Units ‘Digital Stimulation’ (Futurismo)
San Francisco, 1980. Is the world ready for the amphetamine rush of synthpunk?
Synergy ‘Sequencer’
X marks the spot when it comes to unearthing lost gems from the hidden chest of electronic music past. This month, we dig up ‘Sequencer’, Synergy’s seminal late 1970s album
Populäre Mechanik ‘Kollektion 03: Populäre Mechanik (Compiled By Holger Hiller)’ (Bureau B)
Early 80s cassette-only electronic jazz experiments for the more adventurous listener
Flug 8 ‘Trans Atlantik’ (Disko B)
Photographer muso Daniel Herrmann delivers a cheeky slice of dark, Kraftwerk-inspired electro-minimalism
Public Service Broadcasting: Interstellar Overdrive
Public Service Broadcasting are one of the most exciting and unusual bands in the electronic music universe. On the eve of the release of their stellar second album, ‘The Race For Space’, PSB main man J Willgoose Esq explains his fascination for inspirational samples, cascading melodies, thumping beats and sending rockets to the moon
Autobahn: The Electronic Road Trip
It’s 40 years since Kraftwerk released their “year zero” album, ‘Autobahn’. With the help of insiders Wolfgang Flür and Michael Rother, and qualified self-confessed Kraftwerk obsessives Daniel Miller and Andy Mccluskey, we examine this most crucial and enigmatic of electronic music landmarks
S’s
Fancy removing “the memetic junk that builds up on your pineal gland”? Then S’s brand of beautiful and obliterating noise might be just what the doctor ordered
3D
Straight outta Kent, melodic brutalist duo 3D are coming for you – and they’re coming for you at your local pub. This is your first and final warning
Various Artists ‘Electri_City – Elektronische_Musik_Aus_Düsseldorf’ (Grönland)
A fine compilation of 70s and 80s electronic music gems from Germany’s industrial heartland
Irmler & Liebezeit ‘Flut’ (Klangbad)
A brilliant collection of improvisations from two of krautrock’s heaviest hitters