Tag Archives: techno

10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #104

Enjoy a calming tea ritual, be shaken up out of procrastination in a Tokyo cafe, learn some ancient Irish words that are now used in English, a bittersweet lament to birds by Christopher Tin, endangered mushrooms, acid trance and belated 2023 horoscopes by the internet’s lesser known psychic and much more in edition #104. Nana stays.

Artists & Writers in Their Own Words: Jari Österberg AKA Liuos

Jari Österberg AKA Liuos first became a techno producer in the early 90’s. He became a one-man band with the help of the Amiga 500 computer and produced vast swathes of interesting and experimental techno albums. As years went by, he started to use more hardware and his production started to lean more towards minimalistContinue reading “Artists & Writers in Their Own Words: Jari Österberg AKA Liuos”

Artists & Writers in Their Own Words: Evaldas Azbukauskas AKA Giriu Dvasios

Evaldas Azbukauskas AKA Giriu Dvasios makes completely unique and haunting music that ranges through different terrains of dub techno, ambient, techno, Lithuanian folk and much more. His genre-shuffling music was too unusual to be noticed by other record labels, so ten years ago he created his own label and ever since then has been championingContinue reading “Artists & Writers in Their Own Words: Evaldas Azbukauskas AKA Giriu Dvasios”

Awesome low-fi / house / ambient / psychedelic artists from New Zealand

Skip to the end for an amazing playlist of these artists on Youtube Aldous Harding From Christchurch, Aldous Harding is known throughout the world for her strange, unnerving stage presence and her delicate and yet raw brand of folk. She’s quite enigmatic and unlike any other artist. You may take a while to warm toContinue reading “Awesome low-fi / house / ambient / psychedelic artists from New Zealand”

Six of the best electronic and experimental channels on YouTube

Six of the best electronic and experimental channels on YouTube

Words and Music: Dave Clarke’s World Service & Shanghai

I wrote this poem because I came across an album I hadn’t heard in years, it reminded me so much of Shanghai where I lived briefly as a teenager that I had this all rush into my head and I needed to get it out. So here is a memory purge of my time inContinue reading “Words and Music: Dave Clarke’s World Service & Shanghai”

Music Review: Hidden Spheres by Beachy

Over the coming weeks I will share an eclectic lucky dip of music that I discovered and loved via subreddit /r/listentothis, Here is no.7 on the jukebox, from the Lobster Theremin label it’s producer Hidden Sphere’s single Beachy.  Imagine silky sunsets and waving palms, rollerblades and a real 90’s acid house/ chicago house bar vibes.Continue reading “Music Review: Hidden Spheres by Beachy”

Music Review U by DJ Seinfeld

Over the coming weeks I will share an eclectic lucky dip of music that I discovered and loved via subreddit /r/listentothis, Here is no.6 on the jukebox, DJ Seinfeld’s detroit house/acid house has a fierce AF bass that tore the roof off my house and entered my soul.  A beautiful and banging floor filler ofContinue reading “Music Review U by DJ Seinfeld”

Every Picture Tells A Story: When Depeche Mode met Derrick May in Detroit in 1989

In 1989, Depeche Mode came to Detroit to hang out with Derrick May and Juan Atkins. The two early techno pioneers had been mixing the band’s songs into their sets at clubs in Detroit like the Music Institute. So Depeche Mode’s David Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher ventured from Essex in the UK toContinue reading “Every Picture Tells A Story: When Depeche Mode met Derrick May in Detroit in 1989”