In The Mode For Rock

December, 31, 2009 / 0 comments

There aren’t many bands who released a greatest hits album a quarter of a century ago and are still improving. Depeche Mode were brilliant when they shuffled around behind their synths looking embarrassed on Top…

Watch BBC Documentary Synth Britannia Online Now

November, 17, 2009 / 0 comments

Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including the Human League,…

Synth Britannia On BBC Four, October 16th

October, 6, 2009 / 0 comments

In the late seventies small pockets of electronic artists such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle were inspired by Kraftwerk and J G Ballard to dream of the sound of the future…