ZOS KIA was formed by John Gosling ( MEKON ), John Balance ( COIL ) and Min - with guest Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson ( THROBBING GRISTLE ). Their one and only album, Transparent, was released August 23rd 1983 in a cassette only edition on the now defunct Nekrophile label, Austria. They were the first...

After the success of A Visual And Auditory Reminder Of The Beauty Of Life, Sejas first compilation on vinyl, a second edition was about to be expected soon; people keep on asking about it. The combination of well-known and less known, European and overseas, turns this release into a scenic view of...

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....

"Nadanna proudly presents its 4th release, Ultra Arcanum The Silence Inside LP/CD. Ultra Arcanum was formed in November 2013 by Konstandinos Dorlis keyboards and Mark Thirkell vocals . Proof that music transcends physical boundaries - Mark is from the UK and Konstandinos being from Greece, their debut...

... an experimental music duo formed in the UK in 1983, when school friends Clive Weston and Steve Lippert bought some very cheap instruments - a Casio SK-1 and a Casio VL-Tone. They also had a TV nearby and a cheap tape recorder. During the next couple of years they created about 10 tunes. Very very...

"Stefan Bornhorst a.k.a. THE SILICON SCIENTIST is finally back and gives us a first peek into what is to become the third THE SILICON SCIENTIST album "Outside The Night" which, as Stefan told Anna kinda sub rosa, shall be a bit more minimal and pop oriented (but dare Anna say she doubts that Stefan can...

"The Future of Pop Music" THE GAMES were a pioneering three-piece synth-pop outfit, formed in 1980 and consisting of Brendan Coyle (synthesisers, percussion, vocals), Colin Hughes (synthesisers, percussion, organ, vocals) and Steve Knott (synthesisers, guitar, vocals), from Wirral, UK. The same year,...

Synths Versus Me is a duo formed by Vanessa Asbert and Nico Cabañas and based in Lloret de Mar (Spain) yep Benidorm style that is. In the past they had several releases out via Oráculo Records and now have moved onto Mecanica to release a fresh 12 vinyl release: 1987 (which can be ordered now). The...

SUDETEN CRECHE is Mark Warner and Paul Carlin from the UK and probably they need not much presentation. Their minimalistic electropop track Are Kisses are out of Fashion , originally released on the 1982 compilation EP Europe in the Year Zero (which amongst others also featured Yazoo), is widely known...

This is one of the most essential minimal synth wave projects, originally issued in 1980. After that, Stephan Eicher would form the band Grauzone . As a child, particularly with his little brother Martin , Stephan used a multi-track ("made in Eicher" by connecting several cassette machines together)...

Staatsfeinde Dutch synth duo Staatseinde finally releases their debut EP on vinyl after two 7 s on Enfant Terrible they present this 6 track EP stripped down through the years from a band to a duo the sound also changed the songs on this EP are more up-tempo, louder, more beat orientated and also...

About 14 years ago Marc P. Schaffer and Orpheo Weidelt-Baur from SOLITUDE FX met at weekends and started jamming around with their beloved synthesizers. On this first of two volumes in the " Synthesizer Session " series they merely used two Korg Poly-61 and a Roland TR-808, played almost everything by...