Release reports from the very last Bloc fest in the old holiday camp at the Somerset coast. The impressive UK electronic music festival had invited celebs like Daniel Miller, Thom Yorke, Four Tet, Goldie, Metalheadz, Holly Herndon, Radioactive Man – and snooker star Steve Davis. Mike Whyte’s report makes for an excellent read. [more...]

Stockholm synthpop veterans Saft have released the details on their new album. [more...]

“Live – Im Schatten der Ringe” is the title of the new live 2CD, Bluray and DVD from Die Krupps, to be released on May 13.

Following the end of the Torsten the Beautiful Libertine performances, Andy Bell returned to his home in Florida where he and Vince Clarke met last weekend to plan the schedule for and work on the forthcoming Erasure album. [more...]

If you’re into outrun electro, dark synth or whatever you want to call it, you could do worse than check out the new pixel art video from Perturbator.

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Foretaste has a knack for writing intriguing synthpop, and the new material doesn’t seem to disappoint.  [more...]

Agent Side Grinder will perform their album “Alkimia” in its entirety in The Royal Armoury in the cellar vaults of the Royal Palace in Stockholm on May 4. This is the first “Kollaps Session”.

Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode has confirmed that the band is currently in Santa Barbara and has started producing the next album, their 14^th studio album. [more...]

To celebrate last Saturday’s Record Store Day, Warp released a special 12″ in its classic purple series sleeve. [more...]

Shobaleader One, the electronic group set up by Squarepusher, will tour live across selected dates this Summer. The masked musicians will perform two dates in the UK, with a trip to the Berlin Jazz festival sandwiched in between. [more...]