Electronica: Electronics Anonymous
Johnny Black, Q, December 1990
Swatched in dry ice, tucked behind towering banks of keyboards, they are the spiritual descendents of Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, prescribing "psycho-active music to bring on altered states of consciousness". Johnny Black meets the faceless superstars at the 8th UK Electronica festival.
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