Telepathe
NYC gone LA duo fill up with funky fuel
Rodney Cromwell
Synthpop with a heavy dose of nostalgia
Niagara
Cerebral and experimental electroheads
Gunship ‘Gunship’ (INgrooves)
A strong and exciting debut careering headlong into the wacky world of 80s synthwave
In This Mode
Old school knob twiddling from down under
Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie blazed trails as one third of the truly unique Cocteau Twins. Now he blows the doors off our regular feature where all he has to talk about are his influences. Still, what did we expect from a man whose music has always defied description?
Conrad Schnitzler ‘Kollektion 5: Conrad Schnitzler’ / Conrad Schnitzler & Pyrolator ‘Con-Struct’ (Bureau B)
Our favourite German label serves up two excellent tributes to a pioneer of Deutsche electronica
Hugh Davies’ ‘International Electronic Music Catalog’
Every electronic music collector needs a decent reference book and Hugh Davies’ ‘International Electronic Music Catalog’ from 1968 is one of the best. Inevitably, though, you also need others…
The Grid ‘Floatation’
Richard Norris tells the story of the 1990 ambient house classic and explains how its roots lie in the cult ‘Jack The Tab’ album
Morph ‘Stormwatch’
It’s the 90s and New York techno duo Morph have slipped out their ‘Stormwatch’ album almost unnoticed. Very much time for a reassessment we think