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Cyberpunk Music Dossier – January 2017
There’s no ceremony when unix time clicks over to 1483228801. Welcome to 2017. Please applaud. Fortunately where a change in date and time has failed to deliver a cause for celebration music can be pl...
Cyberpunk Music Dossier: November 2016
The witching hour is behind us. Halloween is over. The tide of scary clowns with rubber masks over robot faces has receded from our shores and as we pick through the wreckage a handful of memory stick...
Cyberpunk Music Dossier: October 2016
On the back of last month’s Cyberpunk Music Dossier here’s this month’s Cyberpunk Music Dossier. Assembled from hastily-plastered flyers found on digital billboards across the internet for your perusa...
A Brief Overview of Hypnospace Outlaw for PC/MAC/LINUX; ‘Bedtime just got a whole lot HYPPER!’
The year is sometime in the 1980’s, possibly mid fantasised 1990’s. The world remains pixelated, and you, my friend, are the newest Hypno Enforcer. Developed by Jay Tholen, creator of the acclaimed po...
Cyberpunk Music Dossier: September 2016
In an effort to keep things fresh we’re trying a new format for our music reviews. Our monthly roundups will give you insight into new submissions and findings from around the web. Don’t w...
Cyberpunk is Not Retrofuturism
Cyberpunk is not and never has been a retrofuturistic genre. Cyberpunk has always been about our future, not a future once imagined. Retrofuturism is defined as “a trend in the creative arts sho...
Neon Shudder’s ‘Cadence’ is an exercise in multimedia storytelling
One of my favourite things about electronic music is how well it lends itself to concept work. Whilst many a good concept album has been created in a more traditional band setting, electronic music is...
Absolute Valentine – Police Heartbreaker
Pour yourself a soycafe from the jug in the breakroom, detective, and do it quick. The lieutenant’s looking for you, and the rumour is that it’s bad news. Police Heartbreaker by Absolute Valentine Pol...
Level -1 tells us about their VR Dystopian Revolution amidst the Apocalypse
The music of Level -1 is cyberpunk inspired 80s style synth. It wouldn’t seem out of place in an 80s science fiction video game or a retro-style cyberpunk game today. The VR Trilogy, comprised o...