Jega - "Variance" - Planet Mu - July 20 2009

The new LP by Jega - his first in almost 10 years is stunning - at least that's what my early impressions tell me. Worth the wait! Hearing about this one made me fish out "Spectrum" (an earlier album and an all time classic electronica release) in anticipation. It's early days but this new one might just be the match of it.

Ralf Hütter was not interviewed on the Culture Show - oh well!

Well, it was always going to be a long-shot that the elusive and media-shy leader of Kraftwerk (now the sole original member) would (as was billed) be interviewed on the BBC's Culture Show. Miranda Sawyer actually went head to head with Ralf's stage robot which in interview was a touch wooden and not too revealing. But it was a good little feature anyway about their performance at the Manchester Festival 2009. I loved the fact it happened at the velodrome with cyclists whizzing by.