Faust: Freak Power
Faust produced four albums of head-spinning brilliance between 1971 and 1974. It might have been five if half the band hadn’t been carted off to jail...
Der Plan: We are the Robots
Forget Kraftwerk doing it for one song, in the late 1980s, fellow Düsseldorf outfit Der Plan came up with a crackpot scheme to completely replace themselves with robots…
Bashung ‘Play Blessures’ (Philips, 1982)
Alain Bashung is a tough enigma to crack.
Clay Pipe Music
When Clay Pipe Music celebrated 10 years of releasing electronica with a distinct connection to place, founder Frances Castle took a wistful ramble through the winding country lanes of a label with a beguilingly calm appeal
Telex: The Unstoppable Text Machine
Slightly odd and very groovy Belgian synthpoppers Telex are getting ready for a renaissance. Having enjoyed their first success in the late 1970s, they are digging into their back catalogue to reissue a collection of their many highlights. And no one is more surprised than the group themselves
JOHN CARPENTER – ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death’
Sacred Bones Carpenteresque? Carpenterian? Carpenter-ish? The New York-born filmmaker has created his own defined aesthetic and been influential……
The Avalanches ‘We Will Always Love You’ (Astralworks)
Hauntology and mixology meet on The Avalanches’ third album, which is so full of cameos it makes Robert……
MODEL 86 ‘Is MODEL 86 Dreaming of Being a Butterfly or is a Butterfly Dreaming of Being MODEL 86?’ (Super Generic)
Another anonymous dance act rolls off the conveyor belt, but MODEL 86 does the whole automaton schtick very……
Laibach
With a penchant for cover versions, Laibach have subverted the likes of Queen, ‘The Sound Of Music’ and Bach, but their take on The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ scaled new heights. Co-producer Bertrand Burgalat recalls the fun and games
The Last Dinosaur ‘Wholeness’ (Phases)
“I lost my job. I lost confidence. I lost my mind,” says Jamie Cameron, aka The Last Dinosaur.……