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THE COLLECTOR'S GUIDE - When Worlds Collide

FRANKIE TEARDROP, SUICIDE / SUICIDE (Ariola, 1977) Being ahead of your time can be real painful; when Martin Rev’s ferocious electronics accompanied by Lou Vega’s psychotic Elvis-like crooning exploded on the early New York punk scene, the bottles thrown by an audience hungry for the cust...

MY MUSIC MOMENT - Prosumer

It’s hard to talk about that ONE music moment in my life, it could be being blown away by listening to Inner Citys Big Fun for the first time on the Radio, going to the first Houseparty or the first proper Rave. But nothing exceeds the quality and quantity of music moments I had in a recordshop...

ONES TO WATCH - Outlines

While rummaging around a record shop in Strasbourg, I found myself listening to a new French band called the Outlines. A lady that had been hovering around the listening post for quite some approached me, saying I should buy the CD. I thought to myself, who is this crazy lady hanging around the...

TOUGH AT THE TOP - Jonas Reuther / e-Minor Records

It’s time to rethink the record label clichés. You need neither a big name nor an ultra-hip lifestyle to run a successful label, not these days. See law student Jonas Reuther, who is getting increasingly famous with his one-man show aka e-Minor records. Jonas Reuther is 28 years old, l...

A WORD FROM THE WISE - Missill

Small people talk about other people, medium big people talk about stuff that happened, big people talk about ideas and ambitions. Never trust a politician and don’t believe the news. Remember Bush’s invasion of Iraq for so-called weapons of mass destruction...it was all about petrol...

ONES TO WATCH - Goose

This year has definitely been a good one for electronic artists, particularly those who combine rough electronica with a stadium rock attitude. As we slide into yet another new year, Justice, Simian Mobile Disco, Digitalism, Hot Chip et al can all surely look back on the heady days of 2007 with...