Interviews

Inspired as much by the analogue sounds of old synthesizers as the soundworlds of prolific and successful electronic music composers like Jean-Michel Jarre and (older) Kraftwerk, Niklas Karlsson, aka Niels Gordon, thrust himself onto the electronic music scene about ten years ago. After an epiphany at a Jeans Team gig in Gothenburg, a band reputed for playing electronic music live, …

Originating from the small city of Hamm not far from Dortmund in Germany, Giant Rooks is one of the most promising young bands in indie rock music in a long time. The indie pop five-piece already began to blow up with their 2017 EP New Estate, an anthemic EP of nothing but standout tracks, and the band has ever since …

In one of the leading DJ magazines, an article on the “return of electro” last year claims that long-time advocates of the techno scene, including DJ’s as Nina Kraviz and Helena Hauff, are finding increasingly widespread success combining techno and electro with the “industrial clatter” of electronic body music, and continues to blabber about the originality of such a mix. …

With concerts, festivals, events and more being postponed and cancelled, musicians and artists have expressed how the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted their income. But pandemic rules and regulations have been unequal and unfair, treating culture and other commercial activities differently, and to speak up about these inequalities requires a person like Sibille Attar. From the day we first discovered …

Eleven years ago at Bodyfest in Stockholm with major headliner Front 242 and an exciting comeback by Swedish EBM giants Pouppée Fabrikk, Falkenberg’s pride and glory in the scene, Spark! played yet another minor support slot. But hard work and frequently playing across Europe would change that. Fast forward eleven years and Spark! has skyrocketed and become one of the …

The swirling guitars, woozy harmonies, and soaring choruses of the short-lived 90s shoegaze scene returned a few years ago. Legendary bands like Ride, Slowdive, Swervedriver and The Jesus and Mary Chain returned to the scene with comeback tours and new records more than two decades after its peak, and a wave of young bands in thrall to the sound of …