Ashnymph
Psych-tinged electropoppers set to erupt
Cold War Electronica: Wired For War
The birth of electronic music carried the tensions of its age – Cold War anxiety, nuclear dread and divided ideologies. From Stockhausen’s post-war Germany to musique concrète, radio labs and tape experiments, an avant-garde soundtrack emerged, documenting decades of division, secrecy and a world permanently wired for fear
Bug Teeth
Leeds outfit aim high with debut album
Cold War Electronica: The Jingle At The End Of The World
In 1975, the Central Office of Information secretly produced the chilling ‘Protect And Survive’ series of public information films, to be broadcast on British TV in the event of an imminent nuclear war. And the composer of its jingle, potentially the final piece of music the country would ever hear? The BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Roger Limb
Jess Brett
Berlin calls for emerging singer/producer
Cold War Electronica: Atomic Anthems
Five synth-driven gems from the 1980s that captured the paranoia and effervescent pop of the nuclear age – tales of tension, technology, hope and fear, as told by the artists themselves