Ambient Dub Techno (Style Report 007)

For some time I didn’t know whether I should do a style report on Ambient Techno or Dub Techno first. I got acquainted with Ambient Techno in the mid 90s when I stumbled over a second hand vinyl print of Biosphere‘s Novelty Waves. It had a “known from Levis’ commercials” (or something like that) sticker […]

Birmingham Techno (Style Report 006)

Here’s another style report about a genre I didn’t knew existed until recently. Although I’ve known its main protagonists since the 90s and I saw Regis play in Zurich’s Rohstofflager club about ten years ago. Birmingham Techno is a mixture of Industrial Techno and Detroit Techno that works surprisingly well. I say surprisingly, because I’m […]

Technolectro Pop (Style Report 005)

Actually, I don’t know what Technolectro Pop is. I came across the term when I wrote the post about WestBam’s Beatbox Rocker video-clip. I guess it’s the pop version of Technolectro. But what is Technolectro? Obviously, some sort of blend between Techno and Electro. The German label Low Spirit uses this expression for their promotion. […]

Ambient Vaporwave (Style Report 004)

This is the first style report on an ambient genre and I’m planning to do plenty more, as there is just so much interesting stuff out there. Regarding vaporwave, I haven’t really dug into this universe; ambient vaporwave being my first brief excursion into it, but I’m already planning a revisit. I only learned about […]

West Coast Sound Of Holland (Style Report 003)

The first two Style reports, Spacesynth and Space Disco, were about genres that were new to me. This time I look at the West Coast Sound Of Holland, a genre that has accompanied my life and this radio show for decades. For example, the first blog post on this website in 2011 was a Beverly […]