Matthias Zimmermann drops the atmospheric Kontakt EP
It's 1983 again, but better. Matthias Zimmermann evokes the spirit of classic synthpop post-punk post-disco and all around melodic music on Kontakt, his new EP on Back Office.
Ethereal_Interface is releasing an album for cassette & VHS tape
Dream_Logs is a music and video collaboration from Modal_Plane and Sara Goodman debuting on cassette tape, VHS cassette and a chapbook.
#StayHomeDisco – DJs Under Lockdown
5 Mag is launching a new project to help hold our community together and feed our souls with good music. DJ sets every day, several times per day.
Review: Kai Alce Remixes Alexander Robotnick’s “You Have Time”
Kai Alce takes on Robotnick and Robotnick takes on the zeitgeist on this new remix/reissue vinyl from Adeen.
#ListenUp Hear the Opening Track from Andrew Emil’s New Change Request Album
Desolate Diligence leads off the 10 track RiteOnRed from Change Request aka Andrew Emil, out on Dufflebag Recordings July 19.
Naked Lunch & Other Bands They Never Play On The Radio
Songs too weird to make it on classic rock radio with '80s synth pop cult band Naked Lunch.
Rediscovering Trees, the Best ’80s Synth Band You Never Heard Of
Dane Conover was San Diego's answer to Prince. Working nearly alone and playing everything himself his album Sleep Convention as "Trees" is a synthpop masterpiece.
Giorgio Moroder is 78 and Just Announced His First Live Tour
One of the most influential musicians in history, Giorgio Moroder will appear with a live band at several dates in 2019. Donna Summer will appear on screen and in sync.
BarbWalters Invites us to a Wonderful Spread of Future Funk
Reconnect by BarbWalters is out now from the always provocative Business Casual.
John Carpenter’s Lost Themes Remixed
Silent Servant, Zola Jesus and Dean Hurley and more have their remixes of maestro John Carpenter's "Lost Themes" pressed to wax.
Carpenter Brut is Swinging Through the US
French electro-synth suspect Carpenter Brut embarks on the US leg of his tour in April featuring dates in LA, Coachella, Chicago and wrapping up in New York in May.
Alexander Robotnick’s Snapshots of a Happy Time – 2.5 Hour Italo Disco Mix
Here's a two and a half hour DJ mix from 2012 of maestro Alexander Robotnick playing Italo Disco classics.
Javarnanda: Classified
Javarnanda is the rare synthwave artist whose appreciation of the past goes further than skin-deep.
Highly Cited: John Carpenter Collects His Movie Themes for Anthology
From Prince of Darkness to Assault on Precinct 13: John Carpenter continues the next act in an incredible career with 13 movie themes, anthologized.
E. Live: Feelin Nervous
Bay Area funk warlock E. Live is casting lightning bolt spells at you on this Star Creature-affiliated 7" single.
Italo Classics by KASSO Get Re-Edited by Jellybean Benitez
An Italo classic, New York and Chicago House staple from Best Record worked over by Jellybean Benitez with a magic that never loses its touch.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Isotype
OMD is far from done, as this choice cut from their LP The Punishment of Luxury illustrates.
Light Speed: Pictures of Voyager 12
Voyager 12 has released tracks going back at least six years, but none so lovely as the electronic sonnets and synthesized lullabies of Pictures.
Listen to Rare Soviet Underground New Wave from the ’80s
Zero: Two demos from cult '80s Soviet Union New Wave band Kofe released by Other Voices.
Review: Matthew Dear in the Gloam on “Modafinil Blues”
Evoking David Bowie & Iggy Pop in Berlin, Modafinil Blues is a milepost on the way to the next Matthew Dear album, painted in surreal colors.
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Beyond Heaven: Discovering the hidden history of Chicago house music
In Beyond Heaven, Mario Luna and publisher Brandon Johnson collect artwork from more than a decade of Chicago house music history, from the early days of legendary pioneers to lost icons of dance music.
