Xeno & Oaklander
With their ‘Par Avion’ album, Brooklyn duo Xeno & Oaklander have dusted down decades of old kit and delivered a sparkling set of electronic fuelled pop
Herbie Hancock
Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson
Gazelle Twin
Meet John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborator Gazelle Twin, who Grimes has described as “Suicide meets Nine Inch Nails, but really feminine and modern”
Dolls
A Canadian girl with a smart synthpop sound, a strong DIY ethos, and a nod and a wink to Rimmel London
Vile Electrodes
There’s something very enticing about Vile Electrodes. It could be the kinky clobber. It could be the great synthpop tunes. It’s probably both, actually
Pearl Necklace
Experimental, improvisational, repetitive, subversive. Not what you might expect from a group called Pearl Necklace, then
Mesh
Their amps go up to 11 and they’re not fazed by Marilyn Manson’s security men. Mesh mean business
Louise Huebner ‘Seduction Through Witchcraft’
The Meat Beat Manifesto man digs through his crate and pulls out an early electronic classic. This time, he’s chosen the orgy-centric ‘Seduction Through Witchcraft’ - by Louise Huebner
We All Weep Violently
Our resident columnist questions the benefit of the Performing Rights Society’s latest committee