CD, Section 44 Records, 2005 www.section44.com Section 44 Records return with a new volume that showcases four artists, both new talent, and more seasoned acts in the synthpop/new wave genre. [ … ]
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V/A – Crash Frequency – Australian Independent Electro Vol.1
CD, Crash Frequency, 2005 www.crashfrequency.com Outsider interpretations of Australia’s electronic scene may be limited to thinking of David Thrussell as the only electronic artist from the land down under. This [ … ]
V/A – The Fixx – an electronic tribute
CD, Section44, 2005 www.section44.com Anyone with any casual interest in new wave will remember The Fixx. After a successful debut in the UK, they burst onto the American music scene [ … ]
V/A – Rocket – a tribute to Dead Or Alive
CD, Section 44, 2005 www.section44.com Dead Or Alive might strike some as another headstone in the eighties graveyard, exhumed for the electro revival – a one-hit wonder who might offer [ … ]
V/A – Countdown To Th’ Apocolips: CCC-10
CD, Crawling Chaos, 2005 www.samskar.us Let’s start with a little disclaimer: the following review has been a real exercise in editing and lenience, and should be treated as such… Limited [ … ]
V/A – Funkwelten 01
CD, Funkwelten, 2005 www.funkwelten.de Minimalist electronics set to soaring background atmospheres combined with a relaxed pacing allow the Funkwelten 01 compilation to make a good impression in any setting. Bands [ … ]
V/A – Störsequenz
CD, Black Rain/Noitekk, 2003 www.blackrain.de It’s a label sampler from Noitekk/Black Rain. I hear you cry “surely we can pretty much guess what this is gonna be like!” Well, you’d [ … ]
V/A – Revelation
CD, Bugs Crawling Out Of People, 2004 www.bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com Included on this self-described apocalyptic compilation of industrial sounds are fourteen artistic interpretations of a short story penned by Bugs Crawling Out [ … ]
V/A – The Electronic Bible: Chapter 1
CD, White Label Music, 2004 www.electronic-bible.co.uk Curated by Ann Shenton and Andy Fraser, this somewhat ambitiously-titled 20-track compilation purports to showcase the state of the art in ‘electronic’, which if [ … ]
V/A – Electronic Thisturbance
CD, This.Co, 2004 www.thisco.net Humble surprise would put to words this author’s reaction to the “Electronic Thisturbance” compilation. To be honest, having never heard anything from the This.Co label, and [ … ]