Mark Stewart – Stranger
Mark Stewart’s rage is key to the sound of The Pop Group and most of his solo output, but in 1987 he offered a combination of Satie and Tackhead hip-hop…
Mark Stewart’s rage is key to the sound of The Pop Group and most of his solo output, but in 1987 he offered a combination of Satie and Tackhead hip-hop…
It’s been so long since Depeche Mode’s peak hour that it’s a joy to hear another artist pick up the stylistic touches that made them pre-eminent for so long. In…
As one-half of the Gothenburg-based, Yazoo-influenced duo, Alison, Karin Bolin Derne is known for having a vocal presence that can fill clubs and conquer dancefloors. Now, she’s effectively adapted the…
I believe in Father Christmas. I believe in music being coded into holes punched on scrolls, which are wound through hand-cranked music boxes. I believe in divine vocal accompaniments, distortion…
Kord is a firm favourite at CWNL. Sweden’s Johan Sturesson occupies the space between dance and experimental music like few others. In this new release, part of a sonic Advent…
We are all, as Moby pointed out, made of stars; the scattered debris of dead suns, spread across the universe. Aurora Aksnes’ latest track is about the distance between the…
Mankind, Brecht once noted in song, is kept alive by bestial acts. Reading the papers, it is hard to find evidence to the contrary: we have always, it seems, been…
From what we can tell, Sean Barron of Empire State Human has a new project called iEuropean, into which he has pulled Wolfgang Flür (ex-Kraftwerk, Yamo), while tapping Clive Pierce…
There was a time when bands like Lush, Ride and Pale Saints worked feedback into luscious channels, on which the voices of real grrrls and guys would float; clouds of…
John Fryer has a long history making and shaping music. Look on the back of the sleeves of the most important releases from the Mute or 4AD stables from the…