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The alter ego of multi-instrumentalist/programmer/videographer Janine Rostron, Planningtorock fuses most of Rostron’s talents right into a dazzling audio-visual presentation that borrows from classical music, glam rock, spacy imagery, and hip-hop. A classically educated violinist who started playing at age group eight, Rostron shifted from Bolton, Lancashire, to Berlin in the …

Name-checking a diverse solid of progenitors including Varése, Xenakis, and Robert Moog, in addition to Can and Stereolab, Add N to X are electro-historians of the sort, enthusiasts of vintage synthesizer technology, and brutal propagators from the man-machine visual (the cover of the second recording features member Ann Shenton for …

Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Ann Shenton is definitely probably one of the most colourful personalities involved with electronica. Alongside offering vocals, synths, and theremin playing towards the mighty Add N to (X), her off-stage antics just increase her volatile charm. Along with producing her own wines and collecting capes, Shenton’s escapades consist of …

Southend-on-Sea’s Spider & the Flies may be the warped analog synth brainchild from the Horrors’ keyboardist Spider Webb and bassist Tomethy Furse. Influenced by the digital experiments from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop aswell as even more kinetic performers like Juan Atkins, the duo documented technology fiction-tinged instrumentals including “Metallurge” and …