I bought myself a Fostex 4-track recorder back in the early 1990s. This analogue cassette player could record to both sides of a C90 compact cassette at the same time and allowed me to experiment with mixing, dubbing and crossfading in the comfort of my own bedroom. But while the world went to grun [...more]
My Spotify Playlists
Playlist Description Genre 
Stand-Up Comedy on Spotify - a playlist with an emphasis on recent releases and comics that feature in the many “best comedy of the year” roundups. See here for details. comedy, stand-up 
Björk - Repost - The best mixes and B-Sides from Björk's Post and Homogenic albums. electronic, trip-hop 
BioShock Soundtrack (Licensed Tracks) - In the videogame BioShock you encounter phonographs that play music from the 1940s and 1950s as background music. This is the playlist. music hall, jazz, swing, easy listening 
ElectroKylie - In the early 2000s, Kylie Minogue released some fantastic electro-flavoured remixes. This playlist brings the best of them together in ready-to-mix order. pop, disco, electro 
M.PATHY (The Pod Mix) - Reconstruction of mixtapes from 1991. See this post for details. house, dance, 1990s, dub, madchester 
The Singing Detective - Reconstructed original soundtrack to Dennis Potter's critically acclaimed BBC television serial. These 1940s classics are presented in chronological order. music hall, jazz, big band, easy listening 
Something for the Weekend - A chilled playlist for when you're alone with that special person in your life. More detail here. downtempo, trip-hop, jazz 
EBM von Eine Tasse Jäger - Oldschool and anhalt Electronic Body Music, inspired by the blog Eine Tasse Jäger. EBM 
Afront's Best Of 2009 - A selection of some of my favourite tracks from 2009. synthpop, rock, indie, pop, electro-industrial, psytrance, chamberpop 
A Fool For You - A special selection of songs that tell the story of my life. pop, rock, folk, indie, goth, chamberpop etc. 
Synthpop 2009 - Some of the finest synthpop from 2009! synthpop 
Psytrance 2 - Megaplaylist of psychedelic and progressive trance. psytrance 
Synthpop Europa - European synthpop, showcasing some of my favourites in the genre. synthpop 
Synthpop USA - Modern electropop from North America. synthpop 
The Golden Hour of Synthpop - A history of synthpop, showing its development from the late 70s through early 80s. synthpop 
The Human League Unlimited - Choice selection of album tracks and slightly lesser known songs from synthpop's finest band. synthpop 
In A Trance - 2-part playlist featuring some of favourite psychedelic trance and psybient (psychedelic ambient) psytrance, psybient 
EBM & Industrial - Charting the history of industrial music from the early 80s through to the current day. EBM, industrial, electro-industrial 
Futurepop - Sitting between synthpop and industrial, here's a selection of futurepop tracks. futurepop, synthpop 
A Sensational History of Popular Music - a spotted history of humankind’s music. Full details here. all 
Discophonic Workship - Cosmic disco playlist based on my Last.fm group of the same name. More details here. cosmic disco, electro disco, space disco, italo disco, synthpop 
Electro-Industrial 2 - More electro-industrial, featuring tracks added in the latter-half of 2009. industrial, electro-industrial