Twice A Man appreciation thread

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:13 pm

Of all the Swedish synth acts, these guys are my all-time favorites

Here's a selection of videos I found on the 'tube:

Cosmic Overdose (pre-Twice A Man band)

1980 30

Oj oj oj

Moderna Dadaister

Twice A Man
Music For Girls (debut album, 1982)

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

Observations from a borderline (live, 1984)

Still in the air (live, 1985)

Distant Calls (live, 1985)

Lapwing territory (from the album "Works on yellow", 1986)

A space for love (from The Butterfly Effect, 1991)

Shivanayama (from the album "Shivanayama", 1994)

Kula World (soundtrack to a PC game, 1998)
Egypt

Alpine

Inca

Antarctica

Rust

Mist

Shoe (from their new album "Clouds", 2008)

Lars Falk (formerly member of Twice A Man)

gfriden · Post by **gfriden** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:39 pm

Yes indeed, Twice a Man is probably the greatest Swedish contribution to the world of synth-pop. I stumbled upon Karl Gasleben's page on the tube a couple of months ago and got all nostalgic. However, I thought they released 'Girl' from Works on Yellow as a single? Wasn't there a promo vid fot that one? I remember Mr Gasleben's synth shop in Göteborg was quite a hangout for young synthheads back in the 80s. And I used to go to school with Dan Söderqvist's son Johannes... Great stuff!

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:45 pm

It's nice to see I'm not the only TAM fan around here :thumbup:

As for "Girl", it was indeed released on single back in 1985, the year before Works On Yellow came out. I don't think there ever was a promo video for that song but you never know....

I wasn't aware of that Gasleben ran a synth-shop, that's news to me.

Btw, have you seen the live videos for "The Sound Of A Goat in a room" and "Sorrow" that were included as a data track on the CD?

gfriden · Post by **gfriden** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:33 pm

I'm afraid I only have their albums on vinyl.

By the way, I forgot to mention I saw 'Macbeth' by Theatre Scheherazade back in 1985. Twice a Man did the music for that production. It was a brilliant theatric event.

I wasn't aware of that Gasleben ran a synth-shop, that's news to me.

He ran the synth shop attached to the Yamaha Keyboard Centre at Seminariegatan GBG. I bought my first drummachine there from him. An Alesis HR-16 (the black one). Cost me 3999 SEK.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:50 am

i love roll away and instru mental. very good albums...

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:04 pm

gfriden wrote:I'm afraid I only have their albums on vinyl. :oops: By the way, I forgot to mention I saw 'Macbeth' by Theatre Scheherazade back in 1985. Twice a Man did the music for that production. It was a brilliant theatric event.

You don't say..how cool! 'Macbeth' is a wonderfully dark/ominous sounding instrumental album.

I saw TAM live back in 1982 or '83 in Västerås (where I live now).

Micke

P.S. I've got some rare live recordings from '83 and '84 and the sound quality is very good. Let me know if you're interested in those.

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:43 pm

tallowwaters wrote:i love roll away and instru mental. very good albums...

I agree, especially the latter.

mikesonic · Post by **mikesonic** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:17 am

decay from music for girls is one of my favourite songs from the 80s.
i played it to death in the club
mostly after john foxx - underpass

(those where the days)

nitkov · Post by **nitkov** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:49 pm

'decay' is a dream, and so is 'sorrow'. my favourite t.a.m. release is sound of a goat in a room... one of those rare synth pop bands which didn't turn into boring simple mainstream. on the contrary, their recent stuff got far away from 'easy listening' and became more demanding. for that reason, their evolution reminds me of talk talk - from synth pop to jazz/ambient

Micke · Post by **Micke** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:30 pm

"The sound of a goat in a room" (originally released on MC back in '83) is probably my favorite TAM album too, particularly the live version/s which I think is/are great.

You can listen to the complete album HERE

hageir · Post by **hageir** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:17 pm

wow!

I love the transformation of the main singer, from 1980; very punk to 1985, very 80's and then 1991; super 90's, long hair and a big two piece suit

so cool!