# The Chain

A curated list by [piXelbreach](https://waxlog.com/user/pixelbreach) on Waxlog, submitted to the **The Chain** challenge.

> These 50 records sit at the heart of the collection — only a sliver of an archive running to several thousand releases. They trace a personal map through the electronic and synth music that shaped the way over the years: a single thread from one record to the next, ending where it began. It’s only one path of many — the same chain could be drawn through countless other genres in the collection.

50 releases · last updated 2026-06-28

## Releases

1. **Depeche Mode** — Violator
2. **U2** — The Joshua Tree
3. **Joy Division** — Unknown Pleasures
4. **New Order** — Confusion
5. **Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force** — Looking For The Perfect Beat
6. **Kraftwerk** — Trans Europe Express
7. **La Düsseldorf** — Rheinita
8. **Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft** — Der Mussolini / Der Räuber Und Der Prinz
9. **Liaisons Dangereuses** — Los Niños Del Parque \(The Official Delgado/Komossa Remix\)
10. **Nitzer Ebb** — Showtime
11. **Grace Jones** — Slave To The Rhythm
12. **Frankie Goes To Hollywood** — Welcome To The Pleasuredome
13. **Propaganda** — The Nine Lives Of Dr. Mabuse
14. **Front 242** — Never Stop\!
15. **Lords Of Acid** — I Sit On Acid
16. **Bigod 20** — The Bog
17. **Cabaret Voltaire** — Yashar
18. **Heaven 17** — Temptation \(Special Dance Mixes\)
19. **Jon & Vangelis** — Private Collection
20. **Vangelis** — Blade Runner
21. **Hipnosis** — Pulstar / End Title \(Blade Runner\)
22. **Koto** — Visitors
23. **Michael Jackson** — Thriller
24. **Van Halen** — Why Can't This Be Love \(E X T E N D E D Mix\) / Get Up
25. **Daryl Hall & John Oates** — Out Of Touch
26. **Madonna** — Vogue \(12" Version\)
27. **Whitney Houston** — How Will I Know \(John »Jellybean« Benitez\-Remix\)
28. **Pet Shop Boys** — West End Girls
29. **Dusty Springfield** — In Private \(Remix\)
30. **Marc Almond & Gene Pitney** — Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
31. **Bronski Beat & Marc Almond** — I Feel Love \(Cake Mix\)
32. **The Communards & Sarah Jane Morris** — Don't Leave Me This Way \(Gotham City Mix\)
33. **Womack & Womack** — Celebrate The World
34. **Chaka Khan** — I Feel For You
35. **Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel** — White Lines \(Don't Don't Do It\)
36. **Run\-DMC** — Walk This Way
37. **Public Enemy** — Don't Believe The Hype
38. **Bomb The Bass** — Beat Dis \(The Gangster Boogie Inc. Remix\)
39. **Royal House** — Can You Party?
40. **Jungle Brothers** — I'll House You
41. **Technotronic & Felly** — Pump Up The Jam
42. **Ten City** — Foundation
43. **Soul II Soul** — Missing You
44. **Snap\!** — The Power
45. **Moby** — Extreme Ways
46. **Yello** — Oh Yeah
47. **WestBam** — The Roof Is On Fire / The Wall \(Ultimate Mixes\)
48. **Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub** — This Is Michael \(Remixed By Westbam\)
49. **Camouflage** — The Great Commandment
50. **Depeche Mode** — Personal Jesus

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