Dundee Lad

In the mid 80s I was still living in Elizabeth South and one day I was checking out the boxes in a local 2nd hand shop I frequented. Nothing caught my interest until I came across this bizarre album cover. I’d never heard of Cybotron before but one of the tracks was titled Arrakis and that immediately caught my attention because I’d already read Dune cover to cover three times. On top of that, the cover made no mention of vocals but did list synths, and the vinyl was in excellent condition so buying it was a no-brainer for me. I kind of still own the vinyl but it’s not actually in my possession—long, sad, embarrassing-for-me, story—so it had been decades since I heard it, and to be honest I mostly forgot about it. I mean, I have all the Tangerine Dream albums from the 70s, plus a heap of excellent bootleg live recordings by them, plus Klaus Schulze, and other similar artists, so I wasn’t lacking in that department. But imagine my surprise when, on a whim, in 2022 I searched Cybotron on Bandcamp and this appeared…

It’s not all bagpipes and kilts in Scotland

Bought this one the same day as The Killgirls album. Whereas the previous album is more goth and industrial, this one is very much a throwback to 80s synthpop but I love all sorts of music, and this album still gets played regularly. Alas, another artist who only seems to have released one album on Bandcamp, and then disappeared into the ether.

Came across this album while sauntering through Bandcamp and immediately bought it. That was back in 2012 but I have no idea if the band is still going. Their official website is no more, and the domain is now home to an indie animated movie, so that doesn’t bode well for their continued existence.

Anyway, this is White Bus from their album, Animal.

Something a little special from Bandcamp. If you’ve ever played Skyrim and used the follower, Auri from the Song of the Green mod, then you might recognise this sweet voice.