Eddie Bengtsson

Page Reissue Glad

Page, the Swedish poptronica pioneers, have reissued their 1995 album, Glad [EN: Happy]. Originally released exclusively on CD, the new version of Glad comes in both vinyl and CD formats;…

Read more

We Are All Kloner

Page, the Swedish poptronica pioneers, have unwrapped the first single from their forthcoming album. “Kloner” [EN: “Clones”] isn’t a cover of the Alice Cooper song but it does have the…

Read more

Summer with ‘tronica

Sweden’s premier music event, Electronic Summer, is no more. It ended with a blast of futurepop from Rotersand, but the three day event packed in performances from Kebu, Portion Control…

Read more

Shine On: Eddie Bengtsson

Eddie Bengtsson is rightly called the Swedish Vince Clarke. The poptronica specialist holds his own in a roll-call of synth masters, alongside Clarke, Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware and John Foxx,…

Read more

Page Don’t Quit

Page are Sweden’s original poptronica band. Founded when Eddie Bengtsson traded in his drum kit for a couple of monophonic synths, Page’s melodic signature has been a key feature of…

Read more

2016: The List

The Curse of 2016 took a lot of artists from us. The year opened with Lemmy’s passing fresh in everyone’s minds, and the roll call of musicians claimed by the…

Read more