Content tagged 'Electronic'

20th anniversary of French electronic duo Air’s debut album, MOON SAFARI. The album remains Air's most renowned release, and is acclaimed by critics and fans globally. It includes the iconic tracks “Sexy Boy,” “Kelly Watch the Stars,” and “La Femme d'Argent.”

This 140-gram vinyl 1LP edition is phosphorescent (glow in the dark) and features the original audio.

35 years ago this month, New Order released their debut album, an LP which would go on to be viewed as one of the best album of the ‘80s. At the time of its release, however, it found the band between a rock and a hard place, trying to move forward while not dismissing the past, which proved to be a very difficult dance indeed. In the wake of Ian Curtis’s suicide in May1980, the members of Joy Division had a decision to make: should they carry on without Curtis and continue using the same name or move forward as an all-new musical entity? In the end, they chose the latter path, renaming themse

27 years ago today, Happy Mondays made their debut on Top of the Pops. It was an interesting turn of events for the Mondays, who – despite having been touring for five years at that point in their career – were extremely anxious about making their debut on a TV series they’d grown up watching. In addition, the Stone Roses were also on the same episode, and the two bands had found themselves in a bit of a rivalry, to the point where the Roses’ manager reportedly warned them to watch their drinks, lest the Mondays try to spike them! According to a piece on SabotageTimes.com , when the two bands

It’s Björk Guðmundsdóttir’s birthday today, but if the possibility of accidentally mispronouncing her last name is causing you dread, it’s okay: most people just refer to her as Bjork, anyway. In celebration, we’ve put together a massive 140-song playlist featuring the albums of both the Sugarcubes and Bjork herself, but we’ve also got a Bjork six-pack for you, so you can get a feel for some of the work that the unique Icelandic songstress has done that’s probably flown under your radar. 1. Kukl, “Songull” (1983) – It’s funny to think that this Icelandic band was actually a super-group of sort