A set of familiar and novel flavours is now up for grabs from ‘schmergasbord’, provided by a sublabel of Serotonin Records. Leaving the electro repertoire to the parent, Schmer is on a techno mission in the six-tracker “Serious Bidness”. We are driving off with the label’s co-founder John Selway whoRead More →
In the 1990s Northern America, besides Detroit or New York techno rebels were spotted in Kalamazoo, a town of 75,000 in the state of Michigan. As the cradle of Black Nation Records and its artist roster consisting of Jay Denham (aka Vice, Fade To Black) , Chance McDermott, Fanon Flowers,Read More →
Electronic music from Russia has been on the rise for a few years, driven by communities around ГОСТ ЗВУК and PRIVATE PERSONS that have lent a boost to rising and established talents. In addition to affiliates of the above mentioned imprints I would mention Kovyazin D who has been behindRead More →
The last days of December 20 years ago were spent in great anticipation of the Millennium Bug. The darkest plots saw the future of the (wo)mankind endangered, if the computers would have flipped out. Luckily, hardly anything of these predictions materialised and doomsday scenarios were postponed. Which means that 20Read More →
Random XS, one of Djax’s cult acts, was spreading acid techno bacteria up to the mid-1990s when they closed a short but prolific period with their only album “Braincloud”. Thereafter the group members pursued other projects until a comeback in 2015 with two long journeys on Shipwrec. This year aRead More →
The release is probably from 1993 or 1994, when hard trance was still in a dominant position in Germany, with Harthouse pictured in the middle and flanked by labels such as 23 Frankfurt, Delirium, Superstition, Plastic City and many others. The scene dished out an enormous amount of twelves thatRead More →
If Remco Beekwilder were about 20 years older, he would have been a suitable sidekick for Frankfurt’s PCP posse at 1993’s Mayday, when they staged a real ‘judgement day’ with a fierce live set. I’m not saying that Mayday is a thing about quarter-century later, but memories of the pastRead More →
Right before leaving for a holiday week in Malta, I got a message from Optic Nerve Engine, an electronic project from the main island’s smaller neighbour Gozo. By sharing new music, in a way they reminded me that the local scene is/was not limited to the electro artist Microlith akaRead More →
The first part of the 1998 in review can be found here. Michael Knight – Knight Ryder (Devon Records) A recent aftermarket purchase and unconscious realisation of a teenage dream, because Ed DMX’s electro release is a tribute to the Foundation’s heroes with whomRead More →
The second part of the story can be found here. When browsing my collection for the annual review 1998, I was surprised how much everything felt like 2018. Of over 60 releases in my shelves, a large number is filed under electro, which tallies the genre’s revival we are experiencingRead More →