Totally Fuzzy — Not as well known internationally as other electronic synth pioneers like Walter Carlos, Kraftwerk, Vangelis or even J.M. Jarre, but don't let that fool you. Dutch synthesist Johan Timman knew exactly what knobs to twist and what cable to plug i... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Underwater Records / 2002Their third release, Att3nti0n, retains the group's knack for cybernetic pop hooks ("Desire") while exploring chill-out (the modest "Detention") and hard, filter-filled trance ("I.I.E."), all the while nodding its head to the... more info

Guardian Music — Once the sultan of sleazy synth pop, Marc Almond's new Edinburgh show Ten Plagues examines the Black Death. Gloomy? 'We're all dropping off the end of a conveyor belt,' he saysThirty years ago, Marc Almond was a slightly built man who wore black eye... more info

Guardian Music — 1975: Number 1 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicThe germinating moment for British dance music occurred, strangely, in a 1975 edition of Tomorrow's World, which featured four young Germans dressed like geography teacher... more info

Guardian Music — December 1977: Number 4 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicReleased on 16 December 1977, Saturday Night Fever was the film that broke disco in both senses: it popularised and developed the form at the same time as it froz... more info

Guardian Music — 1983-85: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicTechnically, Detroit techno was born down the road in suburban Belleville, where chief architects Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson met in high school. By 1... more info

Guardian Music — August 1976: Number 33 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicIn the spring of 1976, David Bowie was dangerously close to burnout from fame and drugs. He had just released his 10th studio album, Station to Station, and, wit... more info

Guardian Music — The Horrors, On tourIt was obvious when they appeared on NME's cover in 2006 in Victorian gaoler chic that the Horrors had something, although what that might be wasn't clear from the endearingly rubbish garage-goth rumble of their debut. However, th... more info

Guardian Music — 'Listening to an over-hyped indie album about which I have mixed feelings is an improvement on listening to my daughter ask if we're there yet every 90 seconds'I try to adopt a hands-off approach when it comes to Esme's taste in music. People always ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Excellent BBC FOUR Documentary, originally aired in 2009, following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists in... more info