The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene
In 1980s Madrid, La Movida Madrileña, a hedonistic counterculture movement emerged in the wake of Franco’s death. With it came a wave of electronic music that is seeing a reappraisal four decades on
Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail
Think you know what to expect from this lot? Think again, because over the last two decades a subtle sound evolution has been at work. We lift the lid on the secret electronic life of Mogwai
Amor
Arthouse disco from Glasgow
Rival Consoles ‘Night Melody/Articulation’ (Erased Tapes)
Combining shorter records into a longer maxi-album might feel like a cheat from London-based producer Ryan Lee West,……
IKLAN ‘Album Number 1’ (Soulpunk)
Even before we arrive at their gloriously diverse and eccentric productions, the background of Bristol/Edinburgh-based recording collective IKLAN……
Faithless ‘All Blessed’ (BMG)
Inarguably one of the defining electronic outfits active in Britain at the turn of the century, Faithless’ Mercury-nominated……
The Magnficents ‘The Magnificents’ (KFM, 2004)
The first time I saw the Magnificents live, in the small, sweaty Wee Red Bar at Edinburgh College of Art almost two decades ago, it was an initiation in both electronic music, and the power of discovering a group that felt like they were truly your own – or at least, shared only with the 50 or so fiercely devoted fellow travellers in the room.
Popcorn ‘Fiend Distance’ (Pure Moth)
The fusion of Magazine-esque guitars, sonorous Ian Curtis vocals and nerve-shredding industrial interventions a la Nitzer Ebb or…
Marie Davidson & L’œil Nu ‘Renegade Breakdown’ (Ninja Tune)
For many years, obscured from Anglocentric audiences due to recording predominantly in her native Quebecoise French, Montreal’s Marie…
Rachel Aggs
Afropop/DIY electronica in isolation