KOVAK are a Brighton based combo who formed in 2008 with a shared love of bleeps and noises. Comprising of Annelies Van de Velde (vocals), Karl Bray (guitars), Darren Bray (drums) and Martin White (keyboards), they were recently spotted supporting TOYAH in their home town alongside TENEK.

Their current single Killer Boots was also played by on Dave Charles’ radio show during The Electricity Club’s guest spot. Killer Boots is cooing new wave electropop with an immediately catchy Italo vibe while the video is appropriately decadent and sexy. More Inside>>

The Electricity Club are extremely pleased to have MARSHEAUX headlining its second live event TEC002 on SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 2012 at Ballyhoo (formally The Bowery) in London. It will be MARSHEAUX first London gig since 2009 and is sure to be one of the highlights of this year’s electronic music calendar.

Comprising of Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou, the name MARSHEAUX is actually derived from the first syllable of each of their names. Originally from Thessaloniki, the girls moved to Athens and came together to further their appreciation of electronic pop music. Brought up to the sound of the synthesizer and learning to dance to the beat of electronic drums, Marianthi and Sophie lived on a healthy diet of DEPECHE MODE, HUMAN LEAGUE, OMD, SPARKS, SOFT CELL, DURAN DURAN and NEW ORDER.

In a break from recording their fourth album, The Electricity Club were kindly granted an audience with MARSHEAUX and chatted about their upcoming campaign. More inside>>

The Electricity Club’s Chi Ming Lai will be a special guest on Dave Charles evening show between 7.00pm and 10.00pm GMT this Sunday 15th April 2012 on UK independent radio station Harborough FM 102.3

Dave Charles often plays classic electronic pop on his show and his previous guests have included many of the people who have been interviewed by The Electricity Club such as GARY NUMAN, BLANCMANGE’s Neil Arthur, DUBSTAR’s Sarah Blackwood and Chris Payne of DRAMATIS.

To listen to the show live via your computer from almost anywhere in the world, please go to www.harboroughfm.co.uk/ and click the green ‘listen online’ tab. More inside>>

New Zealand’s PRINCESS CHELSEA presents a magical and captivating brand of Electropop that’s guaranteed to charm even the most jaded listener.

Auckland-based musician and producer Chelsea Nikkel is a classically trained pianist whose pop roots stretch back to the likes of indie outfits TEEN WOLF and THE BRUNETTES. Her debut album Lil’ Golden Book was released on the Lil’ Chief Records label last year. More inside>>

Vinyl has always held a special affection. The emotional attachment one gives to a piece of music captured on bit of plastic is almost unparralled.

So here are 45 songs from when vinyl was king, that have been lost in the midst of time. Some are B-sides; others are great singles and album tracks that were overlooked at their time of release. But all deserve critical reappraisal. They are listed by year in alphabetical order, all record labels are UK except where stated: More inside>>

London based musician Lee Simeone, has often been tagged with the label of ‘synth genius’. That’s no surprise, given his mastery at crafting some of the deepest atmospheric collages, that edge between very mellow dreamlike vision pieces, to a full on outbursts of electro darkwave energy.

Making his debut in 2009 with the highly acclaimed The Dream Weaver, SIMEONE went on to earn rave reviews from the likes of Rough Trade Records, as well as tech magazine Future Music. More Inside>>

Hailing from Belgrade and featuring the nucleus of vocalist Jelena Miletić and instrumentalist Jovan Vesić, INJE have had the pleasure of supporting HURTS and FAITHLESS in their home country as well as being invited to play at Exit, one of Serbia’s most prestigious festivals for three years consecutively.

Their chromatic Eastern Bloc charge will almost certainly please followers of LADYTRON. The excellent Kofein I CO2 from their EP Protok is sort of DUBSTAR meets DAVID LYNCH soundtrack. More inside>>

HARD CORPS are an act who today clearly enjoy a cult status even though they only released one album and a handful of singles during their active years from 1983 to 1990. Their classic songs like Je Suis Passée and To Breathe are still played frequently in Swedish electro clubs but the band themselves are still little known to most people.

With the release of Clean Tables Have To Be Burnt To, a collection of previously unheard versions and lost material from the HARD CORPS archives on New York’s Minimal Wave Records, Johan Wejedal spoke to Rob Doran, one of the band’s founders. More inside>>

The Electricity Club will DJing at Hit Factory Live featuring STEPS, JASON DONOVAN, RICK ASTLEY, DEAD OR ALIVE, BANANARAMA, PEPSI & SHIRLIE, HAZELL DEAN, BROTHER BEYOND, SINITTA and SONIA on Wednesday 11th July 2012 in London’s Hyde Park.

The surprise invitation was made by Pete Waterman via his representatives following a recommendation by Shirlie Holliman aka Mrs Martin Kemp from PEPSI & SHIRLIE who had met The Electricity Club’s team at Return To The Blitz Club in January 2011. More inside>>

Thanks to all those that were entertained by our story regarding The Electricity Club DJing at Hit Factory Live. As the date of the news item testifies, it was just an April Fool…we should be so lucky!

MARSHEAUX are headlining The Electricity Club’s second live event TEC002 on SUNDAY 29TH APRIL 2012 at London’s Ballyhoo (formally The Bowery).

Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou will be performing tracks from their new album which will be released via their parent label Undo Records in Greece and Germany’s Out Of Line in Europe. Special guests will be their production team FOTONOVELA. More inside>>