A Final Say Goodbye: Soft Cell, London O2, 30/09/2018
❉ On Sunday 30 September, Marc Almond and Dave Ball reunited for Soft Cell’s celebration of forty years since they met and their last ever show. We Are Cult’s Ange Chan reports back.
Articles by Ange Chan
Interview: Cult With No Name
❉ We Are Cult’s Ange Chan catches up with genre-hopping ‘post-punk half-drunk atmospheric esoteric electronic balladeers’ Erik Stein and Jon Boux.
Celebrating the Life of a Legend: Lindsay Kemp
❉ Today we mourn the loss of Lindsay Kemp, who is THE foremost performance art talent of this country. He died today at the age of 80 and leaves a legacy of talent in the stars he inspired, including Kate Bush, Marc Almond and most famously David Bowie.
The Wildfire World of Linda Em
❉ Ange Chan profiles the ‘London Irish’ singer-songwriter, and looks ahead to Linda’s forthcoming EP launch gig next month.
A Brief History of Ultravox
❉ Oh, Vienna! We Are Cult’s resident synthpop queen Ange Chan offers a rough guide to Ultravox.
Tiny Magnetic Pets: Interview
❉ Deluxe/Debris is the perfect soundtrack for complicated times, writes Ange Chan, who talks with the band about the album.
Chris Payne’s Electronic Circus
❉ Gary Numan sideman and co-writer of Visage’s Fade To Grey, on the new Electronic Circus LP, working with Katja von Kassel, playing SynthWave 2 and more.
Let There Be More Light! Fiat Lux Interviewed
❉ An ‘illuminating’ chat with reformed synthpop outfit Fiat Lux about their past, present and future.
A Step into Obliqueness: ‘Ideal Home’ – Near Future
❉ In every dream home a heartache? Ange Chan on a collaboration between Neil Arthur from Blancmange and Gazelle Twin’s Bernholz.
Kim Wilde – ‘Here Come the Aliens’ reviewed
❉ Kim Wilde’s voice has stood the test of time on this, her first album of original songs since 1992.