ALU s inception as descendants of the psychedelic group SAND, founded by Ludwig Papenberg and Johannes Vester, comes in 1980. Their first single 'Bitte Warten Sie!' appears on their own label ' Der Letzte Schrei! ' in 1981. Even on these early recordings, the project s sonic orientation is discernible...

"The vision and the dream It 'only' took TWINS NATALIA five years to complete their debut album, but to them it just had to be perfect in every aspect, from each sound, note and word to each and every pixel, and quality needs time, trying to create the perfect electro pop record. In 2008, TWINS NATALIA...

The damn "Movida" ... The best that can be said of that phenomenon is that it was the starting point and the trigger of something else, of that movement that garnered not fame but was far more interesting musically and intellectually, although the glow of glamor went to the fatuous flames of superficiality....

Some visionaries endeavoured to show us, in a display of perseverance, what the future would be like. From the margins, they opened the doors to electronic music, embracing melody and a rhythmic and danceable structure. At the dawn of synth pop, an army of machines was ready to inflict a strange defeat...

In the early '80s, futuristic music existed that triumphantly anticipated another musical era for a number of groups that worked on alternative circuits in Spain. Tradition, trajectory and future: these three words sum up a movement that was castrated at birth and sought to bring plurality and nuance...

Hula were founded in Sheffield in 1981. Three members (Mark Albrow, Alan Fish and Ron Wright) lived with Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire) and Paul Widger (They must be Russians, Clock DVA, the Box) in a villa called Hula Kula. After trying the bass players Alan Watt and Chris Brain (Tense, NOS) Hula...

Norma Loy's UsherSan, who occasionally released music under different monikers, left important traces in my music collection. Of course, because you really must be completely devoid of a heart not to love Norma Loy and the brilliant DZ Lectric and Anthon Shield album Lickin, just to name two, not to...

Double CD set from cult Manchester electronic music pioneer Eric Random, best known for his early recordings for New Hormones and Les Disques du Crépuscule, and collaborations with Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks), Cabaret Voltaire and Nico. As an original member of The Tiller Boys with Shelley, Random injected...

Reissue of two exquisite 80s cassettes on "Insane" comprising live and studio outtakes by Pseudo Code. I remember those releases well at the time of release back in 1984 & 1986, surprised to discover how many quality tracks had yet remained unpublished after their demise in 1982. Very proud now to...

This expanded edition of compilation album B9 offers a comprehensive overview of post-punk and cold wave music produced in Belgium between 1979 and 1983. Originally issued by Sandwich Records in May 1981, B9 featured ten exclusive tracks by a diverse range of electronic and underground artists including...

Sowas von egal is a collaboration between the Hamburg record label Bureau B and the Hamburg party series Damaged Goods. The divergent trajectories of a record company on the one hand and DJs on the other are happily aligned through a love and passion for seeking out, collecting, releasing and playing...

Konstruktivists was formed by Glenn Michael Wallis in 1982 out of the ashes of Heute, a kraut rock influenced trio using electronics as well as conventional guitars and bass. Around this time - in the late 70's/early 80's Glenn Michael Wallis was heavily involved with Throbbing Gristle, the U.K. pioneers...