Cause & Effect talks about Frank Tovey (aka Fad Gadget) (LJ hosts)

Sat, Jan 20, 2024

Today, hosts Cause & Effect!

His subject for the show will be Frank Tovey, i.e. 𝗙𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁. Fad Gadget was the first artist signed to Mute Records and has been cited as a major influence for artists like Depeche Mode, Skinny Puppy and Liars.

For the past few months LJ has been collecting and poring over all of his albums as Fad Gadget, Mkultra, under his own name, and as Frank Tovey & the Pyros. He has listened to a myriad amount of covers of his songs and to his side projects and soundscape work. And, he isdistilling this all down to a two hour show to give a survey of the career and recorded output of Frank Tovey!

If you’re not familiar with Frank Tovey, but like early Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Soft Cell, The Human League, Depeche Mode or Heaven 17, this show might be of interest to you!

Show archive

Playlist

Fad Gadget with Einstürzende Neubauten, “Collapsing New People (Berlin Mix)”

from The Best of Fad Gadget

Mute - 2001

The Normal, “T.V.O.D.”

from Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D. - Single

Mute - 1978

The Normal, “Warm Leatherette”

from Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D. - Single

Mute - 1978

Fad Gadget, “Back To Nature”

from To The Outside Of Everything: A Story Of UK Post Punk 1977-1981

Cherry Red – CRCDBOX44 - 2017

Single from 1979