Loux are an electro-pop three piece, featuring guitar, drums, electronics and vocals and are currently based in Leeds, UK. The band quickly built a following after playing Blue Dot Festival in 2017, Loux will be playing a number of shows in 2018 around the UK, as well as continuing their
Alternative / electro / electro pop / Leeds / Long Division Festival / Loux / Pop / United Kingdom
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Grails are an experimental-rock band hailing from Portland, Oregon. Initially forming as a ‘no-strings-attached’ side-project, Grails soon gained notoriety after the release of their mind-bending, introductory LP The Burden of Hope in 2003 via Neurot Recordings (Neurosis, Tribes of Neurot) and have triumphed in mystery and
Alex Hall / Eastern / Grails / Instrumental / Interview / Oregon / Portland / Post-Rock / Psychedelic / Temporary Residence Ltd / World
Interview by Shannon Lawlor German-born, now London-based synthstress NINA has been a spinning-cog and adhesive bond in the ever-growing Synthwave community since it’s hazy, nostalgia-fuelled inception. As well as heading her own innovative imprint Aztec Records, a label built around progressing the synthwave/synthpop scenes into the neon-lit giants it is
Aztec Records / Berlin / compilation / Dream-Pop / Electronic / Interview / London / NINA / Pure Synthwave Vol.1 / Synth / Synthpop / Synthwave
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Steph Thompson, aka Steffaloo is a musician, collaborator and vocalist currently based in Los Angeles, USA. Since 2010, Steffaloo has had the opportunity to work with, and lend her intricately delicate voice to some of the most forward thinking electronic producers of our generation, such as
Chillwave / DXFXWXU Collective / Electronic / experimental / IDM / Indie / Interview / Los Angeles / Mush Records / Steffaloo / Steph Thompson / Sun Glitters
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Futurecop! – Manchester-based cinematic, dream-synth inspired electronic project led my musicians and producers Manzur Iqbal and Peter Carrol have graced the ever-growing synthwave community since 2005, bringing their own new-wave daydream-drenched brand of nostalgic pop to higher grounds, touring extensively and releasing grail after grail. Beyond
Dream-Pop / Electronic / Futurecop / Interview / Manchester / Pure Synthwave / Synthpop / United Kingdom
Interview by Shannon Lawlor George Dervenagas, better known as VHS Dreams, is an electronic producer currently based in Hartlepool, United Kingdom. The retro-futuristic ethos of Dervenagas’ understated love-affair for eighties-and-nineties electronic music scenes has VHS Dreams– his aptly nostalgic-inducing recording moniker, into the visionary, cast of glowing and upbeat resonance it
Aztec Records / compilation / Dance / Electronic / electronica / NINA / Synthwave / United Kingdom / VHS Dreams
Koto Kill, the new collaborative project of British DJ and producer Gabriel Ralls. As part of Plastique, Gabriel released two albums (Plastique and #SocialScar), as well as a string of singles and videos, garnering support from the likes of BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson, Music Week and Stereoboard. The London
Dystopian Disco / electro / Electronic / Electronic Rock / Interview / Koto Kill / London / Plastique / United Kingdom
Interview by Shannon Lawlor Theo Le Vigoureux, better known as Fakear is a French electronic producer and rising beam in a faded cosmos. At the ripe age of just 24, Fakear had already toured extensively, showcasing his mesmerising brand of glow-electro from London to Tokyo to New Zealand, supporting influential
Chillwave / Counter Records / Electronic / Fakear / France / IDM / Interview / Paris
Luvian is an electronic producer and musician hailing from North England’s Yorkshire Dales. Mixing lush, organic soundscapes together with electronic bleeps and colourful vocal tones wherever necessary, Luvian’s rich and atmospheric sound has stood out in the vast sea of potential, with numerous singles and remixes for the likes of
Amber / Chill Wave / Electronic / Interview / Jack Hawitt / Luvian / Ultra Records / United Kingdom
Swiss experimental-pop artist and harp-extraordinaire Linda Vogel began learning to play the harp as early as age six, thus prompting her to show interest in opera and singing. After studying classical music, and exploring her true calling, it was then time to gracefully transform her experimental leanings into her own
