, The Waterboys and a band called In Tau Nu that I never heard of again.

    #SimpleMinds
    #AllTheThingsSheSaid

    youtube.com/watch?v=tytPcvyJAS

  34. #FridayRockShow

    Another classic track from the 80's... The first gig I ever went to was a massive open air concert with Simple Minds, The Cult, The Bangles, The Waterboys and a band called In Tau Nu that I never heard of again.

    #SimpleMinds
    #AllTheThingsSheSaid

    youtube.com/watch?v=tytPcvyJAS

  35. #FridayRockShow

    Another classic track from the 80's... The first gig I ever went to was a massive open air concert with Simple Minds, The Cult, The Bangles, The Waterboys and a band called In Tau Nu that I never heard of again.

    #SimpleMinds
    #AllTheThingsSheSaid

    youtube.com/watch?v=tytPcvyJAS