Party Dozen are back with equal amounts sleaze and humour. The title is of course a ridiculous pun, but the music absolutely bites. Take ‘Euro Stomper’. It’s as if Suicide went glam rock. Like salted caramel ice cream, these disparate ingredients shouldn’t work, but do. ‘Captain Hook’ is a low-end psychedelic banger and ‘Toss MyContinue reading “Album Review: Party Dozen- 21 Bum Salute”
Tag Archives: Electronic music
New Release: Orbital featuring Maxine Peake- Mother, Maiden & Crone
It must be October. The Hartnoll brothers are going full pagan techno on our arses, and I’m loving it. This arcane-school banger with witchy mutterings from the actor Maxine Peake throbs with pagan poetry, as Bjork once called it. Hand me the candles and berries. We all come from the goddess.
Sunday Hymn: Gazelle Twin- I Am Shell/I Am Bone
Who better to listen to on Sunday morning than Gazelle Twin? Elizabeth always makes me feel at once soothed and discombobulated. It’s like being stroked by a panther. This is one of her mellower tracks. Enjoy.
Overlooked Classic: Von Sudenfed- Tromatic Reflexxions
Or rather, MES and Mouse On Mars’ gnarly side project. Mark E Smith never liked to be second -guessed, and he had of course worked with Coldcut, so his collab with electronic pioneers Jan St Werner and Andi Toma was another delightful surprise. Smith added his addled poetry to their thick, distorted beats and itContinue reading “Overlooked Classic: Von Sudenfed- Tromatic Reflexxions”
Laibach: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore
Time was when Slovenian scamps Laibach made music with a stomping boot and a raised eyebrow. Now, they’re leaning so much into irony that they could go full Eurovision. I get it, the worlds going to shit. The problem is, this campy ridiculousness has ceased to be funny. Back in the day, they were perceivedContinue reading “Laibach: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
Album Review : Maria BC- Marathon
Non-binary, California -based artist Maria BC has a duality to their work. This, their third album, occupies liminal spaces between sleeping and awake states. Their gorgeous ambient sounds can turn from soothing to jarring. It keeps the listener on their toes. Maria BC is a classically trained vocalist, and it shows. Their range is subtleContinue reading “Album Review : Maria BC- Marathon”
Album Review: Haai- Humanise
The second album from London based electronic artist Teneil Throssell, aka HAAi, is absolutely sublime. Continuing with the gorgeous experimentation from debut Baby I’m Ascending, Humanise features friends like Jon Hopkins, Obi Franky, ILA and TRANS VOICES on the majestic ‘Satellite’. Elsewhere, we find Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor on ‘New Euphoria’ and Kam-Bu on ‘Shapeshift’.Continue reading “Album Review: Haai- Humanise”
Album Review: All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop
Philip King’s compilation of late-seventies – mid-eighties synth pop has a similar, if less political, approach as Adam Curtis: find leftfield, obscure tracks and highlight them, creating a sideways look at pop culture. As the title suggests, there is a DIY, deliberately un-glossy attitude to much of the music on offer. Frankie Goes To HollywoodContinue reading “Album Review: All The Young Droids: Junkshop Synth Pop”
New Release: Rival Consoles- Jupiter
Photo by Eva Vermandel Jupiter, the brand new single from Rival Consoles, sees the shapeshifter producer Ryan Lee West continue on his singular, spine-tingling electronic trajectory. It’s bold and beautiful, woozy and disorienting, full of hypnotic waves of distortion. It could easily soundtrack the rebuilding of our beleaguered planet, brick by brick. The forthcoming ninthContinue reading “New Release: Rival Consoles- Jupiter”
Album Review: Dummy- Free Energy
Dummy’s new album, Free Energy, is perfect for moving to, or moving around cities to. It hits the sweet spot between experimentation and melodic indie pop. The Los Angeles band, comprised of Emma Maatman, Alex Ewell, Nathan O’ Dell and Joe Trainor, feel very much of the zeitgeist, as well as timeless. ‘Nine Clean Nails’Continue reading “Album Review: Dummy- Free Energy”
