Shine On: Dave Baker
To some people, Dave Baker is that pub pianist who accompanies them on Carpenters and soul sing-alongs at North London venues. To others, he is that DJ with the eclectic…
To some people, Dave Baker is that pub pianist who accompanies them on Carpenters and soul sing-alongs at North London venues. To others, he is that DJ with the eclectic…
Paul Kendall has been moving through British music history since the late 1970s, quietly altering its signal path. He was a member of a post-punk band, Dry Rib, before an…
It is common knowledge that Daniel Miller was inspired by the writings of J.G. Ballard when he came up with the lyrics for “Warm Leatherette.” It is less well known…
Denmark hasn’t produced a lot of electronic artists of note. Nephew established a reputation as “the Danish Depeche Mode” (it seems that every country has one), but they have come…
Synth legends, Erasure, have revealed the reconstruction of their album, World Be Gone. The recording gets a classical makeover by the Belgian Echo Collective. Long-time Erasure collaborator, Gareth Jones, mixed…
Parralox are back with a storming new video for “Aeronaut.” Shot in a seemingly deserted Paris, it shows off the darker side of John von Ahlen’s pop imaginarium. Clad in…
After the brilliance of “Reason,” Erasure’s Violet Flame provides more winter illumination with “Sacred.” The third single from their current album, it’s a spark of elegance, fanned into a trancetastic…
Born in the suburb of South Woodford and raised in Basildon, Vince Clarke could have ended up as a cab driver or worked at Ford’s Essex plant, but instead he…