Buy vinyl from Metabanana.airforce (DE) Buy vinyl / digital from Bandcamp (DE) Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Electro barbarian at the gate Only a few months ago I added to my wishlist “Machine Of Hate” (Marguerita Recordings), the 2010 debut release from BS-1. The tracks are aboutRead More →
Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) For a while, Dmitry Distant has been producing electro and wave tracks and in 2017 he was often visible as a contributor thematic compilations, recently for Helena Hauff’s Return To Disorder. After appearing on labels like Mechatronica, Bass Agenda andRead More →
Buy vinyl / digital from Galaksilevyt (FI) Buy vinyl from Mind Records (FI) Buy vinyl from Levykauppa Äx (FI) Buy vinyl from Kernkrach (DE) Synth love from the land of 188,000 lakes “Ääniaaltoja” is a stimulating synth pop album, over 33 minutes of vocoder songs in Finnish – soundsRead More →
MTRON004 EP by The Exaltics, Drvg Cvltvre, Le Chocolat Noir, Kluentah Buy vinyl from Redeye Records (UK) Buy vinyl from Decks (DE) Buy vinyl from Juno (UK) Mechatronica discovers its wilder face Incidentally I started Mechatronica’s new compilation with the B-side that stands for the sound the labelRead More →
The wallets of classic electro addicts have been challenged around the Christmas time when several reissues have showed up. Detroit’s Direct Beat recalls early days with “Bass Magnetic”, the only album of James Stinson’s Lab Rat XL is the newest addition in Clone Aqualung series, mysterious Scopex material was reissuedRead More →
The second part of what is becoming a tradition: After listing my favourites from 2005 and from 1996, the time is ripe for another end of the year selection from the archives. The first part is here. Silicon – 4 L.L. (Vmax Records) In 1997, Vmax founder Heath Brunner releasedRead More →
It is becoming a tradition: After listing my favourites from 2005 and from 1996, the time is ripe for another end of the year selection from the archives. The second part can be found here. Bizz O.D. – You May Be Hardcore But… (Force Inc. Music Works – FIM 123) ByRead More →
Winds of change on Vortex Traks, a label that set off in Berlin two years ago and has been among the city’s exciting newcomers in electro segment. The arrival of Kimmo Rapatti aka Mono Junk could be well a sign of further electro adventures, but the Finnish analogue guru pays tribute toRead More →
“Zenosyne EP” is a rave-minded gust from Tripalium, which is a renowned yellow smiley brotherhood from France and steadily providing vitriolic noise for the floors. The fourth release within the Tripalium Records Rave Series sees Minimum Syndicat in the controls, a French collective that has been around for almost tenRead More →
On November 14, 1992, The Temple rave was held in Helsinki. This is a personal view of the event I attended. For me, all that happened because of Tapani Ripatti, a legendary radio host in Finland who ran Tri Patti’s Partyline on Radiomafia channel in 1992. In my memory, everRead More →