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Five Fab New Electronic Albums
After a rather slow and mediocre start to the year, some great new electronic albums have finally started to appear. Here’s a quick look at some of my favorites. Digits – Death and... ** This is a...
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Electronic Labels on Spotify: Search New Releases
Here’s an interactive list of my favorite electronic record labels with music on Spotify. Click a link to start a new search on Spotify: it’s a quick and easy way to check what the label... ** This is...
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Spotify for Android Update: Here’s What’s New
The Spotify update for Ice Cream Sandwich came out of preview today – get the update (0.5.0) from the Play store. It’s a huge improvement over the previous released version, so you’ll... ** This is a...
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Spotify on Android: Workarounds for Missing Features
The new Spotify for Android app has been widely praised (not least by me) but there were some features from the previous version that were either dropped completely or hidden away. Fear not though...
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Coldwave and Minimal Synth on Spotify
Coldwave is minimal post-punk analog synth music that’s seen a huge resurgence in the past couple of years. While I knew and loved the likes of Fad Gadget, Hard Corps, Joy Division and The Future, I......
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My Ten Favorite Albums of the 1970s
I was born in 1968 – the year the Beatles released the White Album and White Noise recorded An Electric Storm. On the day of my birth, Mary Hopkin topped the UK charts with Those Were The Days.... **...
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My Ten Favorite Albums of the 1980s
The 1980s is the most important decade for me, musically speaking. It’s when I was a teenager so – as I’m sure is true for you too – music from my teens will always have an extra special... ** This is...
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My Ten Favorite Albums of the 1990s
Most electronic music aficionados think of the 1990s as “the dark ages” after the explosion of electro bands in the 80s. Post acid house, good electronic pop music saw a huge decline in the face of......
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Pansentient Synthpop 2012
Pansentient Synthpop 2012 is a Spotify playlist containing an ever-expanding collection of the best new synthpop and electropop releases from 2012. Featuring over 100 songs from 100 artists, this... **...
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Top 20 Electronic Albums of 2012
2012 has felt very much like a transitional year for electronic (and in particular synthpop) music: the 2nd golden age of synthpop drew to a close, and its former key players took leave to write new......
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New New on Spotify
Just to let you know that I’ve updated the New on Spotify page (which lists new releases added to Spotify over the last 7 days) to include the following countries: Ireland Italy Portugal Poland... **...
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42: SINTHETIC SOURCES for ANALYSIS v1.x
New Spotify playlist! 42: SINTHETIC SOURCES for ANALYSIS v1.x features a range of Favorites In Selected Electronica Sub-Genres, spliced together with brutish determination and saving grace. Contains......
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Favorites of 2013 (Part 1)
Here’s a selection of new albums I’ve been enjoying this year, mostly synthpop but a few others in the mix too. ** This is a content summary only. Visit pansentient.com for full article and Spotify pages!
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More Favorite Albums of 2013
Here’s another selection of great new albums on my Spotify rotation. These dozen or so slabs of prime electronica made the cut and should keep you going for a few weeks! SYNTHPOP BEF... ** This is a...
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Pansentient Synthpop 2013
Pansentient Synthpop 2013 is our latest annual Spotify playlist containing an ever-expanding collection of the best new synthpop and electropop releases of the year. Featuring over 100 songs from... **...
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Five Years of Top 20 Albums
I’ve been posting “Best Albums of the Year” lists for some years now, originally on MySpace then on this site. Feeling all retrospective, I thought I’d put together a quick... ** This is a content...
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Even More Favorite Albums of 2013
While waiting for albums from CHVRCHES, Covenant, Northern Kind, Vile Electrodes, and VNV Nation (all due this year!) here’s another selection of excellent electronica from the past month or... ** This...
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Edinburgh Science Fiction Book Group – 10 Year Anniversary
The Edinburgh Science Fiction Book Group first met 10 years ago this month. Started by Joe Gordon (who now writes the blog for Forbidden Planet but at the time was a bookseller at... ** This is a...
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Schmoof Interview 2013
To follow on from my retrospective article about Schmoof over on The Electricity Club, here is a brand-new interview with Schmoof! Lloyd and Sarah Schmoof: it’s great to hear from you... ** This is a...
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Top 20 Synthpop Albums of 2013
So 2013 then: what another great year for music! Especially if you’re a fan of synthpop, electropop, new wave and the like. From classic-era heavyweights releasing career highlights (OMD, Pet... **...
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