More relevant than ever? Reviewing Bronski Beat "Forbidden Fruit (The Age Of Consent Remixed"

Описание: Bronski Beat's 1984 debut The Age Of Consent mixed foreboding dark electro with Jimmy Somerville's unique countertenor and blunt lyricism to paint a simultaneously bleak and uplifting picture of homosexual life in the UK of the 1980s. With producers Steve Bronski and Larry Steinbachek having passed away, 2025's remix accompaniment Forbidden Fruit represents what London Records have called a "fitting finale" for the album, but do these guest renditions and unearthed outtakes make for a suitable swansong?

THE ARTIST:
Bronski Beat: https://bronskibeat.bandcamp.com/music
The Age Of Consent: https://bronskibeat.bandcamp.com/albu...
Forbidden Fruit: https://bronskibeat.bandcamp.com/albu...

THE REMIXERS:
Superchumbo:   / superchumbo  
Neil Tennant: https://subrosalabel.bandcamp.com/alb...
The Knocks: https://www.theknocks.com/
Perfume Genius: https://perfumegenius.bandcamp.com/music
Gareth Jones: https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/al...
Roland Faber (RSF): https://open.spotify.com/artist/48lJZ...
Marc Almond: https://www.marcalmond.co.uk/
Planningtorock: https://planningtorock.bandcamp.com/

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0:00 Intro
1:49 Electropop and 'happy melancholy'
2:43 Smalltown Boy
6:23 Why?
9:19 Screaming
10:26 The broader political songs
13:22 The cover versions
16:59 Verdict on The Age Of Consent
18:27 Forbidden Fruit
18:56 Why? (Superchumbo & Neil Tennant)
21:19 Smalltown Boy (The Knocks & Perfume Genius)
23:34 Smalltown Boy (Planningtorock)
25:50 Junk (Gareth Jones/Electrogenetic)
27:06 Love And Money/Need A Man Blues (RSF Metropol)
28:43 I Feel Love (Ultramix)
31:12 Johnny Remember Me (A Jazz Affair)
32:28 No More War (Extended Remix)
33:02 I Feel Love (Promo Dub Mix)
33:55 Screaming (Stripped Mix)
35:23 Verdict on Forbidden Fruit
38:21 Outro