Machines humming with human desire: Melbourne's Modern Ideas crafts gloriously cold, Depeche Mode-inspired synth-pop where "plastic dreams and electric romance" collide in DIY garage transformation. LA dark synthpop trio BlakLight return with haunting, dancefloor-driven remixes and cinematic foreboding on Cruel - Maxi Single. Venus Spins Backwards delivers catchy electro-industrial technopop from the dimensional vortex, while Killer Haze drops a Terminator-inspired synth bop and BLF serves up a spastic-but-cohesive quantum popcorn burst for fans of Kraftwerk and Sly Stone alike.