Formally known as HAPPINESS PROJECT, Limoges-based trio H/P released their debut album ‘Remove Or Disable’ in 2008.
With charming girl-boy vocals, stark electronic effects and an array of synthesized melodies, ‘Programma’ brings some appealing warmth and soul into what has often been considered a cold musical form. ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK chatted to all three members of H/P to find out how they achieved it. Continue Reading ›
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Having released the debut FADER album ‘First Light’ in 2017, Neil Arthur and Benge present their third long player ‘Quartz’.
As with previous FADER works, Benge worked alone on the instrumentation at his Memetune Studios complex in Cornwall while Arthur did his lyrics and vocals at his home studio. ‘Quartz’ is an understated artistic statement inspired by incidental atmospheric music used in vintage TV shows. Continue Reading ›
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe first met in an electronics shop in August 1981; a shared love of dance music led them to form PET SHOP BOYS, named after friends who worked in an Ealing pet retailer while also sounding like an English rap group. Bridging the gap between Synth Britannia and Acid House via HI-NRG and Italo disco, PET SHOP BOYS first found success with ‘West End Girls’. Continue Reading ›
Following the retirement of Gary Numan with his spectacular farewell shows at Wembley Arena in April 1981, four of his erstwhile backing band officially went solo under the moniker of DRAMATIS.
RRussell Bell, Denis Haines, Chris Payne and Ced Sharpley toured the skies with the Machine Music pioneer and had been instrumental (pun totally intended) in the success of Numan’s powerful live presentation. Continue Reading ›
With cult French nouveau vague exponents such as MARTIN DUPONT, RUTH, MATHÉMATIQUES MODERNES, ELLI & JACNO, MODERNE, KAS PRODUCT, TAXI GIRL and DEUX all being re-evaluated of late, it is perhaps only natural that their 21st Century successors have been getting attention in their wake.
Once such act are Limoges-based H/P; formally known as HAPPINESS PROJECT. For ‘Programma’, not only have the trio shortened their moniker, they have forgone conventional identities in that CLIENT fashion. Continue Reading ›
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