Drizzled with sizzling techno
“It’s Christmas time and there’s no need to be afraid”, goes the song. Thing is, it’s when our loose cannon of columnist is at his most dangerous…
Joe Meek, Hendrix, Hawkwind
Whoah, right? What’s going on here then? Well, we’ve unleashed our esteemed columnist, freed him from regular reviewing duties and he’s now going to be riding to work on a Smorgasboard of interesting stuff. Viva the electronic celebration!
‘The Flat Earth’
Our resident archivist pulls Thomas Dolby’s 1984 classic ‘The Flat Earth’ from the shelves of his collection to be admired anew for its song smithery and its connections to No Wave, Telex and David Bowie
Souns
Deep, dark rumbling aural communcation
Shelter Point
Slow and low that is the tempo
Kim Ki O
The sound of diy dissent from Turkey
Gulp
Warm, dreamy synthpop team-up
Madchester
A man who can’t understand that disco biscuits and chocolate biscuits aren’t quite the same thing, our… what’s that? He’s done it again, hasn’t he?
Tunes Galore
Armed with just a decent pair of ears, Kris Needs serves up tunes galore for your listening pleasure
‘As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade’
Our resident archivist picks out one of the most influential records of his musical life, Mark Stewart’s 1985 album, ‘As The Veneer Of Democracy Starts To Fade’ produced by the mighty Adrian Sherwood