Marc Almond has personally curated this celebratory 2CD expanded reissue of his lesser known 2016 electropop album. Lesser known simply because, hitherto, it has only had a limited vinyl release in Germany. Silver City, now a definitive 20 track technopopopus, was written and produced by Marc withcelebrated cult German electronic music productionduo Starcluster and is Marc Almonds most synthladen body of work since Soft Cell Electricity Club,2016. It is indeed, a sheer joy to hear Marc Almondsdeft and distinctive vocals alongside a vast array ofvintage analogue synthesisers in this resplendentlyauthentic, retrofuturistic setting an album thatprovides an eloquent refracted echo of his formativesynthpop work in revered synth duo Soft Cell.Tracks on Silver City are aesthetically inspired by classicelectronic pop and all have been composed using 80sanalogue synthesiser sounds theres a pleasing Moroder Vangelis vibe to Smoke And Mirrors theres a de facto JohnFoxx tribute in the angular soundscapes of Pixelated andtheres also a loving recognition of three seminal cult synthpop tracks in Marc and Starclusters inventive cover versionsof Ronnys To Have And Have Not, Valerie Dores Italo discostaple Get Closer and a surprisingly creative electro take onthe international Laura Branigan RAF 80s smash hit SelfControl.Silver City also contains a number of all new remixes andtwo previously unreleased Marc Almond with Starclustertracks Futuristic Weimar Berlin and Dancing Through TheFire. This 2LP edition comes packaged in a wide spinedsleeve featuring a futuristic cityscape illustration byKraftwerk collaborator Emil Schult complete with two fullcolour printed inners featuring two all new photographs ofMarc.
