The Blitz Club’s legendary DJ Rusty Egan has paid tribute to The Electricity Club with a special megamix inspired by some of the music that the site has written about.

Featuring Athens synth maidens MARSHEAUX quite prominently, the tastefully chosen segue of tracks also includes the likes of ROBYN, MOBY, OMD, JOHN FOXX & THE MATHS, MIRRORS and LANA DEL REY amongst others. More inside »

KID KASIO is Nathan Cooper, once of THE MODERN who supported HEAVEN 17 at The Scala gig immortalised in their live DVD. Signing to Universal via their Mercury subsidiary, brilliant songs produced by Stephen Hague such as Jane Falls Down and Sometimes showcased their electro potential.

Indeed, Jane Falls Down reached No32 in the UK charts in 2005. However, a well documented incident involving the next single Industry led to a parting of ways with their label and necessitated the revised moniker of MATINEE CLUB. While the eventual album Modern Industry was released in late 2007 on Planet Clique, the band’s promise was never quite fulfilled with only sporadic live performances during their twilight years. More inside »

In a year when the synth pioneers were finally recognised for their valuable contribution to popular culture, here is The Electricity Club’s Top 30 songs of 2011 in alphabetical order by artist.

Featuring CURXES, DAYBEHAVIOUR, SOUND OF ARROWS, THOMAS DOLBY, JOHN FOXX & THE MATHS, LADYTRON, MIRRORS, QUEEN OF HEARTS, VILE ELECTRODES and more...
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It was a year which saw classic and new stand side-by-side as comrades in arms for the synthesizer. In possibly the event of the year, April’s Back To The Phuture ­ Tomorrow Is Today at London’s Troxy saw godfathers GARY NUMAN and JOHN FOXX supported by the best new UK synthpop act for many years, MIRRORS.

The Brighton quartet reappeared in the summer over on the South Bank when the Vintage Festival Electronic Phuture Revue gave us a celebration of synthpop cool with performances by ONETWO, RECOIL, THOMAS DOLBY and HEAVEN 17. More inside »

MAISON VAGUE’s Synthpop's Alive was one of the surprise albums of 2011 and is possibly the best wholly independent release of the year.

It is the creation of Clark Stiefel, a German domiciled American with a love for all things Synth Britannia. A classically trained virtuoso who studied piano and electronic music at a conservatoire, his working knowledge of vintage synthesizers and modern technology has affectionately revived The GARY NUMAN Principle. One of the few active musicians to have handled both the original Moog and Buchla modular synthesizers, he adds musicianship and a wry sense of humour to the quirkily authentic proceedings. More inside »

April 2012 will see HOWARD JONES perform his first two albums Human's Lib and Dream Into Action in their entirety on a nationwide UK tour following a successful premiere at London’s IndigO2 in November 2011.

The Electricity Club had the pleasure of chatting to HOWARD JONES about his upcoming tour and in particular, the years between 1983-85 when he became a household name and many people’s entry into the world of synthpop. More inside »

SOFT METALS are a snappy new duo comprising of Patricia Hall on vocals/synths and Ian Hicks on synths/drum machines/ programming/sequencing.

Originally from Portland, Oregon but now resident in Los Angeles, on first impression they may be considered part of the Minimal Wave but perhaps have a more immediate sound than say XENO & OAKLANDER. Compared with other North American duos, they are maybe also a bit shinier than CRYSTAL CASTLES. But that’s not to say SOFT METALS don’t have much weightier influences as their affectionate cover of THROBBING GRISTLE’s Hot On The Heels Of Love proves. More inside »

Some artists take a sympathetic approach to the remix opportunity and offer beat enhancements, extra melodic parts and instrumental breakdowns to compliment a track in a far more classic tradition. RICHARD X, MARK REEDER, PET SHOP BOYS, THE MANHATTAN CLIQUE and FREEMASONS have proved to be fine purveyors of this more accessible song based interplay.

But one duo who outstrip them all with their digi-electro style are Athens based synthgirls MARSHEAUX. Together with their producers FOTONOVELA, Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou combine their best synthpop sensibilities with both feet on the dancefloor to deliver some of the best received pop styled remixes of the last ten years with many established artists among their portfolio. More inside »

HANNAH PEEL will be known to synthpop fans as one of the musicians with JOHN FOXX & THE MATHS.

However, she first became known to the synth world via her debut EP Re-Box released on Static Caravan in 2010. It featured musicbox covers of Tainted Love which was made famous by SOFT CELL, NEW ORDER’s Blue Monday, OMD’s Electricity and COCTEAU TWINS’ Sugar Hiccup. An edition of 300 were pressed onto 7 inch vinyl and promptly sold out. More inside »