Features
Scritti Politti: The Beez Knees
As reissues of ‘Songs To Remember’ and ‘Cupid & Psyche 85’ drop, Green Gartside retraces Scritti Politti’s path from “scratchy-collapsy” post-punk through to slick 1980s electropop and beyond
Department S ‘Sub-Stance’ (Ltm, 2003)
“After three great singles, you just expect an album…”
‘A Love From Outer Space’ AR Kane
Rudy Tambala tells the tale behind AR Kane’s crown jewel, ‘A Love From Outer Space’, the dreampop-induced house track from the duo’s 1989 album ‘i’, which still sounds totally out of this world
Richard Pinhas
Hot on the heels of two key Heldon reissues, founder and guitarist Richard Pinhas pinpoints the sounds and inspirations that powered the band’s mind-expanding prog/early synth experiments
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ Charanjit Singh
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ was recorded by Charanjit Singh in 1982. Rana Ghose and Johanz Westerman describe how a long-lost classic of Indian electronica has been rediscovered
Fluke: Hybrid Electric
A new compilation of re-recorded Fluke classics is a timely reminder of their place in UK dance music history
Reviews
Various Artists ‘The Silent Harvest Volume 1’ (Folk Police)
Meadow Modulations
Boards Of Canada ‘Inferno’ (Warp)
Red Hot Radio
News
Shadowlands 2027
New International Music Festival in the historic city of Canterbury
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7139
ES7139 seven-inch features Scritti Politti
Maria Uzor announces new album ‘Fantasyland’
Former half of Sink Ya Teeth, genre-blending electronic artist Maria Uzor announces news of her forthcoming album Fantasyland, and shares the first single from the album titled Don’t Touch Me
Live Sessions
ESLS018 – Sunda Arc
Electronica and woodwind – together at last Sunda Arc is an electronic project that seamlessly blends digital soundscapes…
ESLS017 – Bodega
Brooklyn’s post-punk art rock stylings hit the Electronic Sound studio
ESLS016 – Ultramarine
Electronica blends into a sound art experience in the Electronic Sound studio
Recent
Lesley Mok
Evolution is driving beat for this drummer
Custard-Mad Sentient Hoover
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are the ‘Teletubbies’
Martin Brugger
Producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger on his first and last albums, and one he always returns to
Dealers Of God
Concept albums and conspiracies merge
Mark Jenkin: The Analogue Auteur
Filmmaker Mark Jenkin takes a handmade approach to his features, shooting on clockwork cameras and creating his own electronic scores with a tape loop designed by Brian Eno
Jacqui Hunt
Australian music icon Jacqui Hunt takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Cold Blow
Location: London / Helsinki Est: 2018
Pete Bingham
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Pete Bingham
Export Import
Cosmic cohort juggle jazz and noise
Chimp Hardy
Beastly beats from Berlin
Sick Robot
Sci-fi-fuelled techno from Wearside
Taj Mahal Travellers
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to the Taj Mahal Travellers