Love all, trust a few… When the sleazy synth workings of the then-titled Trust first arrived on the scene, it was like opening a dimensional portal into a bizarre shadow universe of sordid, brooding synths. That universe came courtesy of … Read More
Sensual synth-pop The Rude Awakening is a collaborative effort led by musician, promoter and radio presenter, Johnny Normal and singer/songwriter Bridget Gray. Visually, the duo’s striking image presents a fuse of the magical abstract; the setting – a clean futuristic … Read More
A year in electronic music… Although it might have seemed as if 2018 was a quiet year for electronic music in some respects, there was actually more going on than expected. It saw the return of some classic electronic outfits, … Read More
JO MARCHES – Monsters Hailing from Utrecht, Jo Marches offer up a combination of engaging synth-pop melodies with a slick production style. Fronted by Johanneke Kranendonk, a meeting with producer David Hoogerheide back in 2015 led to a collaboration that’s … Read More
Darkness visible Dark electro outfit Dicepeople have popped up on our radar in times past with a selection of electropop outings that bounce between melodic synth outings (such as the clean lines of 2017’s ‘Synthetic’) and striking cover versions (their … Read More
Revisiting an electronica classic… Jean-Michel Jarre’s anticipated follow-up album to his 1976 opus Oxygene arrived in 1978. Titled Equinoxe, the new album managed to avoid sounding merely like a retread of Jarre’s groundbreaking album, instead presenting a subtle evolution of … Read More