Johan Tronestam: Towards the Stars
Looking up at celestial bodies from the ground, Man has always been struck by their mystery and complexity. He has imagined patterns among the stars, as projections of his terrestrial…
Looking up at celestial bodies from the ground, Man has always been struck by their mystery and complexity. He has imagined patterns among the stars, as projections of his terrestrial…
It’s the battle of the Visages: Steve Strange has pulled together a new album under the monicker, but band cofounder and DJ Rusty Egan disputes its authenticity as a Visage…
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…
Machinista is a Swedish duo, formed by former members from two of the country’s best-known alternative groups: John Lindqwister (formerly of Cat R—- Dog) and Richard Flow (formerly of Vision…
Television is a common reference point for electronic music. Mute Records’ Daniel Miller’s early projects often made critical points about its influence (for example, T.V.O.D. by The Normal or TV…
One of the risks of taking your name from an Anthony Burgess novel is that others have the same idea. There were several Heaven 17s, for example, and at least…
Stockholm-based synth enthusiast Jonas Sjöström draws out excellent sounds from his collection of Prophets and has an enviable ear for pop melodies.
Dreamy, hook-laden pop from Julian & Marina, that would not be out of place on a Pet Shop Boys album. They’ll get tired of being told that; but, so long…
Johan Tronestam lives on Åland, an autonomous group of islands in the Baltic Sea inhabited by a Swedish-speaking population but politically part of Finland. Perhaps the experience of living on…
Three young guys from a small city in Canada got together in the early 1980s, inspired by their love of Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, The Normal and Fad Gadget, to create…