Bananarama Release "True Confessions" With 40th Anniversary Editions Out Now

BANANARAMA RELEASE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS OF TRUE CONFESSIONS – OUT TODAY [LONDON RECORDS]   CELEBRATING FOUR DECADES OF “VENUS” AND THE ALBUM THAT CEMENTED BANANARAMA’S GLOBAL SUPERSTARDOM   FEATURING NEW REMIXES & EXCLUSIVE COLLECTIBLES

LISTEN TRUE CONFESSIONS (40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION)   This very week in 1986 Bananarama took “Venus,” their most commercially successful single, to its peak position of #1 on the US Billboard Top 100 and Billboard Dance Charts. Its American success was the tip of a very large iceberg: “Venus” rocketed to #1 in five other countries including Australia, Canada and South Africa, as well as hitting #2 in Germany and Top 10 in more than 20 countries around the world.   With “Venus” and its accompanying album, True Confessions, Bananarama set the world's imagination ablaze. In four short years Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward transformed from D.I.Y. girls about town to bonafide global superstars. “Venus” brought a new look and sound to match, accompanied by the band’s biggest budget video to date: sleek, sexy and sophisticated, with a knowing sense of camp and humor.   The success of “Venus” and singles “Do Not Disturb,” “More Than Physical” and “A Trick of the Night”would see True Confessions go on to be their most commercially successful album internationally, achieving Gold Sales in the US (and Platinum in Canada), and a big hit across Europe and Australasia. The band’s newly formed relationship with Stock Aitken Waterman on “Venus” and “More Than Physical” would begin Bananarama’s unstoppable phase of peerless hit singles, leading them into the Guinness World Records for the highest number of chart entries for an all-female group.   To celebrate 40 years of True Confessions London Records has re-issued the album across a multitude of formats available from the Official Bananarama Store.   The original members of the band signed 3 special editions of the album, one featuring Sara, Keren andSiobhan housed in unique individual sleeves. Each version features the original album plus audio from each band member on their recollections around the album, as well as a bonus secret track. While the official store has exhausted the international allocation, a final bunch has been signed by the band and available from Banquet Records (shipping worldwide). The official store also features original 1986 merchandise including T-shirts, tote bags and badge sets.   This week also sees the release of three extra digital versions, each one with unique artwork. For a very limited timeiTunes hosts two new editions: a Rarities Edition (including the lost ‘Kelly’s Eye’ version of “Do Not Disturb”) and a Remix Edition with full versions of 2026 remixes by Richard X, Luke Mornay, The Alias and AMYL, as well as rare remixes by Leo Zero and original 1986 versions. Townsend Music hosts an exclusive ‘Obsessions Of Your Mind’version with digital polaroids and more.   True Confessions (40th Anniversary Editions) is out now, via London Records. Listen here.

Photo Credit (1986): Martin Brading

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ANGÈLE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM OUT OCT 16; “UNE SEULE VIE” + VIDEO OUT NOW

ANGÈLE RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO “UNE SEULE VIE” - A SOLAR POP ANTHEM THAT OPENS UP THE WORLD OF INSTINCT

NEW ALBUM INSTINCT ARRIVES OCTOBER 16  AND AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW FEATURING CAROLINE POLACHEK, JUSTICE, SEBASTIAN AND SOULWAX

PHOTO CREDIT: Kenza Le Bas

LISTEN HERE WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO HERE  PREORDER INSTINCT HERE

Belgian pop superstar singer-songwriter Angèle has released her new single and music video “Une seule vie”, available now via Angèle VL Records / Sony Music. The track is taken from her forthcoming album INSTINCT, out October 16, available for preorder now.

“Une seule vie” is a pop anthem for this new chapter for Angèle and represents a genuine crossover moment. Built on the electronic foundations of INSTINCT, it introduces a brighter sound that would work equally on a dancefloor and on radio. Produced by Angèle and long-time collaborator Tristan Salvati, the track works as an urgent call. Written in the first person, it presents a stream of thought in which Angèle lays out her doubts and questions her relationship to the world, to truth and to illusion. Whereas previous single “Dis-Le” was about listening to one’s instinct and giving it voice, “Une seule vie” takes the next step: acting on it. The song never settles the question. It holds past, present and future together and stays in the hesitation, until what remains is simply the desire itself, to live.

The song arrives with a music video written and directed by Thomas Mailaender and produced by Partizan. A visual artist working between Marseille and Paris known for his immersive installations, the visual marks Mailaender’s first music video directing credit. Filmed in the south of France and shot entirely on 16mm, the video is a faintly surreal piece of work in which memories and mental images physically break into Angèle’s reality. Everything was made in front of the camera rather than generated afterwards, utilizing stop motion, superimpositions, mirrors and printed images. One moment could not be staged: the total solar eclipse of August 12 in Europe was captured live, on film, as it happened.

On the film, Thomas Mailaender explains: “We imagined the video as a succession of memories, visions and mental images that physically burst into Angèle’s reality. […] Analogue thus becomes the natural language of the video: a fragile, imperfect material to talk about memory, nostalgia and time slipping away from us.”

Out October 16, INSTINCT is built around a return to instincts, to the part of yourself that exists before expectation, performance, and external noise. Across the album, Angèle explores the tension between control and release, image and reality, and the different versions of ourselves that emerge when we stop trying to fit into a fixed identity.

Electronic at its core, the album uses chrome as a recurring visual and conceptual language: reflective, artificial and cold on the surface, but ultimately treated as a space for transformation and freedom. The album preorder launched August 27, revealing the artwork, tracklist and full range of physical formats. 

INSTINCT OUT ON OCTOBER 16 1. Instinct (intro) 2. Dis-le 3. Au revoir 4. Une seule vie 5. Trop (ft. Soulwax) 6. On verra 7. What You Want (ft. Justice) 8. Je compte 9. F4ck 4ever 10. Tout décider 11. Je sais 12. Love Triangle (ft. Caroline Polachek, SebastiAn) 13. NYC Blues

Over the past years, Angèle has established herself as one of the most influential European artists of her generation. With multiple certified releases, close to 4 billion streams globally, sold-out arena tours and a cultural footprint extending across music, fashion and film, she has built one of the most distinctive artistic identities in European pop.

Her international profile continues to expand through collaborations with Dua Lipa, Phoenix and Kavinsky, a performance at the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and major partnerships with global brands including Chanel, where she serves as Global Ambassador, and Adidas.

“Dis-Le” opened this chapter in June as a statement piece announcing the album, after “What You Want” with Justice launched a new creative cycle earlier this year. The release generated significant international attention, supported by high-profile editorial and media moments including Zane Lowe, Genius, Trackstar, and i-D, further cementing Angèle’s growing presence beyond the Francophone world. 

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