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Chris Carter is a Los Angeles-based disc jockey, producer and music consultant. A founding member of beloved powerpoppers Dramarama, Chris moved into management, handling among others the Wondermints, the members of whom now constitute Brian Wilson’s band. As a producer, he supervised the cult rockumentary about influential LA deejay Rodney Bingenheimer, Mayor of The Sunset Strip, which was nominated for Best Documentary in the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards. Currently Chris hosts two weekly radio shows: the long-lived and popular Breakfast With The Beatles, and Chris Carter’s British Invasion on Sirius/XM radio as part of Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

www.breakfastwiththebeatles.com

99% of Ace releases are mastered by Nick Robbins and Duncan Cowell at Sound Mastering which is located alongside the Ace building in London NW10. 

As well as Ace releases, the studio works with a select number of outside clients. For more information about working with them contact Nick (nick@soundmastering.com) or Dunc (duncan@soundmastering.com).

The Record Cafe, 45-47 North Parade, Bradford, BD1 3JH www.therecordcafe.co.uk

Friday 28th February at 8 PM – 12 AM

(Free Entry) Tickets via: www.eventbrite.com

DJ Sets from Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs and Shipley's The Record Club to celebrate the launch of their new LP The Tears of Technology

At the turn of the 80s, a new generation of musicians appeared who saw synthesisers not as dehumanizing machines but as musical instruments that could be coaxed into creating modern, beautiful and decidedly emotional music. It was almost as if the musicians were intentionally creating this music to prove the doubters wrong.

Compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, “The Tears Of Technology” celebrates this brief period when scruffy synth duos from the provinces broke through and took over British pop. Like mellotrons before them, synths could project a strange and deep emotion; listen to OMD’s ‘Sealand’, or the Human League’s ‘WXJL Tonight’, and it was clear that something in the wiring had an inherent melancholy.

In the 60s and 70s, the synthesiser had mostly been regarded as either a novelty or a threat. Tomorrow’s World warned us that the cold, heartless synth would soon make orchestras redundant. But by 1980, Korgs, Moogs and Rolands were becoming affordable for all, and post-punk had created a safe place for new groups to experiment with these new toys.

The influence of Kraftwerk – who had made a landmark appearance on Tomorrow’s World in 1975 – is all over this collection. Big names rub shoulders with obscurities by Turquoise Days, Electronic Circus and Illustration, all highly prized recordings among ‘cold wave’ and ‘minimal synth’ afficionados. There are pioneers like John Foxx and Thomas Leer, alongside unexpected synth sadness from Simple Minds and the Teardrop Explodes.

“The Tears Of Technology” celebrates an era of electronic melancholia, synthesized intimacies and insights – even Tomorrow’s World didn’t see that coming.

Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs will be in store at Rough Trade East to discuss their new Ace Records compilation “English Weather” on Tuesday, 28th February. Bob and Pete will be signing copies of the compilation after the Q&A.

FREE ENTRY. 6.30pm Doors // 7.00pm On-stage // 7.45pm Signing.

Rough Trade East
Tuesday, 28th February 2017

www.roughtrade.com

Fatback have dates in the UK both in both November and December this year. Here's where you need to be:

14th November (Thursday) - JAZZ CAFÉ, London, United Kingdom
15th November (Friday) - JAZZ CAFÉ, London, United Kingdom
16th November (Saturday) - BUTLIN'S LEISURE RESORT, Skegness, United Kingdom
30th December (Monday) - RONNIE SCOTT'S, London, United Kingdom
31st December (Tuesday) - RONNIE SCOTT'S, London, United Kingdom
1st January 2020 (Wednesday) - RONNIE SCOTT'S, London, United Kingdom