Various Artists ‘Blueprints For Modern (Techno)Logy Vol 1’ (Plus 8, 1991)

byCarl Griffin
January 15, 2026

"Our first mistake was wandering unprepared into that hip Atlanta boutique where they sold all that rave clobber, and asking for a recommendation on a hot local DJ."

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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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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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2 minute read

Robert Palmer ‘Pride’ (Island, 1983)

byRichard Skinner

Robert Palmer passed away in 2003 at the shockingly young age of 54. A massively underrated artist who wrote and produced so many great songs, the fact that he died without much comment or celebration of his life was a crying shame.

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2 minute read

Prop ‘Small Craft Rough Sea’ (Silent, 2001)

byClaire Francis

If, like me, you were a teenager in Australia in the early 2000s, the album everyone was listening to at house parties, on the radio, and on swapped burned CDs was the debut record by The Avalanches.

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