electronic music
The Mythology of Technology: Astral Tales’ new album, The Last Resplendent
Astral Tales’ new release, The Last Resplendent, marks the end of the Red Iris Saga. Or should I say the beginning? I have presented Astral Tales’ body of work here, but let’s recap the story so...
Red Iris: a synthwave saga – presenting Astral Tales
In the avalanche of synthwave released in the last decade or so, artists have to be inventive to stand out. Hailing from Spain, Astral Tales had the good idea to tell a story. On the course of three f...
“Bits and Pieces, Bits and Hertz”: The Day Goth Metal Went Cyberpunk.
Back in the year 2000, I was working in a major record store, and everybody was dancing to Madonna’s Music. Well, almost everybody. I, for one, was shaking my booty to a very different “Musique”. Prec...
The Dystopian Sound of Massive Attack
In anticipation of a new album in 2017, Neon Dystopia looks back at a much-overlooked release from the UK’s legendary Massive Attack. “Take a look around the world, you see such bad t...
The Alternative Soundtrack to Ghost in the Shell – with Lennon, Cornelius & the sounds of AI
The average cyberpunk fan has probably seen both the original Ghost in the Shell anime and its sequel Innocence; if feeling generous, they may have also checked out the 2002 TV anime, Stand Alone Comp...
Girl in the Shell — A look at Japanese Cyberpop
As is the norm these days, the recent trailer for the upcoming live action take on Ghost in the Shell garnered both the usual round of cautious optimism and outright distaste. Put me in the camp of th...
Meet Techno-EBM Producer Vector Commander
Some may think the EBM scene in Brazil is not so strong, but the truth is that there are still many artists striving to keep it alive. One to be mentioned is Alex Strunz, the mind behind the Techno-EB...
mind.in.a.box: Robotic Voices, Human Emotions
Futurepop has been an amazing music genre to create sci-fi atmospheres. As an outgrowth of electronic body music (EBM), which was very popular in the 80’s, futurepop had its peak mostly in the 9...
Neon Lights & Dreadlocks: Metaltech (Live Show)
It’s a Friday night in the harbor area of Aberdeen, Scotland and the sky above The Moorings Bar is the color of dirty tungsten. Beyond the dock’s tangle of ship’s radars and aerials,...