Full Plunge
Last month saw the return of my Needs Must column after a gap of 18 years. And it was a blast. If that was a toe-dipping exercise to ease me back in, this time the aim is take the full plunge. So without further ado…
Various Artists ‘Trevor Jackson Presents: Science Fiction Dancehall Classics’ (On-U Sound)
Monumental selection of Adrian Sherwood’s finest, stretching to his furthest-out disco mutations and beyond
ESB ‘ESB’ (Bureau B)
French analogue power trio spark up in epic cosmic jam session
Carter Tutti Void ‘f (x)’ (Industrial)
First studio album from the trio unleashes a deeply evocative masterpiece
Aphrohead ‘Resurrection’ (Crosstown Rebels)
While the Cat’s away, Chicago’s underground genius revisits his dark alter-ego
Helena Hauff ‘Discreet Desires’ (Werkdiscs/Ninja Tune)
Mysterious landmark debut from Hamburg machine seditionist and sonic seductress
Hardkiss ‘Delusions Of Grandeur’ (PledgeMusic)
20th anniversary reissue for the landmark double album that crystallised mid-90s Stateside electronic dance music
Top Trackage
Our new monthly round-up of top trackage – courtesy of the man who invented the phrase “trance trousers”
Hardkiss At The 1995 Billboard Dance Music Summit
When the distinguished American music trade mag hosted its Dance Music Summit in San Francisco in January 1995, little did they know that the stars of the show would be Hardkiss, an underground outfit who would inadvertently help lay the foundations of today’s EDM craze
Suicide: A Punk Mass
Alan Vega and Martin Rev talk through the earliest days of Suicide and offer hints of what we can expect from the pioneering synthpunk duo’s “Punk Mass” show at the Barbican in London