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17/05/2020 nausika

Alles ist Gut: electro-minimalist funk fascination with and criticism of fascism and sexual power as fresh and relevant as ever

DAF (Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft), Alles ist Gut, United Kingdom, Virgin Records, V-2202 vinyl (1981) The news of the death of

30/03/2020 nausika

Shadow in the Dark: forward into slinky retro-1980s synth-pop soundscapes with techno and illbient influences

NNHMN, Shadow in the Dark, Poland, Zoharum, ZOHAR 196-2 limited edition CD digipak (2019), vinyl (2020) NNHMN (pronounced “non-human” which

25/01/2020 Stuart Marshall

Learning is Recollection

Missing Waves Post-Crash FRANCE BROCOLI 022 CD (2018) Missing Waves is a fairly new, experimental pop three-piece, whose relative lack

15/12/2019 Ed Pinsent

I’ll Tax Your Feet

The Taxidermists are a Massachusetts duo comprising Cooper Handy (guitar, vocals) and Salvadore McNamara (drums), playing their own brand of

09/08/2019 nausika

The Big Adventure: a trip that’s anything but big or adventurous

Disen Gage, The Big Adventure, Russia, [addicted label] / NoNames666, CD cat #733 (2019) Celebrating 20 years making mostly instrumental

24/05/2019 nausika

Masana Temples: fluffy kosmische retro-1970s kitsch psychedelic rock pop all the way

Kikagaku Moyo, Masana Temples, The Netherlands, Guruguru Brain, vinyl LP / CD (2018) As you can see, the cover art

11/05/2019 nausika

The End of Electronics: plenty of pop-friendly singles material from Russian one-man coldwave project

The End of Electronics, self-titled, Russia, Serpien Records, CD (2018) Impressively named act The End of Electronics is a one-man

03/05/2019 nausika

Have Robot Dog, Will Travel … striving to describe the difficulties of the human condition in an age of technology and technocratic values

Stephanie Pan, Have Robot Dog, Will Travel – A Song Cycle for the Technological Age, Netherlands, ARTEk, ART004 CD (2018)

25/04/2019 Ed Pinsent

Melody Laughter

Montague Armstrong’s Hammond Hits (LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDINGS LOR115) tape is about the least typical release yet heard on Sanderson’s Linear

19/03/2019 nausika

Chariot Rising: an ordinary psychedelic pop album with a few gems

Dantalian’s Chariot, Chariot Rising, United Kingdom, Wooden Hill, WHCD005 (1996, originally recorded 1967) Surprisingly the only album by this short-lived