Peter Michael Hamel’s Colors of Time Re-Interpreted features two artists on a split EP re-interpreting an obscure, multi-part kosmische synth epic from 1980. Since reviewing Astral […]
Tag: Synth
Hyboid :: Terrör of the Üniverse (Astro Chicken)
Hyboid always works best best when going for bombast and epic scale, and Terrör of the Üniverse opens impressively in exactly this style, with a […]
Merrin Karras :: Apex (A Strangely Isolated Place)
Apex (also) spans a myriad of other styles and genres, often referencing current peers similarly inspired by John Carpenter or the Radiophonic Workshop. Brendan Gregoriy has […]
Neud Photo :: Dystopix (Mysidian)
Darker than his last partnership, Dystopix shows the influences of Belgium and greater Europe with its serrated synth stabs and glassy beats. Mysidian is a […]
V/A :: Underground Wave Volume 5 (Walhalla)
Packed with variety, as was the Belgian scene of the 1980s. A spread of weird and wonderful styles are explored. Dense dark bitterness, minimal malaise […]
Greenleaf :: Organic electronic music excavated from the landscape
Greenleaf explores such themes as AI, man-made lifeforms, artificial landscape and GM crops. Spores succeeds in being at once ironic/detached and serious/engaged, postmodern art work and polemical […]
Marge and the Marvellous :: Distant Dance (No More Pop)
No More Pop is an oasis, an island amidst a sea of darker re-issues, an island of dulcet synth pop and cloudless skies. Bright and […]
Endfest / Layup :: Double Review (Endless Illusion)
Looking over Endless Illusion’s back catalog it’s fair to say that the label took educated risks with its first vinyl outings. This latest pair, lesser […]
R.R. Hearse :: Call Of Oedipus (1981 – 2013) (June)
R.R. Hearse fits into no category previously explored. Grainy, it’s a record that some will find difficult to grapple with. Nevertheless it’s a bold move […]
Synth Wave Revival? “Didn’t know there was one”—A tale of four lads and three decades
Brendan Coyle. Mike Richardson. Neale Potts. Steven Lippert. A music revolution unfolding in their midst. “Being part of the electronic music scene in the UK […]
Mark Pritchard :: Under The Sun (Warp)
It may take a while to really click, but when it does you’ll find Under The Sun really gets under the skin. It’s a potent […]
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