Electro

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 …

Album Review : Síntesis Moderna – An Alternative Vision Of Argentinean Music 1980-1990 : a ‘must have’ compilation.
Knowledgeable compilers, significant context and cracking music – these are the key components of a ‘must-have’ rather than ‘may be’ collection. Fresh onto those discerning record store racks, Síntesis Moderna: An Alternative Vision Of Argentinean Music 1980-1990 (available on Soundway Records) ticks off all these criteria without any squabbling: diligently curated by people in the …

New track/Video: Electric-jazz energisers Stellar Legions preview debut album with the cosmic grooves of ‘An Arp in Tunisia’
You might know Ghent based Sdban Records for their exquisite re-issues (think Raphael/’Stop Look and Listen’ or their ‘Utopic Cities’ jazz prog comp). Or maybe you grabbed ethio-dub fusionists Black Flower’s ‘Magma’ album in January, a record that’s destined to scorch into those best of ’22 lists. Well the Belgian label look set to make …

Album Review: Nuklear Prophet – Prophecies 11:21
U-TRAX presents some hi-energy old school electro and bass from Los Angeles turntablist and producer Nuklear Prophet, who follows up his recent EP on U-TRAX with the full-length album Prophecies 11:21.Formed of an eclectic and energetic collection of gems mined from his overwhelming archive, the album takes in genres such as Electro, Hip Hop, Footwork, …

Album Review: Rhys Fulber – Brutal Nature
Rhys Fulber is a Canadian electronic musician and producer best known for his lengthy (and ongoing) tenures with industrial standard bearers Front Line Assembly and ambient pop exponents Delerium (both with Bill Leeb), his solo project Conjure One, plus a series of recent dark techno-based albums released under his own name. As a producer, he …

Album Review: Dowdelin – ‘Lanmou Lanmou’: Creole rhythms and a Soul-Jazz twist make for the sound of now.
It’s been over a couple of years since Lyon located fusionists Dowdelin were last seen bouncing across the WOMAD stage and pulling the horizontal sun soakers up onto their dancing feet. Now comes evidence of renewed activity with their latest album ‘Lanmou Lanmou’, available from 28th January from Underdog Records, and proof that the band …

See: Keinemusik’s ‘Pay To Play’ feat. Bell-Towers explores the concept of the ear worm quite literally – eeep
KEINEMUSIK as a going sonic concern came into being around four years ago, when Berlin electronica producers Adam Port, &Me and Rampa – born Adam Polaszek, André Boadu and Gregor Sütterlin, respectively – came together to bring some crisp electro science to the party. A debut album, You Are Safe, at the very end of …

Tracks: Psymon Spine double drop the psychedelic electro doses, ‘Mr Metronome’ and ‘Drums Valentino’
NEW YORK sonic collective Psymon Spine, who push out past the amazing cosmic glitter of Tame Impala and take current indie-psychedelic-disco thinking to other realms, have double dropped two new neon flavours to bring extra sparkle and glow to your Christmas season: a digital double A, “Mr. Metronome” and “Drums Valentino”, both of which are …