Isinvisible

The world of modular synths is a pretty vast and amazing one. You see this wall of circuits, knobs, and wires towering as the multi-colored wires dangle down into a board. Lights buzz and blink as if this machine is retrieving messages from the Great Beyond. Perhaps alien life are sending an S.O.S. from a […]

Exit…Stage Froese

I don’t think there’s any other band that was as prolific as Tangerine Dream. In the 70s and 80s they were dropping albums once or twice a year. Once they started doing film scores that rate of creativity and productivity increased even more. Edgar Froese and whomever was in the band with him at the […]

Jaki’s Groove

It feels a little disingenuous of me to sit here and wax ecstatic about an artist I don’t really know that much about. In fact, my knowledge only covers three albums he played on. And those three albums have only been rummaging around in my head for the past 6 years or so. I admit […]

LNZNDRF : LNZNDRF

Once in a great while a record comes out and completely catches me off guard. Sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. With the debut record of LNZNDRF it’s definitely for the better. It’s one of those debuts that comes out of the gate and grabs you instantly. Part euro pop, part Krautrock […]

“It’s More Fun To Compute”: Kraftwerk’s Computer Odyssey

In honor of Kraftwerk’s snubbing by those Rock and Roll Hall of Lamers, I thought I’d say a few words about my favorite album by some of my favorite Krautrockers, Computer World. I love it. It’s great. Okay, I’ll say a few more words. The first record I ever bought of Kraftwerk’s was Trans Europe […]