Electronic
Track: Datarock – Laugh in the face of Darkness
The long awaited return of Norwegian synth act Datarock is gathering pace. Ahead of their first album in nine years – Face the Brutality, out on March 9th on YAP Records, the band have announced a second single ‘Laugh in the face of darkness’, following on from Ruffle Shuffle, which dropped at the end of …
Track: Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)
Following on from a spate of brilliant releases on labels such as Rekids, Phonica White and Technicolour, Korean-born, Berlin residing producer Peggy Gou is set to releaase her new EP, ‘Once’ on the ever brilliant Ninja Tune label on March 2nd. Talking of the EP, Gou says “I really wanted to represent different styles and …
Obituary: Industrial musician Jeremy Inkel dead at 34
The world of electronic industrial music has been saddened to learn of the sudden recent death of Canadian keyboard player and programmer Jeremy Inkel due to complications arising from an asthma condition. He was only 34 years old. Best known for his involvement in the most recent albums by the veteran act Front Line Assembly, …
Track: Vowws – Esseff
“‘Esseff’ is like James Bond spy music updated for the modern world”, say LA-via-Australian based duo Vowws. “We wanted to create a sound that felt like you were being chased by something scary, but enticing”. The single is from their forthcoming album Under the World, out on February 3rd on Anti-Language Records. It lives up …
Album Review: Leyya – Sauna
Sophie Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer are Leyya, an electronic pop duo from Vienna, Austria. Today sees the release of their new album “Sauna”, which was preceded by a single, the evocative “Heat”. “Heat” features Lindinger’s gorgeous almost languid vocals over a sparse indie electronic beat and a rousing, charged chorus. Electro melancholic pop that evokes …
Track: Uppermost – Slide ft. Yudimah
Lifted from his upcoming album, Perseverance, Slide ft. Yudimah is the latest single from Paris based, producer Behdad Nejatbakhshe aka Uppermost. His recent singles ‘Make A Change’ and ‘Step By Step ft. Sôra’ have seen his stock rise, and he’s turned heads in many of the more influential magazines and blogs. This latest effort features …
Track: Gundelach – Duck Hunting
If his debut EP and follow up ‘Games’ which featured his friend – artist ARY, then Duck Hunting, the new single from Norwegian singer-songwriter Gundelach is really going to set the cat amongst the pigeons. Not in a literal sense though, this is smooth, post-Fleetwood Mac soul, full of sweeping analogue synths, and his own …
See: Témé Tan releases new video for Menteur
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Tanguy Haesovoets, better known as Témé Tan, has revealed a new video for the track Menteur, the latest track to be taken from his self-titled debut albu, which dropped last October on [PIAS] Recordings. Its a dacefloor ready slice of synth-pop, as Tan gets his funk on, mixing up pure pop with …
Track: Fischerspooner – TopBrazil
Fischerspooner have just released a new single, TopBrazil, from their upcoming album Sir, which drops on February 16th via Ultra Records. Its the bands, essentially the project of Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner first album in ten years, and was produced in its entirety by Michael Stipe, with additional production by BOOTS (Beyonce, Run The …
Track: Güero – Night Cruising
Set to be the first fully feldged album on Rebolledo’s You and Your Hippie Friends sister label, My Way My Rules is the debut album from Güero. If his name rings a bell then his Convertible Ride appeared on the notorious “A Very Nice Combinado Volume Uno” 12” release, under the moniker of El Güero …