Click image above to check out 25 minute α60 ‘Motor-Minimal’ mix on Jonny Mugwump’s superb Exotic Pylon show, which takes ‘krautrock, 60’s thrash and minimalism and chucks them in to a propulsive cement mixer with thrilling results.’

A shameless plug here for Joseph Stannard’s ‘psych/prog/kraut/cosmic/electronic’ congregation, ‘The Outer Church’ – 8 til midnight every 2nd Wednesday of the month @ The Penthouse, Brighton.

The night on July 14th will feature a set from Sussex spectralist Kemper Norton. Click on the logo to check out The Outer Church blog.

All tracks can be previewed online with last.fm

Cults of Brasilia Music presents α60’s ‘Themes from Utopia’: a five track journey into the heart of the modernist dream. With this debut release α60 combines elements of Electro, Italo-disco, and classic soundtrack music to create a unique and haunting take on melodic synth pop.

As the EP unfolds, synthetic instrumentation and prefabricated drum patterns build up a sinister and occasionally melancholy musical atmosphere. In the space of five tracks myriad electro-music references are condensed into a lean pop format – from the driving, Italo-Electro of ‘Exit Ramp’, the library-pop of ‘Starliner Island’ to the cinematic menace of ‘Arc-Light’ and ‘Theme for a European Film’.

The EP comes across in places as a soundtrack to a re-imagined film adaptation of Ballard’s ‘Crash’, composed by Goblin and ‘Radioactivity’-era Kraftwerk. This is music that recalls the futurist, romantic, synth music of Air, M83 and classic Krautrock and Italo Disco.

The ‘Themes from Utopia’ EP is now available from iTunes and eMusic.