Higher Plain Music

Modern Nigeria on the dancefloor

Chiptunes. Heavily Plugged!

Psych-pop in slow motion

When a synth pop duo grows into a rocking soul band

The dark alley of synth rock

A bonus collection of alternative versions and new tracks for the album of 2017

Cinematic post rock at its finest

Music to mumble too in shuffle fashion

Electro art rockers Son Lux get introspective and reflective for album no.5

Cinematic post rock full of drama, intrigue and space grooves

80’s New Romantics meets 10’s synth rockers!

War Drawn Out

Brinleigh’s fascinating 2017 album “The Landing” is as much a conceptual story in audio format as it is an album. Drenched in sci-fi synths, brooding spacious otherworldly moments and songs that feel quite timeless, it’s an unusual but excellent entry into the music scene. The title track’s instrumental drone opens the album like the beginning […]

Synth pop rock to lilt too

A technical marvel of synth and guitar

When a post rock opera and a robot dance party collide

A song about the winner that never was

Clock Opera popped onto my radar at the end of last year with an great synth rock single and with the release of their second album Venn a couple of weeks ago, they have cemented themselves as a firm favourite new discovery in 2017. Their brand of rock has equal parts synth and electronica nods […]

Synth Rock with a disco edge? Sign me up!

This one is for Saturday night!