An Introduction to Swedish Synth
It is impossible to talk about pop in Sweden without a nod to the quartet who conquered the world from Polar Studios. Long before syntare was a word, Benny Andersson…
It is impossible to talk about pop in Sweden without a nod to the quartet who conquered the world from Polar Studios. Long before syntare was a word, Benny Andersson…
Billy Bragg’s “Help Save the Youth of America” was written under the threat of nuclear Armageddon, at a time when Ronald Reagan was threatening the security of countries all over…
Eddie Bengtsson is rightly called the Swedish Vince Clarke. The poptronica specialist holds his own in a roll-call of synth masters, alongside Clarke, Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware and John Foxx,…
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 fewer…