Liverpool’s Electronic Music Event Returns… The Silicon Dreams festival has been a semi-regular event on the synth-pop-lovers calendar for almost two decades now. Originally a small retro-computing/synth-pop crossover celebration, it’s grown over the years, shedding the 8-bit to concentrate on … Read More
By the turn of the 21st century, synth-pop as a genre was on life-support. Pioneering bands like The Human League and Pet Shop Boys were still in action (and releasing some of their finest ever work) but a mass audience … Read More
Retro-amped chipper tunes… For fans of the Vince Clarke-ian style of synth-pop, a new album from Northern Kind will always be an event. Indeed, the internet-based launch night (dubbed the ‘Antidote to The X-Factor’) pulled in over 11,000 streams on … Read More
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum user manual had this to say on the subject of electronic music: “Because there is only one loudspeaker in the computer you can only play one note at a time, so you are restricted to unharmonized … Read More
Picasso By Night A modern art gallery is not your typical venue for a synth-pop gig, but then Chvrches are not your typical synth-pop band. Unquestionably THE new synth band of the moment, the buzz around this Glasgow three-piece has … Read More
An Evening of Electropop Synthpop and electronic music website The Electricity Club (TEC) hosted their first ever live event at the weekend. Situated on New Oxford Street, The Bowery was the ideal venue for an extended night of English electropop. … Read More