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Ed Straker Future track ( from the Neon Gods album ) gets extra firepower in this remix, in collab with fellow synth artist Clive Newlands
( aka The Fantom Man )
( Original version info & reviews )
Featured on the Tom Robinson BBC Introducing Mixtape, BBC Radio6 “Lovely assured vocals blending 70’s Bowie with twenty first century pop sensibilities.”
Radio Northwich Steve Garnett's DriveTime Record of the Week
"It's a fact that this is a very special song, with a futuristic sound on the musical level ... The singing parts from C-Beem are very convincing and sound also very authentic. I can honestly say that this is a very catchy song. Highly recommended."
John Orie, Synthpop Lover
"Ed Straker rides the Synth-Pop New Wave resurgence in the UK."
Music's Metaphor
“A step into the world of synths and this 70s feel song is brilliant. C-Beem has produced one of Jamie’s favourite songs of the year. So different and so damned good. Ed Straker, we are talking to you!” ----
“Did someone say synths? Well this song has it. Love this one C-Beem. SO much nostalgia and so much electric awesomeness!” --- “Thanks for making this masterpiece.”
Jamie Sea, Advosound
“Loving this song by C-Beem … great lyrics, wonderful musicianship and apt social messages (directed at UFO protagonist Ed Straker!)”
Interstitium Reviews
“C-Beem single Ed Straker Future is a classic 80s electronica. Think the Thompson Twins, early Depeche Mode and Blancmange, awash with dancey rhythyms and an annoyingly hooky chorus to boot. I used to love UFO as a kid!”
Lemon Fire Brigade Reviews
lyrics
ED STRAKER FUTURE
I swear they don't breathe oxygen
They don't care if we live or die
Everybody's a potential alien
Toxify the citizens
I grew up next to a river and flowers
Dazzled by the techno-power
Of the silver commander on the TV screen
Safe in a day that will never be
Ed Straker, I'm talking to you
Ed Straker, what did they do to our future
How could have we been so blind
To be so loose with our time
They're getting away with murder
Come and save us Ed Straker
You got the cool
You got the tools
Purple haired girls and angels in the blue sky
Looking out for me and you
Show me a better high
Got em on a star tracker
Got a lock on all attackers
Underground, over water
Deep space, every corner
Oh what an outfit you got, Ed Straker
Come on, come on
Ed Straker, bully for you
With your whisky and soda
And your fist full of cigars
That will never ever kill ya
Ed Straker, I'm talking to you
Ed Straker, what did they do to our future
How could have we been so sick
Now the oceans are plastic
And the storms like hammers
And the heat is scorching
Every animal's running
Every forest aflame
Generations in shame
Space invaders, from the inside we came
It's us to blame
Ed Straker, I'm talking to you
Ed Straker, what did they do to our future
Future, future, future
Ed Straker, I'm talking to you
Ed Straker, what did they do to our future
Future, future, future
credits
released November 14, 2023
Original composition, lyrics and vocals by Chris Mills ( C-Beem )
New instrumentation, additional composition and mastering by Clive Newlands ( The Fantom Man )
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