More than just a band, VISAGE became the ultimate studio collective, drawing talents from the ranks of MAGAZINE and ULTRAVOX to create a blueprint for the decade to come.
ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK presents a synthcentric guide to the extended axis of the ultimate New Romantic ensemble. Continue Reading ›
In a modern musical landscape saturated with clinical digital perfection and sterile VST presets, there is something wonderfully rebellious about a return to the tactile warmth of vintage circuitry.
Enter OH! Their 16-track debut album ‘We Come In Peace’ was made with a strict philosophy of “no VSTs, no software samples”. Continue Reading ›
Having found an old cassette of a DURAN DURAN concert from 1979 at home, Stephen Duffy began reminiscing with Rhodes and suggested re-recording some of those original pre-Le Bon DURAN DURAN songs.
Settling on the name THE DEVILS to avoid confusion and give the project its own identity, the duo set themselves some rules… Continue Reading ›
The original line-up of THE MODERN unexpectedly reunited and played a special intimate show to friends and fans at Fiction Studios.
The nucleus of front woman Emma Cooke, with Nathan Cooper and Chi Tudor-Hart on vocals and synths were all present and correct. This live reunion coincided with the release of a 10 track vinyl LP edition of ‘Life In A Modern World’, its first availability in that format. Continue Reading ›
Michael Oakley’s own summary for his recently released third album ‘Prologue’ is to “Imagine what DEPECHE MODE’s ‘Violator’ album would have sounded like if it was produced by Trevor Horn”.
ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK chatted to Michael Oakley about his new beginning in the making of ‘Prologue’ and his own views about how synthwave is or isn’t evolving… Continue Reading ›
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