{"id":20818,"date":"2016-03-13T14:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T18:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20818"},"modified":"2016-03-12T08:37:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T13:37:06","slug":"80s-band-berlin-to-appear-on-worldarts-transmissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20818","title":{"rendered":"80&#8217;s band Berlin to appear on WorldArts&#8217; TRANSMISSIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, March 15th\u00a0at 12pm, there will be a brand new episode of WorldArts&#8217;\u00a0<em>TRANSMISSIONS<\/em> featuring iconic 80&#8217;s band Berlin. The show is hosted by TV and radio personality Nic Harcourt. You can tune in and watch the episode here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/click?id=30459.928407.7c5324e3dcc3bf17f59f8a31349b696b&amp;l=3081&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fworldarts.com%2Ftransmissions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">WorldArts.com\/Transmissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based synth pop group, founded by bassist John Crawford, singer Terri Nunn, and keyboard player David Diamond, came out swinging\u00a0with the\u00a0single <em>Sex (I&#8217;m A&#8230;), <\/em>which was from the gold-selling debut EP &#8216;Pleasure Victim&#8217; in 1982. This was a\u00a0super strong release and definitely worth checking out if you aren&#8217;t familiar with the band.\u00a0Watch the promo video for <em>Metro<\/em> via YouTube below, which is off of &#8216;Pleasure Victim&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgERvAcay7g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Berlin&#8217;s first full-length LP was &#8216;Love Life&#8217;\u00a0in 1984. Berlin topped the charts in 1986 with the single <em>Take My Breath Away<\/em>, the love theme from the Tom Cruise movie &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; &#8211; definitely don&#8217;t judge them on this song.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-20820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?resize=341%2C191\" alt=\"Berlin\" width=\"341\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?resize=1024%2C573&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?resize=800%2C445&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BerlinPRESS_SHOT1.jpg?w=1180&amp;ssl=1 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><br \/>\nThe new\u00a0<em>TRANSMISSIONS<\/em>\u00a0episode featuring Berlin will showcase the band performing some of their top hits in addition to new songs off their most recent album &#8216;Animal&#8217;\u00a0(2013) as well as an intimate interview with Nic Harcourt. Check out a clip of Berlin performing their single <em>No More Words<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sable.madmimi.com\/click?id=30459.928407.7c5324e3dcc3bf17f59f8a31349b696b&amp;l=3082&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhxGaNBn4EUI%26feature%3Dyoutu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about WorldArts&#8217; TRANSMISSIONS?<\/strong> TRANSMISSIONS is an original live performance and interview webseries hosted by famed radio and TV personality, journalist and tastemaker Nic Harcourt. The bi-monthly webseries launched on February 2, 2016 with two episodes featuring country music icon Lucinda Williams and alternative Latino band Chicano Batman. Following episodes featured artists ranging from established acts to up-and-coming independent artists including Silversun Pickups, Berlin and more.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed at the WorldArts headquarters in Los Angeles, CA and hosted on the WorldArts website and YouTube channel, TRANSMISSIONS was created and produced by Nude &amp; Ginger Production Co., a production duo comprised of Nic Harcourt and Kita Klane. Harcourt is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential music tastemakers of the last 20 years. Through his radio and television shows he has helped launch the careers of such artists as Adele, Coldplay, Norah Jones, Interpol, and Florence &amp; the Machine. Klane is a Los Angeles based producer and artist who has her finger firmly on the digital pulse.<\/p>\n<p>This combination lends TRANSMISSIONS a unique advantage. Klane brings the artist&#8217;s eye to the filming and editing process, instilling an intimate quality to the visuals in order tocommunicate the dynamics within the performance and music. Harcourt contributes hiswidely regarded curation expertise, depth of music industry experience and unmatchedinterview skills. The overall effect is highly stylized, immediately identifiable original music content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>On Tuesday, March 15th\u00a0at 12pm, there will be a brand new episode of WorldArts&#8217;\u00a0TRANSMISSIONS featuring iconic 80&#8217;s band Berlin. The show is hosted by TV <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=20818\" title=\"80&#8217;s band Berlin to appear on WorldArts&#8217; TRANSMISSIONS\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[628,25,28,1907],"tags":[151,4484,4483,4485],"class_list":["post-20818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-live","category-music","category-news","tag-berlin","tag-nic-harcourt","tag-transmissions","tag-worldarts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Berlin_PRESS_SHOT_5.jpg?fit=1180%2C661&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-5pM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32134,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32134","url_meta":{"origin":20818,"position":0},"title":"1980s vintage synth project Ekhodom releases debut album","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"September 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Montserrat House, the brand new record label helmed by\u00a0Eric Hilton\u00a0of\u00a0Thievery Corporation, and\u00a0Ekhodom\u00a0have released the duo\u2019s self-titled debut album. 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