Ian North - My Girlfriends Dead. CD. (Repeat Records - REPEAT2) Repressed is proud to present for its second release the 1980 synth-pop masterpiece My Girlfriend's Deadby Ian North, former guitarist and songwriter with Junkshop Bubbleglamsters Milk N' Cookies.Ian North was not only present at the birth of the New York punk scene - playing CBGB's shows with TheRamones and Talking Heads, among many others, with Milk N' Cookies - but also played in London with Neoat the time of the English Punk explosion. Returning to New York in the late 70s - and heavily influenced byKraftwerk - Ian decided to utilise the now affordable synth technology and recording equipment to record MyGirlfriend's Dead in his apartment in Brooklyn.On completion Ian was unable to get a deal in the UK, being told by various record companies that electronicmusic was just a passing fad. He released the album and it's follow up EP Rape Of Orchids (also included onthis release) in the US where the video for Only Lover Is Left Alive, a track from Rape Of Orchids, was shownheavily on MTV and was featured on the first day of the station's broadcast. It remains a play list regular onNew York radio stations such as WFMU.At its time of the release of My Girlfriend's Dead there were only a handful of other artists such as John Fox,OMD, The Human League and The Normal who were working in the same field of electronic music. Thisalbum is a pioneering synth-pop gem which has never before been heard in the UK.

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