Electro
Teenage reggae trio 15-16-17 recorded this lovers rock reggae version of a song penned by the Gibb brothers and featuring Dennis Brown and Dennis Bovell.
This is everything I like in electronica: a sinister undercurrent, a throbbing pulse, a driving rhythm, punctuated by modular flares and strange noises.
Anika has carved out a niche as a kind of modern-day Nico, bringing glacial cool to her dub-infused electro music.
It took me a while to work out which of David Boring and Jenny Rotten is the band name and which is the song title but I’ve worked it out now.
Here is Earth, Wind & Fire’s exuberant slice of funk Happy Feelin’ sampled, sped up and retooled for the dancefloor by Groove Armada.
PVA describe their sound as “country-fried techno” though that’s probably not how you or I would describe them at first listen.
Packaging are a duo from Seattle who combine krautrok rhythms with swirling synths on this pulsating ode to airport anxiety. (more…)
Memorials are an electronic duo of Verity Susman and Matthew Simms who make soundtrack music for real and imaginary films.
Soft Cell’s biggest hit was the inevitable play-out song at the funeral of Dave Ball. It was never going to be anything else.
John Foxx made his solo debut after three albums as front man of Ultravox! with this pioneering electro single.