Electro
Live Review – Bob Vylan/ Hyphen/ CLT DRP – o2 Institute Birmingham – 03.11.2024
Sparks fly as @BobVylan make their triumphant return to Birmingham with the ‘Humble As The Sun’ tour
Track: Yard – Bend
Dublin’s electrifying three-piece Yard have returned with more of their electro noise as they share their latest single ‘Bend’. Yard are known for bridging the gap between techno and noise rock, drawing inspiration from musical heavyweights like SUUNS, Gilla Band, Death Grips, and Nine Inch Nails, Yard’s sound is a concoction of aggressive yet infectious …
Album Review: Control I’m Here: Adventures On The Industrial Dancefloor 1983-1990
This latest collection from the Cherry Red Records stable features Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Laibach, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sisters Of Mercy, The Shamen, The Neon Judgement, Renegade Soundwave and many more across 44 tracks exploring the 1980s’ industrial-clubland crossover. For those of you not familiar with 80s industrial dance music, it can be best …
Track: Oneohtrix Point Never releases brilliant new track and accompanying video, A Path Barely Lit
As I constantly point out, Warp Records is one of, if not my favourite label. Ever. And one of its most brilliant and interesting artists right now is Oneohtrix Point Never, aka Daniel Lopatin. He’s just shared a first single and video, A Barely Lit Path, from his recently announced new album ‘Again’, which drops …
Exclusive: STEB drops an exclusive takeover mix for Backseat Mafia in connection with his forthcoming EP: Kauris 1979 – Feat. Dario Rossi
For the release of ‘Kauris 1979’ (out 30.06.2023 on Night Vibez Records) we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from STEB. STEB is a producer and DJ that has been lighting up the scene for over 20 years. Since releasing his first Ep, he has always come with a fresh and inventive style. Broken Rules is the first …
Premiere: It’s ‘getting better’ for KHAOS EMRLD: a glittering hyperactive pop blast debut that positively sparkles.
KHAOS EMRLD is a new kid on the block – sort of – and an absolute challenge for spell check. We are honoured to premiere KHAOS EMRLD’s debut single ‘getting better’ – a solo project helmed by Cody Stebbings whom we’ve met before in the band Down For Tomorrow – and it’s a blast of …
Album Review: Nkono Teles – Love Vibration : remembering the man who put synth into Afro-boogie.
May be less celebrated than William Onyeabor or Jake Sollo, you could say that keyboardist Nkono Teles was similarly fundamental to Nigeria’s electro pop explosion in the eighties. Well, Soundway Records are aiming to do the right thing and raise his profile with the release of ‘Love Vibration’, a collection of key cuts from Teles …
News: ‘Midnight Street Special’- Afro boogie magic from Nkono Teles ahead of his stellar retrospective ‘Love Vibration’.
Behind a seminal scene there’s often a super producer, a sound shifter who gets the credit listing but sometimes not the credit. Now Soundway Records are set to introduce another member of this illusive club, Nkono Teles, keyboardist and arranger, a man at the epicentre of Nigeria’s electro pop explosion in the eighties. On 24th …
Premiere: Seasurfer unveils the video for the electronic fuzz of track ‘Something Very Bad’, featuring Stereoskop
We are very honoured to premiere the new video from shoegaze/goth maestro Seasurfer for the track ‘Something Very Bad’, featuring vocals from Susana Egea, the singer from the Spanish band Stereoskop. Seasurfer is the nom de plume of Hamburg-based artist Dirk Knight, who draws in other musicians to contribute to his electro-fuzz goth sounds. The …
EXCLUSIVE: NEWEM DROPS AN EXCLUSIVE TAKEOVER MIX FOR BACKSEAT MAFIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS ‘MOONPARK’ LP
For the release of the ‘Moonpark’ LP (out now on the bORDEL label) we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from NEWEM. Check it out on the Backseatmafia Mixcloud & Soundcloud accounts below: Backseat Mafia · Backseat Mafia Takeover Mix – NEWEM NEWEM: This mix was done at the end of the summer in an improvisation …