Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

byMat Smith
June 11, 2022

Aside from its troubling “what if?” premise, two things stayed with me about the 1998 film ‘Sliding Doors’, and neither of these were Gwyneth Paltrow’s British accent.

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Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

byJeremy Allen

When Pete Shelley died in December 2018, a universal acknowledgement of just how much we’d lost soon followed.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

byJeremy Allen

Amanda Lear’s ‘Sweet Revenge’ sold remarkably well on the continent when eurodisco was in its infancy in 1978, even if it made little headway in the UK

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

They were called Vidéo Aventures. They were French, they had links to the extreme Rock In Opposition movement, and in 1981 they released ‘Musique Pour Garçons Et Filles’, a superb example of underground electropop weirdosity

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Tod Dockstader ‘Eight Electronic Pieces’ (Folkways, 1961)

byRobin Rimbaud

It all began with a black and white photo, chanced upon in a book on the history of 20th century music.

BBuried Treasure

3 minute read

Edgar Froese ‘Kamikaze 1989’ (Virgin Schallplatten, 1982)

byJeremy Allen

Tangerine Dream have released a lot of albums. The German electronic pioneers were so prolific that nobody quite knows how many LPs there are, though it’s thought to be around 160, all told.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Johnny Conquest ‘Uptown For The Americas’ (Sirkus, 2001)

byPaul Clarke

"Despite never having quite the same cachet as your Warps or Ninja Tunes, the Sirkus label was a reliable stamp of quality at the turn of the 21st century..."