FEMMEPOP’s 2019 ‘London’ EP surprised as an all instrumental affair, while her most recent single was an electronic reworking of the mid-19th Century murder ballad ‘Tom Dooley’.
With her avant aspirations, she returns to instrumental-based work with the engaging EDM flavoured ‘Tief’; meaning “deep” in German and with prominent arpeggios, it has precision in production. Continue Reading ›
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The delightful Berlin based Nordic duo ULTRAFLEX are back and this time, they want you to ‘Relax’!
Kari Jahnsen and Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir had made music under their respective solo monikers of FARAO and SPECIAL-K. But they came together as ULTRAFLEX in 2020 for a sexy sport and fitness inspired disco debut ‘Visions Of Ultraflex’ as they felt “the need to stop being miserable and do something fun for a change.” For their glittering new single ‘Relax’, the playful pair turn to ASMR for inspiration. Continue Reading ›
“Love not war, art not invasion, inspiration not fear” is the message of ‘Same River Twice’, the sixth single by SNS SENSATION, the ice cool minimal Italo-influenced project of Sebastian Muravchik who is best known as the charismatic front man of HEARTBREAK who have shared stages with THE PRESETS, LA ROUX, LITTLE BOOTS, ITALOCONNECTION and BLANCMANGE.
He chatted about the more cerebral philosophical approach to the genesis of ‘Same River Twice’, both aurally and visually… Continue Reading ›
Valerie Renay, one-time frontwoman of NOBLESSE OBLIGE has recorded an icy synth laden cover of SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES’ ‘Christine’.
No stranger to drastically reworked covers, with NOBLESSE OBLIGE, Renay recorded a stark funereal cover of THE EAGLES’ ‘Hotel California’ in 2013. Laced with layers of string machine, her downtempo take on ‘Christine’ comes from an upcoming Siouxsie tribute album entitled ‘Icon’. Continue Reading ›
From his home in New York, Zachery Allan Starkey presented a gritty reality on his 2020 album 'Fear City' with observations on the Covid crisis and the rise of the extreme right around the world but in the USA in particular.
It was a product of the times and its title track in collaboration with Bernard Sumner of NEW ORDER captured an appropriate dystopian tension. With an expanded physical edition of ‘Fear City’ on the way, Zachery Allan Starkey has released a new single ‘Solitaire’ to bring the narrative of the album into an equally uncertain 2022. Continue Reading ›
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