First Terrace
Location: London Est: 2016
Oliver Coates
Cello supremo, electronic artist and New dad, Oliver Coates shares the first and last records He bought and the one He always returns to…
ACID CASUALS ‘Omni’ (Placid Casual, 2006)
Side-projects can be a complicated affair, particularly if you’re a fan of the precursory band. Acolytes find themselves talking up a lesser-known record they might not actually like very much, but a perceived obligation of support results in them writing cheques their misplaced loyalty can’t cash.
Scott Kirkland
Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method settles down as we plug in the quick question machine
Gazelle Twin ‘Pastoral’ (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray)
Green and unpleasant lands
Tunng: Night Tales and Dark Arts
Tunng are a band full of strange misfits. which is a good thing. It’s why the twinkling lights and long shadows of their new album, ‘songs you make at night’, sets it up as a proper contender for one of our records of the year
Space: Magic Flying
It was one of the first electronic records to hit the charts all over the world. It launched the space disco genre and laid down a marker for synthpop. The story of Space and ‘Magic Fly’ is quite a tale too. take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Soft Cell: Wave Goodbye
On the eve of their very last live show and with a mega 10-cd boxset in the shops, the one and only Dave Ball, Soft Cell’s other half, pulls up a pew and tells us a few tales from along the way…
Horacio Vaggione
Our resident archivist rummages through early electronica from South America, which, he reports, are thin on the ground due to water damage and warping thanks to the climate
Vonica
Pan-European euphoric synthpop