Denton-based NITE RISK describe themselves as two pale brunettes from the distant past.
Taking the lead from the British new wave of alternative bands like THE CURE, SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES, THE SISTERS OF MERCY, THE MISSION, GENE LOVES JEZEBEL and FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM that found a huge following in unexpected quarters of the US, NITE RISK recreate that template using synthesizers and drum machines on their debut album ‘Finale’. Continue Reading ›
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Flashback to 1991 and the British BBC TV topical sketch comedy show ‘The Mary Whitehouse Experience’. Featuring young comedians David Baddiel, Rob Newman, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, one of the regular skits was a parody of THE CURE, with Rob Newman playing Robert Smith, performing a cheerful song or nursery rhyme in a forboding gothic rock style. Continue Reading ›
While Karin My has been providing backing vocals or playing cello for acts such as TWICE A MANand MACHINISTA, it was only in 2019 that she stepped out to the front to showcase her traditionally derived electronic songs.
'Silence Amygdala' is her debut solo long player, a part concept album with a narrative based on a long-forgotten diary. Continue Reading ›
Brooklyn-based duo NATION OF LANGUAGE are singer / songwriter Ian Devaney and his wife Aidan Noell on keyboards. Legend has it that NATION OF LANGUAGE came into being when Devaney heard OMD’s ‘Electricity’ in his father’s car for the first time in years, having grown up with it as part of his domestic soundtrack. Continue Reading ›
Formed in 2017, MARVA VON THEO are two classically trained musicians Marva Voulgari and Theo Foinidis based in Athens.
Their self-released debut long player ‘Dream Within A Dream’ came out in 2018 and while there was promise in its dark introspective concept, it was not fully realised. Introducing some more uptempo rhythm structures, MARVA VON THEO have taken more time to produce the follow-up album ‘Afterglow’. Continue Reading ›
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