Fad Gadget – Feature from Whatever You Want
We are immense fans of Fad Gadget/Frank Tovey here at Cold War Night Life, so finding this treasure from 1982 is a source of great happiness. The clip is from…
We are immense fans of Fad Gadget/Frank Tovey here at Cold War Night Life, so finding this treasure from 1982 is a source of great happiness. The clip is from…
Sweden’s Train to Spain were one of the very first bands to appear in Cold War Night Life. They were also first up on stage at our event, “An Evening…
Thirty years ago this week, Psyche released their debut album, Insomnia Theatre. The record was significant on several grounds: it was one of the first North American dark electro recordings;…
Martin Gore has taken time out from Depeche Mode to release solo recordings before, as well as an album of techno made with Vince Clarke, but the emphasis has been…
John Fryer, the legendary producer and engineer, has many balls in the air at the same time. We recently highlighted Silver Ghost Shimmer, a collaboration with Pinky Turzo that hit…
In 2003, Echoboy played the Montreux Jazz Festival. Their set opened with this classic track, from Volume 2 (Mute), with a dedication to Joe Meek. The proceedings were captured by…
Six degrees of Trevor Horn: Horn was once told by Africa Bambaataa that his favourite song was by The Guess Who; Randy Bachman was in The Guess Who; Bachman ran…
Frank Tovey made art ahead of its time but didn’t stay long enough to see the world catch up to it. As Fad Gadget, his gadfly alter ego, Tovey came…
Silver Ghost Shimmer, the project of legendary producer John Fryer and singer Pinky Turzo, has taken the veil off their second video release, “She Keeps Me Hoping.” Filmed in Prague,…