S.P.O.C.K at Babel, Malmö 24 May 2013 There aren’t many artists who could stretch an act conceived for a friend’s birthday party into a 25-year career in music. Still...
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Machinista is a Swedish duo, formed by former members from two of the country’s best-known alternative groups: John Lindqwister (formerly of Cat R—- Dog) and Richard Flow (formerly of...
Television is a common reference point for electronic music. Mute Records’ Daniel Miller’s early projects often made critical points about its influence (for example, T.V.O.D. by The Normal or...
One of the risks of taking your name from an Anthony Burgess novel is that others have the same idea. There were several Heaven 17s, for example, and at...
Stockholm-based synth enthusiast Jonas Sjöström draws out excellent sounds from his collection of Prophets and has an enviable ear for pop melodies.
Dreamy, hook-laden pop from Julian & Marina, that would not be out of place on a Pet Shop Boys album. They’ll get tired of being told that; but, so...
Johan Tronestam lives on Åland, an autonomous group of islands in the Baltic Sea inhabited by a Swedish-speaking population but politically part of Finland. Perhaps the experience of living...
Three young guys from a small city in Canada got together in the early 1980s, inspired by their love of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, The Normal and Fad Gadget, to...
It means “sorry” in Swedish, but you won’t regret the time spent listening to the latest song from Gothenburg’s Planet R: Förlåt.