Song elettronica
E2-E4: the hour by Manuel Göttsching that seeded house
One afternoon in 1981, an hour cut in a single take, and thirty years of dancefloors. The story of a piece made for a Walkman.
A guide to listening
Choosing again what to listen to
Discovering music is what we love. In the streaming age the options are endless, yet we choose less and less what we actually listen to.
Rogue sorts the music we love and tells you about it in a few lines. Coming here is like walking into a record shop.
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Songs
Every week we pick tracks we love and try to tell their story. No favourite genre: you will find a bit of everything.
Song funk
Bob James
Nautilus
Bob James's Nautilus: how an end-of-session leftover became one of hip hop's most used samples
Genres and monographs
We cover eras, scenes and figures that shifted something. The songs we love, seen up close.
Genre library
Italian Library Music in the 1970s: Soundtracks for Films Never Made
The sonorizzazioni of Piero Umiliani and Alessandro Alessandroni, made for a catalog rather than a film, became a mine for collectors and producers worldwide.
Monograph dub
King Tubby
King Tubby, the father of dub
How a Kingston sound engineer turned the mixing desk into an instrument, and invented a genre.
Genre idm
Artificial Intelligence
Warp
Artificial Intelligence: how Warp invented listening from the armchair (1992)
Genre elettronica
Japanese electronic
The machines before the music: how Japan built its electronic sound in the 1970s
Monograph world
Tom Zé
Tom Ze, the engineer of Tropicalia rediscovered twenty years later
Artist pick
The favourite tracks of people who make music for a living. Picks from the artists we listen to most.
Artist pick french-touch
Étienne de Crécy
Super Discount
Super Discount: Étienne de Crécy and the French touch seen from the control room
Tell us
Rogue talks about music and shares it. We are enthusiasts like you, ready to hear every suggestion: send the editorial desk the tracks you would pick.
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