Electronica

The Rainbow Family

Album

21 May 2007

ELECTRONICA Having a remote Scottish studio hasn’t quite made The Rainbow Family the new Boards of Canada, but their surroundings certainly seem to have given them a more pastoral outlook. Duo Barry Christie (who has worked with Mylo as a member of…

Von Sudenfed

7 May 2007

INDIE ELECTRONICA This first-time collaboration between The Fall’s mouthy frontman, Mark E Smith and German electronic maestros, Mouse on Mars sounds like the imaginary soundtrack to an after-party for the 1990s. Andi Toma and Jan St Werner do a good…

Records - The Black Dog

The Black Dog

27 Mar 2007

ELECTRONICA This double-pack of some of The Black Dog’s most seminal work will have veteran techno-heads the world over salivating with anticipation, or in some cases, cursing. Vinyl pressings of most of these recordings have been changing hands…

Records - Rubens

Rubens

13 Mar 2007

AMBIENT ELECTRONICA It really is a terrible shame to always be likening fresh Scottish electronica to the all-conquering Soma stable, but Rubens possess that same jittery, emotive quality in spades. Christ knows how the title relates to the contents…

Amon Tobin - album review

AMON TOBIN

27 Feb 2007

ELECTRONICA (Ninja Tune) Everything’s going organic these days, from shoes to hats to yoghurt, so it is truly apposite that someone should compose a soundtrack which might reflect such a movement without having to resort to some kind of ugly, if…

Christ. - album review

Christ.

27 Feb 2007

ELECTRONICA (Benbecula) Christ.’s real skill is in his lightness of touch. Deft strokes, swathes, echoes, and pulses give this, his second long playing offering, a playful warmth which of late has been driven from so much electronic music in…

Annie Mac

Mixed Bizness at The Sub Club, Thu 22 Feb

12 Feb 2007

ELECTRONICA According to promoter/DJ Ben Coghill (Mixed Bizness), ‘Annie Mac is the first person in a long time that I have heard on national radio that has made me ‘shoosh’ those in the room. She strikes a perfect balance between pushing exciting…

Singles & Downloads

29 Jan 2007

Singles? Downloads! Seeing as 2007 is the year when MySpace makes it really big, so much so that your mum and dad will be using it to check out that fun new pop act they heard on Jools Holland, let’s celebrate new music. Without wishing to bark in your…

Various - Tronic: New Wave of Electronic Sounds - album review

Various

29 Jan 2007

ECLECTIC TECH A compilation featuring artists tied to Glasgow’s show-and-tell tech club of the same name, Tronic Volume 1 is an earnest endeavour championing a host of local electronic projects, but also proving more than just a little bit dull.

Marcia Blaine School for Girls

Kinky Afro at the Sub Club, Glasgow, Fri 26 Jan

12 Jan 2007

ELECTRONICA Glasgow’s electronic trio Marcia Blaine School for Girls (yes, the name is based on the fictional educational establishment of the 1960s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie) are gearing up to launch their new album Halfway into the Woods…

Quinn

3 Jan 2007

A beguiling mixture of indie, jazz rhythms and electronica, Quinn are essentially Louise Quinn on guitar and vocals and Bal Cooke on drums and computer. Quinn’s vocals make even the most downbeat trip hop tracks enticing. The duo have just recorded…

Si Begg

3 Jan 2007

One of the most eclectic minds in electronica, Si Begg brings his unique brand of techno to Inner City Acid. From hard and brutal to esoteric and expansive, Begg has never felt comfortable unless he’s looking for new stimuli, as born out in his…

Various - Soma Compilation 2006 - album review

Various

11 Dec 2006

ELECTRONICA If weird soundscapes, which fall somewhere in between the territory of ambient, glitch and trance, are your thing, you’ll be very pleased with this latest Soma compilation. Unless you’re baked on a weird cocktail of theoretical drugs in a…

Bamboo's Fourth Birthday

Bamboo, Glasgow, Sat 25 Nov

11 Nov 2006

HOUSE/SOUL/ELECTRO/INDIE In November 2002 Bamboo opened its doors for the first time. Four years on it celebrates its birthday with a night hosted by the people that made it what it is, residents, the Bamboo All Stars. When Bamboo first opened its…

Squarepusher - the album

Squarepusher

2 Oct 2006

ELECTRONICA Such are Tom Jenkinson’s skills that he is the kind of muso who can impress stoic Aphex Twin dedicates as readily as famous fans of his bass guitar skills like Flea. For ten albums now he has been carving out some truly single minded…