electronic interviews
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Meet: Marnie from Ladytron on solo gigs, her new album and more
Helen Marnie was studying classical piano in her native Glasgow before dropping out to take a degree in pop music at the University of Liverpool. There she met Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu and Mira Aroyo forming Ladytron who have influenced a generation of British electronic acts. With the band on hold Marnie is out on …
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Interview: Blitz pop trio CURXES
Macaulay Hopwood, Roberta Fidora and Camille Philips are CURXES and they’re based on the South coast of England. Their sound has been likened to “The sound of two robots f*cking”. Clearly, they’re our kind of band. CURXES talk to Nina Fritsch about their influences, their new LP and random budgie heads. One of the …
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Meet: Jonas Munk interview – Music You Can Touch
Jonas Munk is no slave to one musical master. He can jump from electronic music, to krautrock, to ambient drone, and to psych rock without blinking an eye. Sometimes all those jumps can happen in the course of a day. An afternoon, even. Keeping things new and fresh is a vital part to how Munk …
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Meet: A Conversation With Jon Kennedy
Being a music writer, I get the chance to hear and meet some pretty amazing artists. Just when I think I’ve heard it all here comes five other musicians that blow me away. Artists doing their own thing in a unique way. And not only that, but my eyes are opened to music and music …
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Meet: A Talk With Jakob Skott
Way back in July of 2014 I was lucky enough to sit down and pick the brain of Causa Sui drummer and sound wizard Jakob Skott about his excellent albums Doppler and Amor Fati, as well as his work with Causa Sui. We also discussed running his own record label, El Paraiso Records, along with Causa Sui guitarist Jonas …
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Meet: Adamski and his new This is 3 Step EP
Adamski is back with a new E.P., I say back but he’s never really been away. DJing his eclectic sets around the world and working on various projects either under the classic Adamski moniker or aliases like ‘Adam Sky’. We sat down to talk to Adamski about his new E.P. and his ongoing obsession with The Waltz. Adamski …
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Meet: Nightmares and Dreamscapes – The Dark, Musical World of The Night Terrors
Once in a while you come across some musical treasure that not only shakes you up a bit, but it evokes serious emotion. It lulls you into a trance and simultaneously curdles the blood running through your veins. Deep in the cold, desolate Midwest winter of 2014 I was introduced to the musical world of …
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Meet: Opal Onyx Interview
Brooklyn based duo, Opal Onyx, are one of the bands at the forefront of the new wave of electronic-experimental acts to surface from the city’s underground scene. Opal Onyx create a sound made up of reverb loaded guitar, the resonance of a cello and captivating, slightly haunting vocals all layered above selective sampling, and some …
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Meet: DAS FLUFF Q+A with Front Woman Dawn Lintern
Das Fluff’s twitter strap line states they are ‘attention seekers playing sexistential electro post punk twisted disco cyber filth with alarming passion’ and after catching them live recently, I completely agree with this statement! BM: Hello Dawn, let’s start with the obvious, how did the band get together? Dawn: It started with myself and our original …
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Meet: Q&A with Dirty Vegas
With their debut release for d:vision “Let The Night” still riding high in the Italian Official Top 40 singles chart and currently signed to Capitol Music in France, Germany and the UK, Grammy award winning duo Dirty Vegas return with their new single for the label in the shape of “Setting Sun.” Poetically lovely with more than …