I was very eager to finally see A-ha, and as I have never seen them live before, I really had no clue about how this experience was going to look like, but my expectations were high. At 15 minutes to 9 the lights at the London O2 arena went down and the blue light appeared on the stage; I was almost nervous to see Morten and the guys and hoped to hear some great…
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Another electo-pop surprise comes from Milan, Italy this time and their name is Electrogenic. No wonder they chose that particular name, as they are an electro synth pop act very true to the mentioned genre. You can hear from the start that they are very catchy and melody oriented. They show a great sense for both the beat and the melody, as I would not expect less from an Italian project; Italians are proven…
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I must admit, Hellhumm wasn’t on radar until I got their CD, and of course my curiosity needed to be satisfied. I was interested to get to know their work better, especially since they are a Spanish band. Coming to the third song, I am not so keen of labelling them as EBM, as they lean more towards harsher synth-pop, sticking to a more minimalistic expression. I don’t have so many influential names to…
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March the 14th 2016 was the last day of the Front Line Assembly European tour. I am more than happy to have caught them twice: in Obernhausen, Germany, at E-tropolis festival and at their London gig at The Garage. This was the third time I have seen them live, but you can never get enough of that brilliant band, as they simply cannot leave you disappointed. As I arrived to The Garage pretty late,…
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Held on the 5th of March 2016. at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, E-tropolis festival gathered very current names of the electro scene on two of its stages. Even though we sadly missed the old veterans of EBM scene, Orange Sector, due to their early timing, we arrived just in time to witness the performance of Assemblage 23 in front of the packed hall. Although we are not quite their fans, we noticed that there are…
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1. I am delighted to have the opportunity to interview John von Ahlen, the driving force behind Parralox, the Australian electro-pop project. Although formed in 2008, you were not idle, you released your debut album “Electricity” the very same year. When listening to it, I feel it is influenced by some old school synth pop music, very poppy, vibrant and danceable. How do you feel about it looking back in time? I’m quite happy…
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If this album was named as “The best goth to have come out of Sweden for ages” that might just be a bit of an understatement, as I can’t remember when I have heard such an emotional and truly dark album at all. So not only would I say Sweden, I would go globally here. Miman is something you simply have to have on your playlist, as it is one truly amazing masterpiece, especially…
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What can we expect from someone born in Manchester? I was pleasantly surprised by Jeff Wootton’s debut album that I needed to spread the word. Even though Jeff is fairly young, he played alongside some influential names such as Damon Albarn of Gorillaz, Mick Jones and Paul Simon of The Clash, and not to forget his collaborations with Brian Eno, Nick Zinner and some other names which are too numerous to mention. I was…
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Ok, everyone is writing about music that influenced their lives, so I thought, well, maybe I need to tell my short music history as well. 1. Dead Can Dance – Spleen and Ideal At the age of 14 my brother brought home 2 CDs. Dead Can Dance and Spleen and Ideal by Dead Can Dance. After being The Cure fan up to that point, this was something new for me, but as soon…
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