Here comes sickness
Posted: 27/01/2013 Filed under: Music | Tags: Can, Diana Horrorshow, James Chance, Lydia Lunch, Manflu, Sasha Grey, Wizard 2 Comments
The band are Manflu and the track is “Wizard”. They’re based in London, but the five members of Manflu are from five different countries – Kazakhstan, Japan, France, the US and the UK. They share a liking for Can, they’ve played with Lydia Lunch, and another of their songs is called “James Chance”. They’ve also got one about about porno queen Sasha Grey. They’re not a totally new band (they’ve been around since 2009 and “Wizard” first appeared as the lead cut on their second EP, which they released in 2011), but this video is straight out of the box. Directed by Diana Horrorshow, it was uploaded to YouTube a few days ago and has been viewed by just a couple of thousand people so far. Be the first on your block and all that.
Electronic magazine
Posted: 02/08/2012 Filed under: Magazines, Music | Tags: A Guy Called Gerald, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Cabaret Voltaire, Can, Classic Rock, Detroit techno, Devo, Electronic Magazine, Fad Gadget, Future, Gary Numan, Heaven 17, Kraftwerk, Minimal Wave, OMD, Prog, Silver Apples, The Human League, The Normal, Ultravox, Underworld, Yazoo 4 Comments
As you may have noticed – you did notice, didn’t you? – I have neglected my blog for the last few months. It’s because I’ve been stupidly busy putting together a new magazine called Electronic. It’s the Special Secret Project I talked about back in May.
Electronic is now available at WHSmiths and all good newsagents throughout the UK. You can also order it online by clicking here. Underworld are on the cover, as I’m sure you’ve already spotted, and there are also articles on The Human League, Detroit techno, Can, Gary Numan, A Guy Called Gerald, Minimal Wave, Silver Apples and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, plus a superb Kraftwerk interview from 1977. There’s a free CD too, featuring the likes of Cabaret Voltaire, OMD, Heaven 17, Devo, Ultrazox, Fad Gadget, The Normal and Yazoo. The magazine is published by Future (the makers of mags like Classic Rock and Prog) and at the moment we are just putting out a one-off pilot issue, but there will be more if the pilot sells well.
Please click here for the magazine’s Facebook page (and don’t forget to hit the “like” button) and here to follow us on Twitter.
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