Spanish EBM, late Summer Italo, knowing New Romantic curveballs via Music From Memory, twlight tape loops from Basinski and ambient transmissions from Luke Slater’s Spacestation Ø.
A dark selection that belies the summer period as Flora Pitrolo profiles Delia Derbyshire, Muslimgauze, JFK / The Grey Wolves, Marc Barreca and Xaõ Seffcheque.
Flora Pitrolo details classic NDW, opaque synth ruminations from two US icons, the return of Shinichi Atobe, West Yorkshire industrial grit and cosmic philosophy courtesy of Numero Group.
The reissue trail is picked up once more as Flora Pitrolo highlights the work of Blackest Ever Black, Superior Viaduct, Dark Entries, WéMè’ and more.
Vintage Roman techno, oddball Yugo-wave, exemplary German minimal synth, Milanese Italo and the precursor to Cybotron feature in the latest archival roundup from Flora Pitrolo.
March brought archival treats from Das Ding, Heinrich Dressel, DDS, Dark Entries and The (Hypothetical) Prophets – read on for Flora Pitrolo’s thoughts.
Flora Pitrolo singles out music by Japan’s Yellow Magic Orchestra, Spain’s Finis Africae and Italy’s Liguria region to Glagow via JD Twitch.
Flora Pitrolo goes for a Dip In The Pool with Muslimgauze, Vangelis, François De Roubaix and Soviet disco act Nesmeyana.
A diverse range of archival releases profiled from Hawaiin electro-ritualistic music to sci-fi loveletters Jam City via post modern Philly funk, early Legowelt and Australian wizardry.
October’s curiosities brought Missing Brazilians, Plastice Dance, Colin Potter tapes, Mecánica Popular and the Zeus of NDW.
Flora Pitrolo picks out post-funk adventures from EM Records, unreleased tape experiments via Entr’acte, synth goth masterpieces, Dutch italo-disco and more.
Arc Light Editions, Sacred Summits, Bureau B, Fifth Dimension, and EEs’T Records get full marks as Flora Pitrolo runs through the highlights of August’s archival releases.
Idiosyncratic techno-pop from Mexico, homages to Einstein, further Cold Waves of Colour, Second Layer’s World Of Rubber, and early ’90s techno from Estonia feature as Flora Pitrolo assesses July’s best reissues.
Rare soundtrack work, San Fran synthpunk, unheard Yugo-wave, delicate Dance Mania, and a wild Coil collaboration are the highlights of June’s reissue trail.
This month’s best picks head through downtown New York circa ’83 to admire the earliest Editions Mego offerings, highlights the latest Dark Entries discovery, peeks into the shadows of the American underground and celebrates troubadours for the age of surveillance.
For this month’s column Flora Pitrolo singles out subaquatic electroacoustic music from the 1980s, some must-have Italo from the archives, German and Greek synth wave and Iranian research projects.
Hip hop mixtapes, experimental industrial cassettes from the UK and Italy, cult Leipzig electro and some classic Warp Records all feature in March’s best reissues.
William S. Burroughs cut-ups, Philip Glass horror scores, disintegrated DAT tapes from Ghana, oriental house music and Italo disco reissued this February.
Scott Wilson and James Manning explore Italian library music, ghetto house, new age minimalism and more in this month’s round-up of the best reissues.
Under-appreciated disco, lost Chicago house, meditative electronic compositions and more featured in November’s best reissues.