Beating Mr. Neg: Howard Jones – ‘Transform’
❉ There’s something for old & new fans of electropop in Jones’ first release of new material since 2015.
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TEC005 – An Evening Of Synths Of All Shapes And Sizes
❉ Electro duo Arthur and Martha reunited for a one-off show organised by The Electricity Club also featuring Plasmic and Rainland.
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.
The 40 Best Tracks of 2018 (So Far)
❉ “We’re halfway through the year….. and it’s been brilliant.” Half-Term Report: Forty Assorted Classics You May Have Missed!
Lola Dutronic – ‘My Name Is Lola’ reviewed
❉ A Truly Global Lola: This song is essentially a love letter to Lola Dutronic’s favourite city of Berlin, and a departure from their usual approach.
Blancmange – ‘Unfurnished Rooms’ reviewed
❉ Blancmange keep one foot in early 80s electronica, and one firmly in the 21st century.
Tara Busch and Maf Lewis present ‘Zombies 1985’
❉ The sound of a neon-lit LA of the 1980s rapidly unspooling into chaos.
Blancmange return with ‘Unfurnished Rooms’
❉ Cult synth act poised to release a new album written and recorded by Neil Arthur and co-produced by Benge.
Coming Soon: John Foxx & The Maths – ‘The Machine’
❉ Brand new album by electro pioneer John Foxx and analogue synth specialist, Benge.
Non-stop electro cabaret: ‘Electric Dreams’
❉ Ange Chan reports back from a weekend of wall-to-wall eighties electro pop.