(The complete record of the dsoaudio.com website)
Interview
with cult American new wave band Devo and no-one less
than founder member Gerry Casale.
(15 July 2010)
Gig
Reviews of a memorable John Foxx's appearance at The
Roundhouse, and the first ever E-tropolis Festival in
Berlin featuring Covenant, Feindflug, DAF, KMFDM, Combichrist, PATENBRIGADE:
WOLFF, Mind.In.A.Box and Merguel Kratzer.
(15 July 2010)
Music
Reviews include the new album from Front Line Assembly:
"Improvised Electronic Device" and the even more impressive spin-off single "Shifting
Through The Lens" (R); plus XP8's "Drop The Mask", and releases
from Mind.In.A.Box, Cdatakill,
PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF, Random
and Portugal's Thisco label.
(15 July 2010)
Interview
with Glenn Gregory - lead singer with electronic/funk legends Heaven
17 who return this year to tour their landmark 1981 debut album "Penthouse
and Pavement".
(4 June, 2010)
Extensive
and exclusive interview with Johan Van Roy of Suicide Commando
fame. The Belgian harsh electro exponent chats to dsoaudio about everything from
those formative years through to his latest (and one of his very best) releases,
the album Implements Of Hell.
(31 May, 2010)
Interview
with US female 'glamwave' two-piece Girls On Film wherein
Rio and Kazmhir regale us with tales of touring the US of A with the likes of
Thrill Kill Kult and Gene Loves Jezebel and bumping into Blondie's Frank Infante
in the studio.
(31 May, 2010)
Eclectic
selection of new Music Reviews including the new Destroid
EP, astounding downtempo debut from Polish artist Klake(R),
a soundtrack DVD release from Cult With No Name,
guilty pleasure in Emmon's(R)
second album and the new experimental album from Whiteberg.
Plus we revisit PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF's
"Demokratischer Sektor"(R),
and the superb second IMAX album + there's more. See the
Music Reviews for the fill list of new reviews.
(31
May, 2010)
New
labels added to the Links page.
(31 May, 2010)
Reviews
of new releases including the new albums by electro scene legends Nitzer
Ebb and Suicide Commando, the very impressive
debut from newcomer Kah(R)
and the new EP from death industrial outfit Concrete
Lung. Plus superb Ultravox 'Best of' CD+DVD compilation
and I, Synthesist's 2004 debut. See Music
Reviews for details.
(5 April, 2010)
Fascinating
and thoughtful interview with German Electro/Industrial two-piece Hioctan.
(5
April, 2010)
Gig
reviews of Depeche Mode + Nitzer Ebb, at London's O2
Arena (one of the best DM gigs ever and the best NE gig ever!) and Thomas
Dolby and Friends, at The Union Chapel also in London. Full list of latest
reviews here.
(5 April, 2010)
New
labels added to the Links page.
(5 April, 2010)
Interview
with Nitzer Ebb added to the (wait for it...) Interviews
page!
(28 February, 2010)
Gig reviews of Assemblage 23, Karel
Fialka, Mechanical Cabaret, Cassette
Electrik, Cult With No Name, Uturns
and more. Full list of latest reviews here.
(28 February,
2010)
Reviews
of releases by PATENBRIGADE: WOLFF, Gridlock(R),
Tavelkoidik(R), Rotersand,
Portion Control(R),
Parralox, Alex Moulton(R)
and Twilight Electric(R).
See Music Reviews for details.
(28 February, 2010)
New
labels added to the Links page.
(28 February, 2010)
Review
of the latest EP from Swedish synthpop duo Dupont.
(17
January,2010)
This
month we hit the milestone of 200 GIG REVIEWS on dso | audio with Grendel,
Aesthetic Perfection, SkinjoB, System: FX, Concrete Lung at the Underworld,
London, plus there's Louis Gordon, Tenek and Lost Controllers
at Camden Rocks, London and Tortoise and Cluster at the
Royal Festival Hall as part of the London Jazz Festival.
(10 January,2010)
New
video clip Download of Covenant performing "We
Stand Alone" at the Electric Ballroom on 7 October 2007. A-Z index of all:
Downloads.
(10 January, 2010)
Updates
to the Links page.
(10 January, 2008)
Review
of the very entertaining alternative Xmas compilation
Black Snow from Black Rain records.
(6 December,2009)
Gig
reviews of VNV Nation's "Of Faith, Power and Glory"
Tour in London with superb support from Straftanz
and Ayria, plus traditional Bedouin music from Suleiman
Sabbah Alzalabih and Mohsen in the middle of the Jordanian desert. dso | audio
= diverse!
(8 November,2009)
New
Music Reviews including the new Clan
of Xymox album, the "War on Error" EP from Rotersand,
the terrific debut from KiloWatts & Vanek,
plus releases from Angel Theory, AZ-Rotator,
Coleco Music and Terminal
Sound System.
(8 November,2009)
Interview
with Jamie Watts and Peter Vanek aka KiloWatts & Vanek
about their debut album "Focus and Flow" - an unusual hybrid of electronica
soundtrack and acoustic pop.
(8 November,2009)
Something
old and something new in the Gig Reviews this month: A Flock
of Seagulls return - but were they actually any good? Solid support came from:
Tenek, The Modern and Mechanical
Cabaret (now with added Steve Bellamy of Greenhaus fame). Plus the increasingly
impressive Noblesse Oblige bring a taste of Berlin to
Camden Town with Alexander Price coming up the rear (if
you'll pardon the expression). A-Z index of all: Gig Reviews.
(20
September, 2009)
NYC's
Mad e.p. makes hip hop like you've never heard before. We take a look back at
his 2004 debut "Eating Movies" (R). A-Z
index of all: Music Reviews.
(20 September,2009)
John
Foxx DNA Exhbition featuring: John Foxx, Gary Numan and
Nick Rhodes. Plus a look back at Japan's Kodo drummers
at the Royal Festival Hall. Go to Gig Reviews for the
complete A-Z of every live review.
(31 August, 2009)
New
Music Reviews of Ashbury Heights' debut "Three
cheers for the newlydeads" (R), Cult
With No Name's "Careful What You Wish For" (R),
Alan Moore & Tim Perkins' "Angel Passage"
(R), Nitzer Ebb's "Big
Hit" (R), Nude's "Shame"
and Rubikon's "Wonderland".
(31 August,
2009)
Updates
to the Links page to include new label contacts.
(31
August, 2009)
Myspace
page created for dso | audio.
(1 August, 2009)
1984-2009:
the 25th Anniversary Tour of industrial rock legends KMFDM
comes to ye olde London towne in their only UK date. Support from Trauma
Pet, AlterRed and old faves Leech
Woman. Go to Gig Reviews for every live review.
(26
July, 2009)
!DSO
Recommended! new Music Review of Coreline's
"Bone and Blood, As Stone and Mud".
(26 July, 2009)
New
Music Reviews: of Depeche Mode's 12th studio album
"Sounds of The Universe", plus former Propaganda member Andreas Thein's
Leeloo Kobayashi project's "Playthings",
In The Nursery's latest in their Optical Music series of
scores for silent films is "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and Noxious
Emotion's last release "Senses" all covered this month. A-Z index
of all: Music Reviews.
(12 July, 2009)
Several
new Gig Reviews: Depeche Mode play the Olympic Stadium
in Berlin, Seabound, Auto Aggression and RBN play in
Camden, Nitzer Ebb, De/Vision and Janousch Moldau in
Berlin, London steampunk party with Abney Park and the
eccentric Thomas Truax plus Squarepusher pushes the patience
of our reviewer to the limit. A-Z index of all: Gig Reviews.
(12
July, 2009)
Exclusive
(and final?) interview with Coreline's Chris McCall.
A-Z index of all interviews: Interviews.
(7 June,
2009)
New
Gig Review: the now mighty IAMX return to London to present
their third album "Kingdom of Welcome Addiction", support coming from
quirky electronic nightclubbers Noblesse Oblige. A-Z
index of all: Gig Reviews.
(7 June, 2009)
New
Music Reviews: !DSO Recomended! awarded to Audiowar's
first, Manufactura's second and Mechanical
Cabaret's third albums. Plus: Sci-Fi Industries, Auto-Auto,
The Fair Sex and Schengen.
A-Z index of all: Music Reviews.
(10 May, 2009)
New
Gig Review: Ether 09 Festival featuring Warp's Plaid,
Rahayu Supanggah, Jon Hopkins
and the Southbank Gamelan Players. A-Z index of all:
Gig Reviews.
(10 May, 2009)
Two
new Downloads of video clips from the recent Elektrofest
Festival featuring Uturns and Marlow.
A-Z indes of all Downloads.
(10 May, 2008)
Updates
to the Links page to include new label contacts.
(10
May, 2008)
With
Infest2009 being a no-show this year the emphasis on alternatives increases. First
up was Elektrofest 2009 - Flag's Promotions' Easter Bank
Holiday electro all-dayer in London. Full review, photos and line up including:
XPQ-21/Mechanical Cabaret/The Modern/Marlow/Uturns/Scarlet
Soho/Seize/Cult With No Name. See Gig Reviews for
full details.
(23 April, 2009)
Two
cracking gigs to kick start the slow live scene at the start of this year: electropunk
legends Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.) return
to the UK, and rising UK industrial act Uberbyte got
superb support from the surreal Coreline. See Gig
Reviews for full details.
(3 April, 2009)
New
Music Reviews: !DSO Recomended! bestowed upon John
Foxx & Louis Gordon's "Retro Future" live album, Anne
Clark's first new material in over a decade, debut releases from HK
119 and Kutosis, plus: Bondism,
Munkie and Ten City Nation.
A-Z index of all: Music Reviews.
(15 February, 2009)
The
Joy Circuit: an exclusive interview with the first ever
Tubeway Army/Gary Numan covers band Young Things Don't Scream whose return to
the live circuit is only giving covers bands a great name.
(15 February 2009)
What
better way to end 2008 than with the return of a cult hero in the guise of Nash
The Slash live? A fantastic return tour of the UK having been away for more
than 20 years (support from impressive Numan covers band YTDS,
Global Citizen, Cryogenica and
more). A-Z of Gig Reviews has the full details.
(21
December, 2008)
A
selection of Music Reviews taking in the amazing "8-Bit
Operators" - Kraftwerk classic's recreated on 80s 8-bit videogame technology,
and Delerium's 1997 album "Karma" a
commercial highpoint that retains all credibility more than a decade on. Plus
releases from Mind.In.A.Box, Random
and Mary X. Links to all from the Music
Reviews index page.
(21 December, 2008)
Updates
to the Links page to include new label contacts.
(21
December, 2008)
Two
new gig reviews: 32 Crash (featuring Front 242's Jean
Luc De Myer) had support from the fantastic Berlin band Warren
Suicide, plus System:FX and I
Am Immune. Then the modish Remodel played to a small
but hip crowd at 93 Feet East. Both reviews a tad late in coming, but better late
then never we say... See Gig Reviews for full details.
(19
October, 2008)
A
cluster of Gig Reviews: the epic Infest 08: featuring Front242/And
One/Grendel/Snog/Noisuf-X/5F-X/Heimatadre/Santa Hates You/Tyske Ludder/Marsheaux/100blumen/Deviant
UK/SkinjoB/Coreline - every band who appeared is reviewed + exclusive photos.
Plus: Radiohead and Bat For Lashes at Victoria Park and
Gang of Four at Meltdown 08. See Gig
Reviews page for full details.
(20 September, 2008)
An
in-depth interview with Attrition's Martin Bowes looks
at his career to date and the creation of the latest album "All Mine Enemies
Whispers" - due to feature in a documentary to be shown on ITV3 next month.
See Interviews page for more.
(20 September, 2008)
Music
Reviews: Yellow6's epic "When The Leaves Fall Like
Snow" double album, a look at Black Lung's prophetic
"The Coming Dark Age", a new Repeat Records compilation:
"Keep Britain Tidy - A Public Service Announcement With Guitars", and
the "Young Blood" single from newcomers Panama
Kings who impress with their artwork at least.
(31 August, 2008)
An
exclusive new full track MP3 Download of "Cuts
n Bruises" taken from John Merrick's Remains'
latest album.
(31 August, 2008)
Glory
of glories: Yazoo live at Hammersmith Apollo in London
in June. See the Gig Reviews page for the extensive
full gig list.
(31 August, 2008)
Exclusive
interview with Yellow6, aka Jon Attwood. We look back
on a decade of ambient soundtracks and take a look at the latest (double album)
recorded over 6 weeks in Stockholm.
(3 August, 2008)
Two
new Music Reviews: Universal Poplab's "Uprising"
album unexpectedly disturbs our editor, plus we've the debut single from Welsh
rockers Go-X.
(3 August, 2008)
Two
new Downloads of video clips from the Club Robot debut
night featuring Komputer and Random.
(12
May, 2008)
New
Gig Reviews of electronic Londonders Komputer (with support
from the Game Boy-tastic Random) and IAMX
with support from Sohodolls. See the Gig
Reviews page for full listing info.
(12 May, 2008)
Extensive
new interview with Kinetik added to the Interviews
page.
(12 May, 2008)
A
bunch of new Music Reviews including the latest foray into darkness by the mighty
Attrition, plus releases from newcomers Machine,
sveldt and Harald Bosh.
Plus some blasts from the past including Cobalt 60,
Seabound, Pride and Fall,
Conjure One and Spahn Ranch.
Jump over to the Music Reviews page for the complete
list of new reviews.
(12 May, 2008)
Several
updates to the Links page to include new label contact
details.
(12 May, 2008)
After
too many years away, DSO returned to Rough Trade's uber cool RoTa club at the
Notting Hill Arts Club for an evening of chilled glory featuring: Yellow6,
Winterlight, Televise and Luga.
(20
April, 2008)
Another
superb gig and we're only three gigs into the year. As part of their Spring 2008
European tour DRAGONS headlined at the Underworld in
London. Sublime support came from an astonishingly impressive Ulrich
Schnauss, plus The Fluids. Full review
+ photos HERE.
(16 March, 2008)
Exclusive
footage of DRAGONS performing "Condition"
and "Remembrance" at this month's Underworld gig added to the Downloads
page.
(16 March, 2008)
Music
Reviews this month focuses on Swedish label Wonderland Records, with reviews of
releases from Thermostatic, Emmon
and Universal Poplab. Plus reviews of older
material from Temposhark, S.V.D.
and Suicide Commando. Go to the Music
Reviews page for the complete list of new reviews.
(16 March, 2008)
Updates
to the Links page including addition of Alternative Magazine
(for which I occasionally write).
(16 March, 2008)
Two
new Gig Reviews - and what a way to start 2008! The
return of the mighty Die Krupps saw the German metal
industrialists put on a storming show in London. Support coming from rising stars
DRAGONS and US EMB outift Faderhead.
Then there's Mick (Clash) Jones and Tony (Sigue Sigue Sputnik) James' Carbon/Silicon
project taking up residency in The Inn on The Green. For a complete list of all
Gig Reviews go HERE.
(12 February, 2008)
Eleven
new Music Reviews of releases from Rotersand, DRAGONS,
Autons, Greenhaus, Kinetik,
Decoded Feedback, Stromkern,
and Notstandskomitee. Go to the Music
Reviews page for the complete list of new reviews.
(6 February, 2008)
It's
good to keep in touch, so to make it easier for you to do so, we've added more
links to the Links page.
(6 February, 2008)
Twelve
new reviews added of releases from Attrition, Celluloide,
Dekad, Dismantled, Empire
State Human, Komputer, Mindless
Faith, Suicide Commando, Viva
Stereo, plus NTP compilation Noise Terror 2: World
Wide Electronics and more. Go to the Music Reviews
page for the complete list of new reviews.
(2 January, 2008)
Exclusive
IAMX video clips of their performance at Islington
Academy in September added to the Downloads page.
(2
January, 2008)
More
website links added to... wait for it... the Links page!
(2
January, 2008)
Live
reviews of Philip Glass at the Barbican performing his
epic "Music in 12 Parts", and label Out of Line's
2007 Festival comes to the UK - but only just (see the review for details),
featuring four bands new to the DSO website: Spetsnaz,
Proceed, Ashbury Heights and
Din [A] Tod.
(25 November, 2007)
Three
new live reviews added of Covenant at the Electric Ballroom
(support coming from Client and Mechanical Cabaret), Thomas
Dolby and the Radio Science Orchestra perform "Sputnik & Beyond"
at the ICA, plus multimedia artist Miguel Soares' latest
installation at the fantastic Electricity Museum in Lisbon. See the Gig
Reviews page for all the details.
(12 November, 2007)
Reviews
added of new releases from In The Nursery, Edge
of Dawn, Thermostatic and the debut for Delerium's
Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber's Fauxliage project. Go
to the Music Reviews page for all the details.
(12
November, 2007)
Electronic
cult hero John Foxx took over the Institute of Contemporary
Arts to show his Tiny Colour Movies film and perform the seminal Metamatic album.
We've a full review and photos. Plus Chris (Sneaker Pimps) Corner's IAMX
put on a brilliant show at Islington Academy last week. See the Gig
Reviews page for more.
(7 October, 2007)
Live
reviews and photos of David Sylvian and Brian
Wilson - both appearing at the Royal Festival Hall in London this month. See
Gig Reviews for details.
(28 September, 2007)
Live
video clips of Apoptygma Berzerk and Portion
Control appearing at the 10th Anniversary Infest festival last month have
been added to the Downloads page.
(28 September,
2007)
The
Infest Festival hit its 10th Anniversary this year and with an impressive lineup
of old hands (VNV Nation, Apoptygma
Berzerk, Portion Control) and exciting newcomers
(Faderhead, Synnack, Greyhound,
E.S.A.) it promised to deliver. See our exclusive
review and photos for the full report and roster. See the Gig
Reviews page for more.
(8 September, 2007)
First
live review of Sheffield odd couple John Merrick's Remains
- a perplexing combination of Elephant Man imagery and Neil Diamond covers. See
the Gig Reviews page for more.
(12 August, 2007)
More
links added to the Related Internet sites section of the Links
Page.
(12 August, 2007)
A
pretty eclectic handful of new Music Reviews including: All
Saints' (yes that All Saints!) "Black Coffee", low-fi
punk outfit Deathsquad's swansong compilation "Adventures in No-Fi",
"Injection" - the debut album from
Controlled Collapse, and the astonishing "Pulse"
by Front 242 (R). See the Music
Reviews page for all links.
(5 August, 2007)
First
review on DSO of a Bhangra gig with leading genre star Jazzy
B performing at the Big Day Out festival in DSO's home town. Was this Bhangra
novice converted? Find out here. Or check out the complete
A-Z of Gig Reviews.
(5 August, 2007)
By
way of tribute to the defunct Deathsquad, we've added their promo video to "Rip
and Burn" to the Downloads section.
(5
August, 2007)
Several
new Music Reviews including: Edge of Dawn's "Enjoy
The Fall", Tik+Tok's "Dream Orphans",
Sub-Fusion's "Basic Instincts EP", Haujobb's
"Ninetynine" (R) and the sampler "Septic
VII" (R). See the Music
Reviews page for all details.
(21 July, 2007)
Some
major housekeeping with loads of link updates, corrections, images sorted, repaired
links, etc, etc. Yes, there are still some bits that need updating but I do want
a life outside the Matrix. Overhaul of the Audio
Links page too.
(15 July, 2007)
Review
and exclusive photos of the triumphant return of Orchestral
Manoevures in the Dark (OMD) performing their landmark album Architecture
& Morality in London with support from Lovers Electric.
See Gig Reviews page for more.
(11 July, 2007)
Exclusive
live video clips of Orchestral Manoevures in the Dark
performing songs from their landmark album Architecture & Morality
in London in May. See Downloads page for more.
(11
July, 2007)
Review
of the 3-CD Amp compilation album All
of Yesterday Tomorrow. See Music Reviews page
for details.
(11 July, 2007)
Review
and exclusive photos of Gotham 8 (Alpha) Festival in
London featuring: In The Nursery, Lene
Lovich, The Cassandra Complex and The
Shanklin Freak Show. See Gig Reviews page for more.
(9
June, 2007)
News
- details of the new Front Line Assembly UK Fallout Tour added to the news
page.
(9 June, 2007)
New
album reviews of two European releases: Elektrisch!
(Vol.2) and the new album from Days of Fate
- Traffic.
(3 June, 2007)
Reviews
and photos of two outstanding gigs: the Billy MacKenzie Tribute
event featuring the first ever gig from BEF (British Electric Foundation)! Line
up includes: BEF, Onetwo, Electric
Soft Parade, Claudia Brücken and Andrew Poppy,
Howard Hughes, Subterreaneans
(featuring Paul Haig) and Mower.
Plus there another astonishing live show from Attrition,
with support from The Shanklin Freak Show, Greenhaus
and Highrise.
(16 April, 2007)
News
- previews of two new European releases: Elektrisch! (Vol.2) and the new
album from Days of Fate - Traffic.
(16 April, 2007)
Dependent
Special Tribute update with 19 new Music Reviews including
5 new !DSO Recommended! releases, covering new, recent
and older material from Seabound, Insekt,
Rotersand, Stromkern,
Auto Aggression, Edge
of Dawn, Suicide Commando, Girls
Under Glass, Fractured, Dioxyde,
Ivory Frequency and loads more
(20 March,
2007)
New
Gig Review of Nine Inch Nails at
Brixton Academy with support coming from Ladytron.
Plus an archive
interview with Void Construct.
(20 March, 2007)
Dependent
label boss Stefan Herwig explains his decision to
close the label in 2007.
(20 March, 2007)
More
housekeeping, updating links (eg Links), correcting typos
(eg Cleen), etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...
(4 March,
2007)
Some
housekeeping, updating links, correcting typos, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...
(19
January, 2007)
It
had been a quiet few months on the gig front, so best way to make up for the drought
was to pack in fourteen bands in little more than a week. This was done
easily via the following... Black Celebration VIII provided
plenty of website content in the form of Suicide Commando,
XPQ-21, Psyche, Knifeladder,
V2A, Deathboy and more. My first
opportunity to sample Bill (FLA, Delerium, etc) Leeb's Conjure
One project live was a no-brainer, plus the welcome return of Paul (OMD) Humphries
and Claudia (Propaganda) Brücken's Onetwo
project. See the A-Z of Gig Reviews for full band and
gig details. Happy New Year!
(7 January, 2007)
Some
cross-linking added to older reviews (to newer stuff)
to make the most of the hyperlinking internetisphere...
(17 November, 2006)
Clocks
going back update... new Music Reviews including: Dismantled's
Breed To Death EP, John Foxx's Modern
Art (Best of), a couple from Mind.In.A.Box (Certainty
and second album Dreamweb), plus new release Imaginary Life - an
impressive career-spanning 148 minute DVD from Psyche.
(29
October, 2006)
In
depth coverage of this year's Infest Festival with a
review of every one of the fourteen artists performing, illustrated for your satisfaction
with exclusive photographs. Plus an interview with one of the UK's most distinctive
acts Mechanical Cabaret.
(17 September, 2006)
Just
a quick update for now: the addition of a Live Review
of John Foxx and Rubicks at The Scala in London at the end of last month.
(11
August, 2006)
Second
update for this month: there's an exclusive interview with
Tik+Tok; a bunch of Music Reviews including: Tik+Tok's
first release in 20 years, the new album from Mechanical
Cabaret, intelligent industrial from Interlace,
surprisingly good French synthpop from Foretaste and
ambient elecronica from Ras.Al.Ghul. Then there's
our offer of a terrific free(!) interview CD with Attrition
featuring tracks from their 25th Anniversary album.
(24 July, 2006)
More
label details added to the Links Page.
(24 July, 2006)
Hot
town: summer in the city... so it must be festival time. Review of the 2006
O2 Wireless Festival in London's Hyde Park featuring Depeche
Mode, Goldfrapp and Thomas Dolby, plus the almightly live return of industrial
legends Nitzer Ebb with brutal support from Terence
Fixmer. Full details can be found on the Gig Reviews
page as usual.
(15 July, 2006)
A
varied selection of new music reviews. Includes the astonishing 2002 Wiser
album from Halou - latest entry into the rarifired DSO
Recommended league. Plus signature Jon Black
album Sci-Fi Music, a Yellow6 compilation/remix
album, and DJ Vadim contributes to The Bug's musical
take on Coppola's The Conversation. See Music Reviews
for more.
(15
July, 2006)
Review
of Apoptygma Berzerk live in London. Norway outfit tour
their latest album You And Me Against The World, but has the rockier sound
ruined earlier electro classics?
(4
June, 2006)
Interview
with 80's cult legends b-Movie! This interview was published when original
members Steve Hovington and Paul Statham first got back together in the summer
of 2004. This is the first time the complete, unedited interview has been published,
and it takes in their entire career and plans for the future. See the Interviews
page for more
(29 May, 2006)
More
Music Reviews encompassing a-ha's eighth album Analogue,
Covenant's 2000 Synergy live album and Box
Set live video, plus Suicide Commando's Face
Of Death single.
See the Music Reviews page for more details
(15 May, 2006)
Review
of this year's Elektrofest in London featuring: De/Vision/[:SITD:]/Iris/Client/The
Modern/Tik + Tok/Greenhaus/Suzerain. Plus Return of the Robots! Exclusive
download video clips of Tik + Tok at Elektrofest 2006. See Downloads
for more. Plus more links added to the Links Page (surprisingly)
(15 May, 2006)
New
Gig Reviews taking in Depeche Mode at Wembley Arena (with
support from The Bravery), 80s faves a-ha return supported
by Protocol, Sigur Ros with Amiina, Mechanical
Cabaret and Trademark at Madame Jo Jo's, plus the Arctic
Cricle Orchestra at the Dan Flavin Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery as part
of Ether 2006. Check Gig Reviews for all the details
(16 April, 2006)
A shed load of Music Reviews
some new, some old, some well-known, some obscure... including:
Altered
States, Deathsquad,
Diefenbach,
The
Pain Machinery, Temposhark,
Ultraviolence,
Random
(02) mixes of Gary Numan and Velvet
Acid Christ.
See the Music Reviews page for the full SP.
(25 February, 2006)
New Music
Reviews of: Trademark, Matt
Williamson and label compilations Masonic (Hymen)
and Septic V (Dependent). Check out the Music
Reviews page for details
(27
December, 2005)
New
Gig Reviews featuring: Goldfrapp in Brighton, Nouvelle
Vague and Hanne Hukkleberg in London, plus Make Mine Music label event featuring: Yellow6/Portal/July
Skies/Epic45 in Sheffield. See the Gig Reviews page
for full details.
(27
December, 2005)
New
CD Reviews of: Jon Black, Pride
and Fall and Lionrock. Check out the Music
Reviews page for more details
(23
October, 2005)
New
CD Reviews of: Chemlab, Hanzel
und Gretyl, Munkie, and Irdial~Discs compilation
There Are Far Too Many Fools Following Too Many Rules.
Check out Music Reviews for full SP
(16 July, 2005)
Several
new labels added to the Links page
(16 July, 2005)
New Gig
Reviews featuring: Elektrofest 2005: Visage/Girls Under Glass/Lowe, Einstürzende
Neubauten, plus Dependent Double Bill: Seabound/Pride
& Fall in London. See the Gig Reviews page for
full details.
(26
June, 2005)
New
audio, video downloads added: Hexstatic, Schneider
TM, The Herbaliser and One
Self (feat. DJ Vadim). Plus new Downloads A-Z Index
added too.
(26
June, 2005)
New
format Index including Google search facility to search
the extensive DSO database.
(26
June, 2005)
New
Live Reviews: Either 2005 featuring: Dieter Moebius and Michael
Rother, Githead, They Came From The Starts, I Saw Them, James
Ray, In The Nursery and The
Killers. Music: See the Gig Reviews page for details.
(26 April, 2005)
New Music
Reviews featuring: Coil, Delerium,
Flesh Field, Dave Gahan,
John Merricks Remains, Mechanical
Cabaret and The Nine. See the Music
Reviews page for full details.
(26
April, 2005)
New reviews of releases
from Front 242, The Galan Pixs,
Mind.In.A.Box(R), S.ink,
Silence Is Sexy(R)
and Suicide Commando. See the Music
Reviews page for details.
(7
February, 2005)
Free
Amon Tobin audio and video downloads from the new soundtrack
to the Splinter Cell computer game. More on the Promo
page.
(7
February, 2005)
Reviews of releases from
Blaubac, In The Nursery(R),
Rotersand, Portal(R),
Seabound and VNV Nation. See
the Music Reviews page for details.
(5 January, 2005)
Live reviews
of electronic legends The Human League,featuring support
from Trademark, plus the Beastie
Boys assault Wembley Arena. See the Gig Reviews
page for details.
(5
January, 2005)
New reviews of album releases
from Attrition, Dream
Into Dust and Daniel Myer projects Haujobb and Clear
Vision. See the Music Reviews page for details.
(16 November, 2004)
Catching
up with Live Reviews, so we've a big bunch including the first ever live gig of
One Two (featuring OMD's
Paul Humphreys and Propaganda's Claudia Brucken), Duran
Duran, Goldfrapp, Wolfsheim,
Silence Is Sexy, Trademark,
Mothboy, Broadcast, plus Elektrofest
2004 featuring Greenhaus, Ju
Ju Babies and Schmoof. Jim McLennan also takes a
nostalgic look back to the first ever Infest Festival
in 1998.
(16
November, 2004)
Reviews
of releases from Front Line Assembly,
Snog, In The Nursery, Dismantled,
Kinetik, plus the 4mg compilation
Melodies & Structures. See the Music
Reviews page for details.
(2
August, 2004)
Free
Ninja Tune audio and video streams on the Promo page
including Hexstatic, Jaga Jazzist and Coldcut.
(12
April, 2004)
Reviews of new releases
from Kraftwerk, Karl Bartos,
Seabound, The Id, Cylobotnia,
plus compilations Septic IV and Latitude.
Check the Music Reviews page for the full list.
(12 April, 2004)
Live reviews
of Radiohead and Asian Dub Foundation
at Earls Court, London added to the Gig Reviews section.
(8 December, 2003)
CD Reviews
of new releases from Decoy, Delerium,
Empusae, Greenhaus, Freudstein,
Gardenbox, H.I.V.+, Sci-Fi
Industries, and Void Construct. Check the
Music Reviews page for the full list.
(23 November, 2003)
New Gig
Reviews (and photos) of Karl Bartos with support from
Client, plus a screening of Depeche
Mode's 101 (feat. Andy Fletcher, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus). Check
the Gig Reviews page for the full list.
(23 November, 2003)
New Gig
Reviews (and photos) including John Foxx, Greenhaus,
Zan Lyons, Swarf and Martina
Topley-Bird. Plus an extensive report of Infest 2003
featuring: VNV Nation, God Module,
Hypnoskull, Seabound, Tarmvred,
Culture Kultür, S.I.T.D.,
Needle Sharing and more!
Check
the Gig Reviews page for the full list.
(18 October, 2003)
Twenty
new live artists reviews (plus photos) including Karl Bartos,
Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, John
Foxx - Cathedral Oceans Installation, Throbbing
Gristle - TG24 Screening, Robert Marlow, Matthew
Herbert, Erasure, James Lidell,
Ju Ju Babies and Mechanical Cabaret.
Plus the DefCon 2 Launch Party featuring: Action Directe,
The Sepia and Interlock and
more!
Check
the Gig Reviews page for the full list.
(7 September, 2003)
Interviews
with John Foxx, In The Nursery
and Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk
(20 July, 2003)
Twelve
new CD reviews including: Tarmvred, Somatic Responses, Hydra, Male or Female, Kinetik,
Cabaret Voltaire, New Mind, plus
the Club Bizarre 2 compilation and more. See the Music
Reviews page for the full list of titles.
(20
July, 2003)
Fourteen
new CD reviews including: Male or Female,
Conjure
One, Suicide
Commando, In The Nursery, Kinetik,
Devour Ensemble, plus the This
Is Hardcore, Atkion Mekanik, Electro-Fiction
and Septic III compilations and more. See the Music
Reviews page for the full list of titles
(10
March, 2003)
Reviews
and photos of electroclashers The Droyds and Daniel Myer's
Clear Vision at The Mean Fiddler, London
(17 January, 2003)
Fifteen
new live artists reviews (plus photos) including Cinematic
Orchestra, Komputer live at Spitalfields Market, in
the US: Lords of Acid and My Life
With The Thrill Kill Kult, a report of the Mute Irregular #9 featuring: Richard
H. Kirk, Appliance, Vic 20
plus DJ sets from Alison Goldfrapp, Daniel
Miller and Client. Plus Schneider
TM, Max Tundra and Cursor Miner.
Check the Gig
Reviews page for the full list
(6
December, 2002)
Eleven
new CD reviews including: John Foxx,
VNV Nation,
Apoptygma
Berzerk, Mechanical Cabaret,
Hocico,
Railgun, Sulpher and more.
See the Music Reviews page for the complete list
(10 November, 2002)
New live
reviews including the return of Sheep on Drugs, plus a
report of The Big Chill festival at Eastnor Castle featuring: Fila
Brazilia, Giles Peterson, Gotan
Project and Different Drummer Soundsystem. Check the
Gig Reviews page for full list
(21
September, 2002)
New
Gig Reviews including Susumu Yokota, Rothko,
plus a report of the Dark Jubilee Festival featuring:
VNV Nation, S.P.O.C.K.,
L'ame
Immortelle, Monosect,
In Strict
Confidence, Dust,
Angel
Bomb. Check the Gig Reviews page for full list
(13 July, 2002)
Thirteen
new CD reviews including: Accessory,
2 by
bukowski, Swarf,
Yellow6, Greenhaus,
Inertia, Wave and more. See the
Music Reviews page for the full list.
(20 April, 2002)
A bunch
of new gig reviews (plus photos) including: Aphex Twin,
Ladytron, Amp, Apoptygma
Berzerk, Assemblage 23, Funker
Vogt, Yellow6, Portal, 2
by bukowski, Lucky Dragons, XPQ-21,
Pluxus, July Skies, Füxa, No Comment, Echo Image, Microprocessor,
and Seize. See the Gig Reviews
page for the complete list
(21
March, 2002)
New
CD reviews including: Culture Kultür,
In
The Nursery, Ivory
Frequency, Maruta Kommand, Seabound,
S.P.O.C.K.
and VNV Nation. See the Music
Reviews page for the complete list
(21
March, 2002)
New
CD reviews including: Delerium, VNV
Nation, Jared Louche, Cesium:137,
Adam and the Ants, Mr Scruff,
Boshetunmay and Deathsquad
(17 February, 2002)
Yet more
gig reviews. This time, we've live reports of Ladytron,
Goldfrapp, Alec Empire, Assemblage
23, Zan Lyons, cut.rate.box
and Olympic Lifts. See the Gig Reviews
page for the complete list
(10
February, 2002)
Twelve
new live band reviews including Depeche Mode, Fad
Gadget, Björk, Matmos,
SMP plus Black Celebration III
featuring Covenant, Sulpher, Haloblack,
Leech Woman, The Borg, Synthetic
and Freudstein. See the Gig Reviews
page for the complete list
(9
January, 2002)
New
gig reviews including John Foxx, S.P.O.C.K.,
Yellow 6, Loft, The
Double Life of Véronique, and Infest 2001 featuring: Covenant,
Dive, Suicide Commando, Beborn
Beton, P.A.L., Monolith, Icon
of Coil, and more. See the gig reviews page for
the full list
(30
November, 2001)
Sixteen
new live band reviews including Depeche Mode, Appliance,
Bridge and Tunnel, Flowchart,
Ryo-co, Funker Vogt, Mesh,
Cartagia, Global Noise Attack,
ndot and more, plus The Big Chill
festival. See the gig reviews page for the full list
(25 September, 2001)
New CD
reviews including: Ammo, Boole,
db2, Karda Estra, Faithful
Dawn, man(i)kin, Narcissus Pool,
VNV Nation, Whitberggurdjieffouspenskimarinettiwhite and
compilations from Cryonica, Dystopian,
Cyberpolis, and Vitamin
Plus Black
Celebration live at Club Noir in London
(1
February, 2001)
New
CD reviews including: Alphastone, Boards
of Canada, Flowchart, The Galan
Pixs, Insides, Kid Spatula,
Plone, µ-ziq, Yellow
6 and the Dependent Records sampler Septic
(14 January, 2001)
Review
of Maxdmyz, Greenhaus, Mechanical
Cabaret and Theda live in London
(14 January, 2001)
DSO Project
band Wave announce work with haujobb, man(i)kin and Mark
Cousins
(14
January, 2001)
Complete
the DSO overhaul questionnaire and you could WIN loads of
music and film goodies!
(6
January, 2001)
Review
of VNV Nation, The Strand and
Yolibet live in Phoenix, USA
(11
December, 2000)
Twenty,
yes 20, new live artist reviews (and photos) including Faust,
haujobb, In The Nursery, Capitol
K, Jega, Kid Spatula, Michael
Nyman, Alex Paterson, Michael
Rother and Deiter Moebius and more. See the gig
reviews page for the full list
(23
November, 2000)
Review
of Apoptygma Berzerk and VNV Nation
live at Vynyl in Los Angeles, USA
(6
October, 2000)
Exclusive
interview with British techno industrial exponents man(i)kin
(14 September, 2000)
Review
and photos of Attrition and Greenhaus
live at the Underworld in London
(14
September, 2000)
Extensive
report and exclusive photos of the InFest 2000 festival featuring: In
Strict Confidence/VNV Nation/Ultraviolence/Synapscape/Imminent/MS Gentur/Project
X and more
(8
September, 2000)
Review
of the Granular Synthesis Noisegate installation
at the NMPFT in Bradford
(8
September, 2000)
Review
and photos of Ken Ishii and Speedy
J at ULU, London
(31
August, 2000)
Review
and photos of Inertia, The Galan Pixs
(UK debut) and The Nine at Underworld, London
(31 August, 2000)
Review
and photos of Mouse on Mars, and Pram
at ULU, London
(31
August, 2000)
New
CD reviews including: Covenant, Mortal,
Node, Sound Smith, Takshaka,
Orbital, plus Russian Gothic Project
label, Endorphine label, and Front
242 tribute compilations
(31
August, 2000)
News
on the new Wave (DSO project band) album, Tokyo
Dub Cafe and the official launch of a fourth DSO audio project - VCS.
(31 August, 2000)
Loads of
new label and resource links added to the audio links page
(31 August, 2000)
Review
of Clan of Xymox, In The Nursery,
Diary of Dreams, Killing Miranda,
Greenhaus, Altered States, Mechanical
Cabaret and Faces of Sarah at the Gotham
festival at Astoria 2
(21
June, 2000)
Review
of Wire at The Garage
(21
June, 2000)
Review
of Broadcast, Plone and Magnetaphone
at The Scala
(21
June, 2000)
Review
of David Toop and Jeff Noon at the ICA
(21 June, 2000)
Updates
to the Promo page
(21
June, 2000)
Review
of the Sonic Boom event in London featuring Scanner, Pan
sonic and FM Einheit
(16
May, 2000)
Review
of the onedotzero VJ event at the ICA featuring Japan's Prince
Tongha and the UK's Hexstatic
(16
May, 2000)
Review
of Ash Ra Tempel, Julian Cope
and Coil at The Royal Festival Hall
(16 May, 2000)
Loads of
new CD reviews including: Convulsion, Folksongs
For The Afterlife, Project Pitchfork, Pacifica,
plus every VNV Nation album and single reviewed!
(16 May, 2000)
A full
report on the Easter Bank Holiday Elektrofest event featuring:
Mesh, Evil's Toy, Hexedene, Angels & Agony, Intra-venus, man(i)kin, The Borg,
The Nine and a certain Sigue Sigue Sputnik.
(28
April, 2000)
Updates
on the DSO project bands including a new page dedicated
to the Wave project and details on how to obtain the new
Wave album exclusively from DSO.
(28
April, 2000)
Live
reviews of Laika and Capitol K
in London.
(11
April, 2000)
Five
new CD reviews: Kraftwerk, In The
Nursery, Amethyst, 6th Sense
Approach and These Crimson Dreams
(11 April, 2000)
Check out
the new Promo page for details on FREE club entry for
DSO enthusiasts!
(15
March, 2000)
A
gig review of The High Llamas live in Osaka, Japan.
(15 March, 2000)
A hypnotic
and stunning blend of audio and video hits Kendal with - :zoviet*france:
and Ryoji Ikeda playing live. An exclusive review by Jonathan Sharp of Bio-Tek,
Hexedene and C-Tec fame.
(23
February, 2000)
Two
new gig reviews - The Beta Band and Krautrockers Deiter
Moebius and Michael Rother do battle with Dead Voices
on Air.
(8
February, 2000)
Two
new CD reviews The Contino Sessions by Death in Vegas
and the first DSO project band CD by BIOsonic.
(8 February, 2000)
Details
on how to buy the first DSO project band CD - Northern
Plains by BIOsonic (independent review coming soon!). Plus additions to the
Links page.
(11
January, 2000)
Twelve
new CD reviews including Faithful Dawn, Laptop,
Bill Laswell, Lead Into Gold,
Moby and Nekromantik. See the
music reviews page for the full list
(10 January, 2000)
A full
review of Flag Promotions' night of UK industrial acts at London's Astoria 2,
including Cubanate, VNV Nation,
Leech Woman, and Saints of Eden.
Merry Christmas!
(21
December, 1999)
Thirteen,
yes 13, new live bands reviewed including Mouse on
Mars, Death in Vegas, C-Tec,
Covenent, FX Randomiz, Inertia
and more. See the gig reviews page for the full list
(26 November, 1999)
Brief updates
to the Projects and BIOsonic
pages to reflect recent events
(3
November, 1999)
DSO
Privacy Statement added to site
(28
October, 1999)
DSO
project band BIOsonic launch their debut album in Kent,
and the following day Philip Glass performs his new score for the 1931 Dracula
film at the NFT - a pretty good weekend all round really. Reviews of both added
to the gig reviews page
(27
October, 1999)
Digital
folk for the new millennium anyone? A review of Italian band Ataraxia
added to the gig reviews page
(18
October, 1999)
Plug
for BIOsonic gig added to DSO
Projects page
(20
September, 1999)
Launch
of new Audio section to DSO website
(1 September, 1999)