Posts by Sean Albiez
New Substack post on Eda Emilie Kassel: Forgotten Pioneer of Electronic Music
One of the most enjoyable things I've found when researching early electronic music is that I continually get to rewrite history - e.g. Evgeny Henkin performed on the Theremin in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in 1930 well before the Thereminist who is usually given the credit - Max Wolfson.
I had some time yesterday to put this together - an explainer on the Berlin School of Electrical Music [1928-1930] - little known but fundamental to the spread of electronic music performance across Europe from 1928-1930. Further posts exploring these performances will follow.
After some tweaking my 3-part overview of Martin Taubmann's important role in bringing electronic music to British audiences from Germany in the 1930s is now available on Substack.
'Gobsmacked' is an album created using our original demo & live recordings to digitally produce versions of our songs for 2026. This has been fun, eye-opening & 'gobsmacking' - we hope you like this 'what if?' version of our album of originals out today on Bandcamp - all proceeds to MIND
Somewhere among the 1980s post-industrial smokestacks of Leeds a small cabal of refugees from west of the Pennines created an unholy eclectic musical vision - Just Hip. 40 years on our music is now on Bandcamp - all proceeds to MIND in memory of our late keyboard player and vibesman Zbig Ucinek.
Since releasing the 'Dreams and Delusions' album last week there've been some very kind comments, a number of CD and digital sales and interest on streaming platforms. Glad to know this music has connected with people in the UK, USA, Australia and Spain ... and possibly elsewhere ...
Out today - new ghost elektron album 'Dreams and Delusions: Archival Reinvention [1990-1991]' draws from music I made in the 1990-1991 period reimagined with a dark ambient-instrumental-experimental feel - on CD and digital download via Bandcamp and also via the usual streaming platforms.
Just finished up the CD artwork for my upcoming ghost elektron album release 'Dreams and Delusions'
Inspired by Martin James, been thinking about the uncanny resurrections I've been orchestrating in my recent music projects & connections to Fishers work - decided to get hold of some hard copies in place of the 'well thumbed' Kindle versions. Looking forward to getting reacquainted ... ๐
Enjoying a Xmas day flick through this book about my old workplace ๐
It's been a busy musical end of year - three exciting releases coming in 2026 - and this one is a bit of a surprise - an uncanny resurrection. More info soon ๐
The New Mad Elektrons [myself and Gary Monaghan] single is released today on State of Bass UK via Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. Swing & Shake is a song that we began tinkering with when we both lived in London in the early 90s, and then Gary took it to the next level ๐
My artist of the year according to Spotify - in this case they got it right ๐
My new seasonal EP is now available via all streaming platforms (4-track version) and Bandcamp (with 2 extra tracks) on Stateless Bass @ State of Bass UK - some winter calm after the Nostalgia Deathstar autumn storm ... โ๏ธโ๏ธ
Out today - a little different from my recent ghost elektron album - quieter, piano oriented, icy electronics.
Available now on Bandcamp (with 2 extra tracks) with a 4 track version streaming from Friday 5th.
CDs of my new ghost elektron album 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' have arrived - available from ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...
A review of my new ghost elektron album in the new Electronic Sound magazine - really happy with this! ๐
Korg Electribe EM1 Music Production Station
So how have I spent the ghost elektron 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' release day? Mainly playing around and reacquainting myself with this - and reading up on how to fix the effect selector potentiometer that barely works (apparently many EM1s have this exact same problem) ...
My new ghost elektron album is out today on streaming platforms and CD - ambient-instrumental-experimental - CD available to order via Bandcamp. Good to see this in the world ๐
Finalised CD digipak artwork for my 2nd ghost elektron album - The Romance of Modern Mechanism - out this Friday (3rd October) - with thanks to Louise Morell for putting this together using some of my photographs ๐ ghost-elektron@bandcamp.com
My new ghost elektron album 'The Romance of Modern Mechanism' is out next Friday 3rd October. Now available for pre-order on CD or Digital via Bandcamp - the first release on the State of Bass ambient-instrumental-experimental sister label Stateless Bass.
ghost-elektron.bandcamp.com/album/the-ro...
After our Nostalgia Deathstar album release, had almost forgotten that my 2nd ghost elektron album will be out on Friday 3rd October via Bandcamp (digital and CD) and the usual stealing platforms - it's ambient-instrumental-experimental. Cinematic, dark and light ... more details soon ...
Wow - very nice review of our new Nostalgia Deathstar album in Electronic Sound magazine - 'Savage and prescient' - that'll do ๐