We reckon 2015 is going to be a
fantastic year for electronic music,
not least because of the huge number
of exciting new artists around at the
moment. To prove the point, the
Electronic Sound team have picked 50
acts we’re tipping for big things and
interesting things over the next 12
months. The future starts right here,
right now.
Are you listening, 2015?
Words: NEIL MASON
With a little help from PUSH, MARK
ROLAND, BETHAN COLE, CARL GRIFFIN,
DANNY TURNER, DAVID STUBBS, FAT
ROLAND, FINLAY MILLIGAN, HARRIET
BLISS, MAT SMITH, MILES PICARD, NEIL
KULKARNI, PATRICK NICHOLSON, VIK
SHIRLEY and WYNDHAM WALLACE
MEGA E MOT I O N
TE E E L
Turning the sequencer up to 11
1980s synthpop revivalists off the port bow
When Norwich-based Peel favourites Bearsuit hung up their
furry coats, three of their number – Lisa Horton, Jan Robertson
and Iain Ross – reconfigured as Mega Emotion. A hectic ball of
energy, they come on with a sort of Depeche Mode meets Pixies
vibe, while others have them chalked as New Order signed to
4AD. Going about the business of getting a leg up since 2013, this
month sees their first single proper, ‘Uncomfortable’, released as
a limited edition cassette on the Post/Pop label. It’s a total belter
in a Human League goes lo-fi kind of way, complete with delicious
female backing vocals, a big sing-along chorus and some truly neat
old school sounds marching away underneath. Should do that leg
up job, all things being equal.
Jim Smith – New Jersey-based producer, Synth Records label
boss and founder of the excellent iheartsynths.com website –
debuted Teeel back in 2011 with the ‘Amulet’ album, but last
year’s third long-playing outing, ‘Hydrostatic’, landed him fi