Blancmange – ‘Unfurnished Rooms’ reviewed
❉ Blancmange keep one foot in early 80s electronica, and one firmly in the 21st century.
ALBUM REVIEW
John Foxx and The Maths – ‘The Machine’ reviewed
❉ An evocative journey of dark electronica, wrapped up in a soundtrack.
Pinups: Marc Almond – ‘Shadows and Reflections’ reviewed
❉ Marc Almond brings ’60s orchestral pop out of the darkness and into the light.
Mtume – ‘Prime Time: The Epic Anthology’ reviewed
❉ Miles away from Miles, the pioneering funk/R&B band Mtume.
Sparks – ‘Hippopotamus’ reviewed
❉ This is an album that takes from the past and looks to the future.
Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls – “We Came Here To Work” reviewed
❉ Liz Buckley on the rich, thoughtful new album from Stuffies Miles and Erica.
I Speak Machine – ‘Zombies 1985’ reviewed
❉ An abrasive and ethereal love letter to the pioneers of industrial and electronica.
Devo – ‘Recombo DNA’ reviewed
❉ Career-spanning Devo rarities set expanded and reissued!
B.A. Robertson – A Square Peg In A Round World
❉ The post-punk polymath’s Elektra trilogy, re-evaluated by Tim Worthington.
‘Noise Reduction System: Formative European Electronica 1974-1984’
❉ Journey into the origins of electronica in Europe – from early techno and electro to synth-pop, industrial, ambient and noise experiments.