Guardian Music — 1979: Who was going to step forward after Bowie to deliver the first big electronic hit? No one expected this ...After David Bowie's Low and Heroes, the race was on for the first big British electronic hit. Everyone knew it was going to happen, becau... more info

Guardian Music — Death and Desire, Digits' near classic of mournful electronica, is a synth-pop album to stand alongside the Human League's DareHometown: Toronto/London.The lineup: Alt Altman (voice, music).The background: There are currently so many girls with synth... more info

Guardian Music — As bohemians flit between capitals, pop's centre of gravity is difficult to gauge. It's not where you're from, it's where you're atAccording to Pop Muzik, the 1979 hit single by M, the four corners of the tastemaker's world were once "New York, Londo... more info

Guardian Music — Heaven, LondonNew productions of familiar operas are often so far-fetched that you're lost without a programme to help piece together what does happen with what's supposed to happen. Not at London nightclub Heaven, however, where Richard Crichton and... more info

ContactMusic — The Human League have pulled out two upcoming gigs in Ireland after a dispute with the promoter The New Wave stars were booked to play at the Summer Sessions event in Dublin next month May12 but they have axed their sets after allegedly failing to re... more info

Pop Justice — Nicki Minaj gave typically restrained performances of 'Starships' and 'Super Bass' at the NBA All-Star Game last night. (Billboard) (http://www.billboard.com/news/pitbull-chris-brown-nicki-minaj-rock-nba-1006288952.story) Pitbull and his friends were... more info

Guardian Music — The boss of We7 reveals how he co-created the online jukebox with Peter Gabriel and why he believes it is the future of radio Steve Purdham, the co-founder and chief executive of online jukebox We7, can recall those heady Saturday nights as a DJ in t... more info

Guardian Music — Preposterous and brilliant, the Human League's vision of the future sounds oddly charming nowPhil Oakey always seemed to me like such a terrific bloke that had my mother come home one day in the early 80s with a floppy locked stranger and said, "This... more info

Guardian Music — (Tummy Touch)This New York hipster-disco outfit, led by producers Daniel Collas and Sean Marquand, say their second album was modelled on a long list of disparate names, including Justice, the Human League and the Steve Miller Band. That should have ... more info

Guardian Music — (DFA)Originally the guitarist in the little known electro rock band Six Finger Satellite, John "Juan" MacLean reinvented himself as a DFA electro artiste. Since 2009's acclaimed The Future Will Come, his life has been a blur of worldwide DJ spots and... more info