onepointtwo: ‘Mondoprotozoa’ reviewed
❉ Ambient drone and dark wave brilliance from Kostas Giazlas, the Greek electronic musician behind onepointwo.
Music
‘The Remarkable Tale Of Radio 1’
❉ An insightful and fascinating read on ‘the nation’s favourite’, writes Ange Chan.
The Carrier – ‘Large Plants’ reviewed
❉ The debut album from the new band of Wolf People frontman Jack Sharp, boasts fuzzy, dirty hooks, hints of the baroque and shades of Canterbury psych.
Blaklight: ‘Paranoid’ (Rob Dust’s Strange Remix)
❉ Blaklight are en pointe again with remix of the second single from their forthcoming album.
Guaranteed to raise a smile? ‘Sgt. Pepper’ at the movies
❉ Take 29 Beatles songs, the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Steve Martin, Frankie Howerd and some extraordinarily bad hairpieces – what could go wrong?
Generation Blitz 2: Concrete and Chrome
❉ New wave meets (c)old wave in this collection of electric dreams, writes Ange Chan.
Phyllis Hyman: An Appreciation
❉ Peter Robinson on the life and career of an exceptional talent who never quite had the success she deserved.
Appraisal For MORE
❉ Ange Chan reviews the second album from the Swedish synth trio MORE.
Re- Generation: Council Of The Raven’s ‘13th Generation’
❉ A new name, a new sound, and a new collaborator has led to the release of the new version of 13th Generation, Marvey Mills tells We Are Cult’s Ange Chan.
Sammi Smith: ‘Looks Like Stormy Weather 1969-1975’
❉ Compiled by Ace Records and Bob Stanley, this is a rich collection with many stand-out tracks.