Posts Tagged ‘ synthpop ’

Snow Robots Volume 4 12″ compilation – Suction

Torontonian imprint Suction ressurects their 2001-2003 compilation series Snow Robots with this fourth entry into the sequence. It’s quite a patchwork of eras, including contemporary stewards of the underground electro sound Beau Wanzer and June, synthpop standby Skanfrom (recording here as Civil Defence Programme), old-school industrial acts Digital Poodle (active mid-80s to mid-90s) and Ceramic Hello (1980), alongside [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Inhalt – Occupations EP 12″ – Dark Entries

Matia Simovich, Philip Winiger and Bryan Gibbs make up the San Francisco based synthpop band Inhalt. Occupations is the group’s sophomore EP on Josh Cheon’s label, Dark Entries. Though Inhalt favors sonic fidelity over nostalgia, various influences can be heard throughout. The record is speckled with touches of new wave a la Depeche Mode, Gary [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Chicago Shags – Ponderosa 12″ – M>O>S

In what must be at least the third or fourth wave for Legowelt, he’s come back again with an insanely prolific couple years in 2011 and 2012. After his initial rush with Bunker in 2000 with Pimpshifter, a follow-up to a half-decade of buildup via CDRs and cassette releases, he re-emerged in 2002 with the [&hellip[ READ MORE ]

Michael Perkins – Mr 666 12″ – Ghost Arcade

  • October 4th, 2011
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Michael Perkins and his friends Dan Juggle, Mike Broers, and their friends Roland Juno, Roland Jupiter, Akai, Moog, Korg MS-20, Oberheim SEM, Sequential Circuits and the whole gang apparently got together to put together this John Carpenter-styled super-atmospheric, redolent set of recordings. It comes off as a fully-realized mini-album, with memorable melodies like the carefully [&hellip[ READ MORE ]