Title: Elemente Label: Bureau B For those not in the know, this is the third incarnation of one of the most prestigious of all krautrock bands, Kluster/Cluster formed by Dieter Moebius,…
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Title: Emotional Detox Label: Bureau B The fourth album from the Berlin-based combo, Camera. The band released one LP as a duo, one as a trio but this one is a…
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Title: Science Fiction Label: Mikrokosmos Bailey was the lead singer with the 80s pop combo, the Thompson Twins yet this is Bailey’s debut solo album. The first since the Thompson Twins’…
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Titles: Magnetic Web/Numbers/Beyond the End…Eternity/Zero Gravity Label: Wah Wah Dedicated, hard core Rolling Stones fans will know Nik Pascal as the guy who played percussion on the 1973 Stones LP, Goats…
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Title: Dance Label: Beggars Arkive His fifth album, released in 1981 on Beggars Banquet, Dance began a transition from the Tubeway Numan. The Numan who had a soft spot for automobiles.…
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Title: Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms, Some People Think It’s Fun to Entertain Label: Caroline Liverpool-born China Crisis has always been an interesting band. They take a low key organic band…
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Title: Musique Electronique du Cosmos Label: Wah Wah Perrey loved electronic music but, despite his pioneering status and despite the fact that he has been rather lumped with the more avant-garde…
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Title: Galaxy My Dear Label: Wah Wah Prog fans may be familiar with an Italian band from the early 70s called Biglietto per l’Inferno, who were formed in 1972. They where…
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Title: Māra I / Māra II Label: Bureau B I’m sure that there’s not too many groups out there that have been named after a glacier. This one has, it’s in…
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Title: Particles Label: Invisible Hands This new double album (it’s seen as a ‘cupdisc’ or EP but it runs at LP length) is from the current Tangerine Dream (TD) line-up: Ulrich…
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Title: In Visible Silence Label: Warner Music Some music fans might see Trevor Horn as the Buggle who killed the video star or the struggling Jon Anderson replacement as the cracked…
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Electronica/Electro Review Soul/R&B Review VinylCOLOURBOX: in conjunction with fine arts photographer, Wolfgang Tillmans
Title: Music of the Band (1982-1987) Label: 4AD If you had a casual relationship with the legendary early days of the 4AD label, you may have missed one of the label’s…
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Title: Space Label: 1i2c I wanted to check out this artist, having met him (in a virtual sense) in a Tangerine Dream specialist group on Facebook. So you will be able…
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Title: IKEBANA Label: FMR It stands for Psychology of Perception and you might be forgiven that you are on the receiving end of a sonic experiment. This avant-garde exploration is a…
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CD Electronica/Electro ReviewCatherine Graindorge & Hugo Race: it’s all rather low…in tone and resonance
Title: Long Distance Operators Label: Sub Rosa Australian-born Race, musician, and Belgian-born violinist Graindorge have teamed up for this new album that was released on 6 February 2017. Race might be…
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Title: European Song Label: Bureau B Based in Düsseldorf, Germany the music of Kreidler takes electronic sounds and successfully combines them with organic instrumentation to create music that has life but…
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Title: Music Für Metropolis Label: Bureau B There’s a theory that, when a creative artist reaches a certain age, he loses the passion and energy of youth. Danger and edge escapes…
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Title: IRL Remixes 2000-2015 Label: Independent The first 15 years of the Independent label is celebrated with this 2CD package which takes a look at the label’s back catalogue and offers…
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Title: Quantum Key Label: Invisible Hands Music An intriguing one this because it is the first material released by the band since the sad passing of founder member Edgar Froese. Recorded…
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Title: Das Fest Der Reichen Label: Editions Mego Hmmm. Ok. Right. Well…look, before i say anything about this one, I’m going to do some that I tend to avoid, I’m going to…
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Title: New Latitudes Label: Idee Fixe I listen to a lot of music but I’m obviously not listening fast enough because this outfit has totally passed me by. I say ‘outfit’…
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Title: OstWest Label: Bureau B The new album from this German outfit that combines a krautrock flavour to its techno dub beat. I recently reviewed their Plusminus album and had issues…
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Title: Clinging to a Dream Label: Chicken Coop Recordings The simple drum rhythms, avant garden noises, drones and more from Simeon Coxe and Danny Taylor were not of the usual. This…
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CD Electronica/Electro ReviewRodney Cromwell: He’s not that old. He’s also not particularly anxious.
Title: Age of Anxiety Label: Happy Robots Ah, Rodney, Rodney, Rodney. There’s something…something…internal about Rodney. I’m probably way off base on this one and reading this chap totally wrong but I…
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Title: Play Label: BMG Released in 1999, this mainstream electronic dance LP was more of a sequel to the 1997 compilation I Like to Score: Music From Films Vol.1 rather…
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Title: Extra Virgin Label: Music on Vinyl It’s an odd one. Maybe because it was a a bit of a slow burner? Take the easy trip hop beats of the track,…
