Electronic Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

We Were The Robots: Daft Punk, RIP

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Daft Punk, Discovery, France, Homework, Nile Rodgers, Paris, Pharrell Williams, Random Access Memories, RIP, Stevie Wonder, The KLF

Some personal notes on the French Touch icons

Electronic New Wave Soundtracks and Film Scores

ALBUMS: Every Day Is Halloween

February 5, 2021February 11, 2021 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2021, John Carpenter, John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, Lost Themes, Lost Themes II, Sacred Bones Records

John Carpenter’s Best Sequel Yet – Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Electronic

SOPHIE Was the Greatest Sonic Architect of the Last Ten Years

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments EDM, Elektron Monomachine, IDM, Prince, RIP, SOPHIE

The groundbreaking electronic musician was 34 when Chaos Theory took her life

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WATCH: 8 Men Out

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 8 Men, David Johansen, Hennessey, Jesse Malin, Leah Hennessey, New York Dolls, Velvet Elk Records

Second generation rocker Leah Hennessey calls out the 1% of the 1% in searing new video

Dance Electronic Experimental

ALBUMS: Martin Gore Isn’t Monkeying Around on New EP

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2021, Capuchin, Howler, Howler’s End, Mandrill, Martin Gore, Mute Records, The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, The Third Chimpanzee, Vervet

The Third Chimpanzee finds the Depeche Mode guitarist and songwriter diving deeper into his experimental side

Art Pop Electronic

Life Before Autobahn: Kraftwerk’s Chaotic Debut Turns 50

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970, 50th anniversary, Andreas Hohmann, Florian Schneider, Klaus Dinger, Kraftwerk, Ralf Hütter

Ralf and Florian’s first LP has been out of print for decades. That’s a crime.

Electronic

ALBUMS: The Avalanches Never Left You

December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment Blood Orange, Jamie xx, Johnny Marr, Kurt Vile, Leon Bridges, MGMT, Neneh Cherry, Perry Farrell, The Avalanches, Tricky, We Will Always Love You

It only took four years for the Melbourne duo to conspire their guest-packed third LP

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Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

Electronic Hip Hop

ALBUMS: Seismic Beat Science

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Lily Moayeri 1 Comment 2020, Geoff Barrow, Heavy Tremors, Quakers, Quakers II: The Next Wave, Stones Throw, Stuart Matthews, Supa K

The guest-stacked second Quakers LP is a showcase for their most overlooked architect

Classical Electronic Experimental Remembrance

Remembering Harold Budd

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments ambient, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Lanois, Harold Budd, RIP, Robin Guthrie

Celebrating the life and music of a Great American Composer

Alternative Rock Electronic Experimental

Sound and Vision: Radiohead’s Kid A and the 21st Century

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 2000, Capitol Records, Colin Greenwood, Hatchette Books, Jonny Greenwood, Kid A, Phil Selway, Radiohead, Steven Hyden, This Isn't Happening: Radiohead’s Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century, Thom Yorke, Y2K

In his new book, music journalist Steven Hyden reckons with the English band’s millennial masterpiece for its 20th anniversary

Alternative Rock Electronic Industrial

Hallo Spaceboy: David Bowie’s Outside at 25

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1. Outside (The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hypercycle), 1995, 25th Anniversary, Aladdin Sane, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Iman, Nathan Adler, Space Oddity, The Heart's Filthy Lesson, Trent Reznor, Young Americans, Ziggy Stardust

Brian Eno and The Duke delve into The Nathan Adler Diaries for their most adventurous collaboration

Alternative Rock Electronic

“The Guy With The Best Nads Gets His Armpit Licked” – Whale’s We Care celebrates 25 Years

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Beck, Curve, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, MTV, Suede, Tricky, We Care, Whale

Diving deeper than “Slobo Babe” with Sweden’s infectious, obnoxious concoction

Electronic jazz Soul

Good Co: Seattle’s Finest Party Band Keeps Swingin’ While Sheltered

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Duke Ellington, Electro-Swing, Good Co, Quarantine, Seattle

America’s best Electro-Swing band keeps expanding its musical horizons on fourth album, So Pretty

Electronic jazz

Jon Hassell: The Rock & Roll Globe Interview

July 30, 2020August 1, 2020 Jason Gross 1 Comment 2020, Brian Eno, Fourth World, Jon Hassell, NDYEA, Seeing Through Sound: Penimento Music Vokume Two

The electronic jazz icon seeks volunteers for his latest sensory experiment (a/k/a new album)

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