Dance – Rocknerd

Capsule: Metro Pulse (2022).

3 February, 20233 February, 2023 Audio, Dance, Record 1

Yasutaka Nakata‘s much-anticipated synthwave masterpiece.

Missed Connections: Happy Mondays.

18 January, 202323 July, 2023 Dance, Indie, Opinion 0

I had an epic musical missed connection when I confused the Happy Flowers with the Happy Mondays, and didn’t realize what had happened until thirty-odd years later.

Shelf-reading at Bandcamp: Industrial — Leæther Strip, Metal Heart, Master Boot Record, Pertubator (2022, 2023).

13 January, 202323 July, 2023 Dance, Industrial, Opinion, Record 0

Yeeeeeahhhh that’s the 2nd floor of Slimelight GOOD STUFF, y’all.

Five slabs of listening from 2021.

20 December, 202114 November, 2022 Classical, Dance, Record, Rock, Writing 0

Two are actually from this year!

Records: Slow Down Molasses (2021), Shriekback (1989).

8 July, 202112 July, 2021 Dance, Indie, Pop, Post-Punk, Record 0

Also: the Terminator comedy dick puppet remix technique.

Grum: Deep State (2019).

5 February, 20209 April, 2020 Dance, Record 0

Experientially and holistically, this is a thoroughly enjoyable piece of work of which Grum can be pretty proud of.

Underworld, June 1st, 2019 Sydney Opera House

9 September, 20199 September, 2019 Dance, Live 0

Possibly one of the most iconic progressive house bands of the 1990s, Underworld’s appearance at Sydney’s Vivid light and sound festival was exceptionally appropriate.

Links: Mark E. Smith, keeping Nazis out of punk, have you heard about Napster?

26 April, 2019 Dance, Industry, Links, mp3, Post-Punk 0

Suspended in gaffer.

Cryptorave: Arpanet, M.E.S.H., Amnesia Scanner — Romantso, Athens, Saturday 16 February 2019

9 March, 20199 March, 2019 Dance, Live 0

Excessive quantities of pseudish babble wrapped around a surprisingly good live techno gig.

Lords of Acid: Pretty In Kink (2018).

6 September, 20187 September, 2018 Dance, Industrial, Record 0

Everyone’s familiar with Lords of Acid at a basic level, right? Dark electronic erotica? Techno songs about fucking? It’s all very nineties. Pretty in Kink was released in May 2018 but still puts out the oldschool LoA vibe.

Links: EBM is trendy, managing the Rolling Stones, Swiss modernist post punk, egregious YouTube content filtering.

3 September, 20185 September, 2018 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Rock, Your rights 0

Post-punk albums in the style of 1960s Penguin nonfiction paperbacks.

Links: Why the Rolling Stones suck, “fake artists,” ’80s remixes of current pop, ABBA, Philip Glass and S-Express, YouTube Music.

6 August, 20185 September, 2018 Dance, Links, mp3, Pop, Rock 2

The Rolling Stones piece certainly answers for me the question “why could I never get into this stuff?”

Links: World In Motion, pirates, kids listen to Swans, Irmin Schmidt.

17 June, 2018 Dance, Links, Post-Punk, Prog, Your rights 0

“If there’s one group who can capture the spirit of bitter infighting that typifies being in a World Cup squad …”

Links: Dragon Ball Super mass piracy, origin of the gated reverb snare, the return of illegal raves.

25 March, 2018 Dance, Film, Links, Musician 0

Plus Salman Rushdie’s disco turn, and “Ace Of Spades” played on an actual spade.

Links: Andrew Hickey “Monkee Music,” Paul Morley and Propaganda, Kim Deal, YouTube finances, Bananarama and the legal system.

4 March, 20187 September, 2021 Dance, Indie, Links, Pop 1

There are many legal inaccuracies and errors that Bananarama fall into here. I think it’s important that we address them.

Links: Rasa Didzpetris Davies genius of The Kinks, Milli Vanilli, Arthur Baker, Children of Satoshi.

30 January, 201831 January, 2018 Dance, Links, Pop, R'n'B, Rock 0

Planet Rock. Nicht halt. Raza DIdzpetris is why the Kinks were that good.

Reviews: Phase Fatale, Christian Fitness (2017).

15 January, 201815 January, 2018 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Punk, Record 0

Industrial and 2017 punk.

Links: “Rasputin”, DIY Spotify payola, Thriller, Tommy Keene.

6 December, 2017 Dance, Indie, mp3, Pop, Rocknerd 0

Please forgive my neglect, I love you really.

Reviews: Boy Harsher, Vittorio Di Mango, David Carretta (2016, 2017).

26 October, 201728 October, 2017 Dance, Industrial, Post-Punk, Record 0

From the grey area between techno and industrial.

Reviews: Elektrostaub, The Frozen Autumn, Nervenbeisser (2017).

18 September, 201719 September, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Metal, Record 0

From the review pile, some forthcoming releases from Echozone.

Links: Goldman Sachs is full of it, streaming for DJs, why you can’t blockchain music.

31 August, 201731 August, 2017 Dance, Industry, Links, mp3 0

And PlayMobil Joy Division.

Links: Students are broke, old 78s, bad VR hype.

23 August, 2017 Dance, Drugs, Film, Links, Writing 0

And the Haçienda is still in popular culture. And Makoto Kino.

Reviews: Marsy, HYTS, Dreams Are Like Water (2017).

20 August, 201720 August, 2017 Dance, Goth, Indie, Pop, Record 0

Time to go out looking for interesting new things.

The return of the KLF.

13 August, 201713 August, 2017 Dance 0

All bound for Mu-Mu Land.

Synth links: Detroit techno, old gadgets, TR-08, Alan Vega, making your synthesizer fart.

12 August, 2017 Dance, Musician, Punk 0

The one thing anyone wants from a new synth.

Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content and Deathmøle.

13 July, 2017 Dance, Metal, Record, Writing 0

Jeph Jacques, author of Questionable Content, has a fictional instrumental metal band. And they’re really good.

Links: Declining guitar sales, I Feel Love, tinnitus.

25 June, 201725 June, 2017 Dance, Links, Musician 3

And The Damn Book.

Purple Fog Side: The Discord (2017).

3 June, 20173 June, 2017 Dance, Goth, Industrial, Record 0

A Russian band who call themselves goth and play trancy techno pop on an industrial label.

Links: Studio 54, Rage, The KLF.

2 May, 20172 May, 2017 Dance, Industry, Links, Television 1

And Rocknerd’s wise words on Blockchain reaching a wider audience.

Reviews: Cherry Heaven, Rainboy (2017).

7 April, 20177 April, 2017 Dance, Indie, Record 0

A couple of atmospheric pop collections.