Dear all,

after more than 2 years of hard work, finally available:

ANNA 025.2009 POEME ELECTRONIQUE The Echoes Fade 2LP

a1

The Echoes fade

6:56

a2

Voice

4:28

a3

Rendezvous

4:31

a4

She’s an Image

5:25

b1

Follow

5:20

b2

Theories

4:23

b3

Inside his Head

6:18

b4

Fragile

4:31

c1

It’s in the Atmosphere

7:11

c2

This Night

6:01

c3

My complicated Personality

3:31

c4

A Mourner’s Lament

5:34

d1

Atoman

5:34

d2

Dilemma

5:37

d3

Poisoned Race

4:15

d4

Give your Life away

4:42

POEME ELECTRONIQUE was Dave Hewson (synthesisers, production), Sharon Abbott (lyrics, lead and backing vocals), Julie Ruler (backing vocals) and Les Hewson (bass), formed in 1980 by Dave Hewson in South London, UK, in 1980. Dave was studying music and as a rare kind of student species he had a deep fascination for New Wave and electronic music thus also playing and recording electronic music ever since like using the Boss DR-55, Cosmo Sound Super Drum, Elka Rhapsody 610, EMS Synthi AKS, Korg MS-20(X2)/Polysix/Polyphonic Ensemble 1000/VC-10 Vocoder, Linn Electronics LM-1, Octave Kitten, Roland RS-09/VP-330 Vocoder Plus, Simmons SDS-V Kit and Yamaha CS-80 on this retrospective POEME ELECTRONIQUE album with original material from 1981/82 only. Over the period of more than two years, Dave has remastered these tracks using the latest high-end tools making them sound better than ever before. The deluxe 2LP vinyl album comprises 16 tracks of which 14 have never been published before. “The Echoes Fade” and “Voice” are the original versions taken off their original 7” from 1982. The album “The Echoes Fade” cannot be described other than being a masterpiece and one of the best-ever early 80’s electropop records ever, and it surely has to be lined up with Rational Youth or Experimental Products’ cult albums (in terms of being minimal synth/wave scene reference albums), but to be frank, Anna thinks that POEME ELECTRONIQUE were even above their level. Truly, they had deserved to go on the successful path like Depeche Mode, OMD or Soft Cell, but fate was against them as it seems. The main difference to other electropop groups of the time was definitely that Dave did not only master his synths technically-wise, no, he also knew how to actually play, and when you hear his amazing multi-track ‘manual sequencing’, programming skills, great harmonies and melodies throughout the tracks, along with the two girls’ performances - well they can really sing! – you will agree there is some something remarkably extraordinary in these tracks. You will find minimal electropop super hits like “Rendezvous”, “She’s an Image”, “Fragile”, or “Dilemma”; hauntingly beautiful melancholic tracks like “A Mourner’s Lament”, “This Night” or “It’s in the Atmosphere”; darkest minimal electronics on “Inside his Head”; and even more poppier tracks like “Follow”. This record will hopefully be loved by any electronic music lover and most probably marks the highlight in the growing Anna Logue Records catalogue – therefore Anna did not shy away from any costs and the album is truly an outstanding release in every single aspect including sound and artwork presentation. Apart from the bonus tracks you will find in the 2LP deluxe vinyl edition glossy inner sleeves with lyrics to all songs, as well as individual mini 7” sleeves for each song designed by our dear graphic designer Steve Lippert plus many additional group photos on the gatefold sleeves’ inner. After so many efforts and more than two years passing by, Anna is so over the moon to see this release being ready now and we have done all we could to make this an outstanding release, so now it’s up to you to give the band their final glory, but Anna is in no doubt that – at least after hearing the sound samples - you will.

Record features:

Please order from
http://www.annaloguerecords.com/   or
http://www.poeme-electronique.com/

Thanks to everybody showing interest in our work.

Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year
from Poeme Electronique & Anna Logue Records

Dear all,

now officially available in mp3 format from iTunes:

ANNA 014 POEME ELECTRONIQUE The Echoes Fade/VOICE (2007 Remixes) 7”
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=poeme+electronique+echoes+fade

ANNA 017 TWINS NATALIA When We Were Young/Kleiner Satellit 7”
http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=twins+natalia

More to come including exclusive remixes.

Dear all,

some final decisions have been made on the POEME ELECTRONIQUE album. We're happy to annouce it's going to be a double 12"LP vinyl set (160 gramms each), in full coloured gatefold sleeve. It will include the original versions of The Echoes Fade and V.O.I.C.E., taken off the original 7" vinyl. Release date is hoped to be June 2009 (together with other brilliant new releases on Anna Logue Records). Here is the track list, still in alphabetical order (all tracks date from 1980 - 1982):

ATOMAN 
CHANGING WAYS
DILEMMA
FOLLOW
FRAGILE
GIVE YOUR LIFE AWAY
INSIDE HIS HEAD
IT’S IN THE ATMOSPHERE
MOURNER’S LAMENT
POISONED RACE
RENDEZVOUS
SHE’S AN IMAGE 
THE ECHOES FADE
THEORIES
THIS NIGHT
V.O.I.C.E.

We're putting up new audio files soon.

Looking forward,
much love,
P.E.x

The Echoes Fade and Voice are now available for download on itunes.
I will be making other tracks available soon.
All best wishes.
Dave - Poeme Electronique.

Hi -  have been working hard on getting the first batch of songs from 1981/1982 ready for an album release - and at last I am at the final stages - I did not realise that we had recorded so many songs, so choosing which ones to release on the first album is going to be hard. The Album will be released early next year - so Love to you all -and looking forward.
Dave Sharon Julie Les - PE.x

Hi,

the first release from our side project Twins Natalia is said to be available as from 09/13/08 via Anna Logue Records and its distributors. Check out www.annaloguerecords.com and their myspace site at www.myspace.com/annaloguerecords for more information and even further great releases!

Taken from Anna's web site:

TWINS NATALIA "When We Were Young/Kleiner Satellit"   € 7,50
7" Anna Logue Records ANNA 017.2008

a1 When We Were Young 4:32
b1 Kleiner Satellit 5:37

TWINS NATALIA … is a most unreachable dream coming true! Being involved in this project, I feel a bit timid writing this. Anyway, the TWINS NATALIA songs are unique products of creative minds working together in order to write some beautiful, catchy and substantial electropop songs combining an early 80's musical approach (analogue drum machine sounds, way of sequencing, etc.) with up-to-date recording techniques. TWINS NATALIA is one of the many brainchildren of Steve Lippert, Anna's permanent and wonderful graphic designer, who we owe so much. The basic musical ideas are composed by Marc Schaffer creating a basic melancholic and melodic structure. Additional composition, arrangement and performance by Dave Hewson, with beautiful lyrics and vocal lines added by Sharon Abbott, performed by Sharon, and Julie Ruler, the latter three well-known from actually being POEME ELECTRONIQUE. In the end, for me this is close to being the perfect electropop. Further tracks are at early stages so a complete TWINS NATALIA album is planned for 2009.

Record features:
- 7" black vinyl, 45rpm
- high quality pressing made in the Netherlands
- limited pressing of 333 copies
- 2 previously unreleased tracks
- b/w nostalgia sleeve
- lyrics sheet
- hand numbered photo
- polyethylene inner sleeve for vinyl protection
- transparent record sleeve for sleeve protection

New photo of the first Poeme Electronique studio from 1980. The Echoes Fade and VOICE and most of the album tracks were written here.