Various Artists ‘Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive – Emotions Electric’ (Network, 1991)

byCarl Griffin
October 9, 2025

The North in the late 1980s and early 90s was not a bad place to be if you were into left-field music and dancing...

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Carl Griffin

Tod Dockstader ‘Eight Electronic Pieces’ (Folkways, 1961)

byRobin Rimbaud

It all began with a black and white photo, chanced upon in a book on the history of 20th century music.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Cujo ‘Adventures In Foam’ (Ninebar, 1996)

byRichard Skinner

"My introduction to Cujo, the name under which Amon Adonai Santos De Araújo Tobin made his earliest recordings..."

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Higher Intelligence Agency, ‘Colourform’, (Beyond, 1993)

byMat Smith

"Chris was the older brother of my high school best friend. He had the hippest taste in music, but he was also really intimidating."

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Colourbox ‘Colourbox’ (4AD, 1985)

byBen Willmott

"Formed in 1982 by brothers Martyn and Steve Young and later adding vocalist Lorita Grahame, Colourbox started life as an indie band"

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

byMat Smith

Back in April 2012, at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, my two young daughters – then aged four and five – were watching the Electrical Water Pageant float past. Transfixed by its colourful show of lights, they genuinely believed it to be the work of pure magic.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

byRichard Skinner

I heard rumours of this album’s existence – originally released privately as ‘Canaxis 5’ in 1969 and credited to Technical Space Composer’s Crew – in the days before the internet.

Various Artists ‘Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive – Emotions Electric’ (Network, 1991)

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Carl Griffin

Tod Dockstader ‘Eight Electronic Pieces’ (Folkways, 1961)

Cujo ‘Adventures In Foam’ (Ninebar, 1996)

Higher Intelligence Agency, ‘Colourform’, (Beyond, 1993)

Colourbox ‘Colourbox’ (4AD, 1985)

Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

Rupert Hine ‘The Shout’

808 State ‘Pacific State’

Swamp Children ‘You’ve Got Me Beat’

Gwenno

Ambient: Dream State

Cabaret Voltaire: Sensoria Overload

Mary Anne Hobbs

Pictish Trail

Various Artists ‘Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive – Emotions Electric’ (Network, 1991)

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