Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

byMat Smith
March 10, 2022

The accepted history of electronic pop music that I was spoon-fed, via compilation cassettes and CDs, ran a well-worn patch cable back to 1981.

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Mat Smith

EON ‘Void Dweller’ (Vinyl Solution, 1992)

byJoe Silva

It took a while for news of the Second Summer of Love to travel the length of Florida down to mile-marker zero...

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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.

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Hailu Mergia ‘Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye’ (Kaifa, 1985 / Awesome Tapes FROM Africa, 2013)

byLippy Kid

When searching for pioneers of electronic futurism, how many of us would consider the golden age of Ethiopian jazz-funk to be an obvious port of call?

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The Magnficents ‘The Magnificents’ (KFM, 2004)

byDavid Pollock

The first time I saw the Magnificents live, in the small, sweaty Wee Red Bar at Edinburgh College of Art almost two decades ago, it was an initiation in both electronic music, and the power of discovering a group that felt like they were truly your own – or at least, shared only with the 50 or so fiercely devoted fellow travellers in the room.

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Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

byMat Smith

Back in April 2012, at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, my two young daughters – then aged four and five – were watching the Electrical Water Pageant float past. Transfixed by its colourful show of lights, they genuinely believed it to be the work of pure magic.

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Alpinestars ‘B.A.S.I.C’ (SVS)

byIan Abraham

The problem with any music industry buzz is the knowledge that the buzz quickly fades and the act stagnates and often dies.

Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

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Mat Smith

EON ‘Void Dweller’ (Vinyl Solution, 1992)

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

Hailu Mergia ‘Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye’ (Kaifa, 1985 / Awesome Tapes FROM Africa, 2013)

The Magnficents ‘The Magnificents’ (KFM, 2004)

Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

Alpinestars ‘B.A.S.I.C’ (SVS)

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Rational Youth ‘Cold War Night Life’ (YUL, 1982)

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