Features
Air: Shoot For The Moon
Retro-futuristic, gorgeously languid, utterly irresistible – Air changed the sonic landscape almost overnight with the release of ‘Moon Safari’ in 1998. Taking a break from performing the album in full on a mammoth world tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin reflect on their robo-romantic masterpiece
British Murder Boys: Techno Twins
Anthony Child (aka Surgeon) and Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) are British Murder Boys. It’s more than 20 years since they first got together and the venerated industrial techno duo have only just released their debut album, but it’s been worth the wait
‘Dub From Creation’
In a recording rut at the age of 19, Adrian Sherwood called on reggae producer Dennis Bovell and the Creation Rebel masterpiece, ‘Dub From Creation’, was born
Conny Frischauf: Pick And Mix
Combining playful electronics, left-field pop and wonky jazz vibes, the synaesthetic sound world of Viennese electronicist Conny Frischauf is packed full of sonic possibilities
DMX Krew: Electric Eclectic
Whether he’s making classic electro-funk, arch synthpop, curious techno or raw dancehall beats, DMX Krew’s Ed Upton keeps emotional content at the forefront of his multi-hued machine soul
Orbury Common: Common People
Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe
Reviews
Andrew Wasylyk And Tommy Perman ‘Ash Grey And The Gull Glides On’ (Clay Pipe)
Beauty And The Beats
‘Eno’ Documentary
Generative film exploring Brian Eno’s creative life If there’s going to be a documentary about Brian Eno in…
Actress ‘Statik’ (Smalltown Supersound)
Show Stopper
Live Sessions
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
ESLS015 – Hifi Sean & David McAlmont
Men and machines in perfect harmony in the ES studio
Recent
Video: Maria Uzor ‘What U Need’
Former Sink Ya Teeth singer and producer Maria Uzor has today shared the video for ‘What U Need’, the brand new single released today on Hey Buffalo Records.
Ultramarine Live In London
Ultramarine have a show in London on 27 July at the King’s Cross venue Water Rats, where they played their first non-club show back in the halcyon days of the early 1990s
Reunion Island
US synthsters are alt-stars in the making
Less-O
Nuclear productions from French artist
DJ Donkey Botherer
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Blackpool
Paddy Kingsland ‘Reg’
BBC Radiophonic Workshop legend Paddy Kingsland tells us about his reggae-influenced classic, ‘Reg’, the B-side to the 1973 single release of the ‘Doctor Who’ theme tune
DJ Veronica Vasicka
Founder of the Minimal Wave and Cititrax labels, influential DJ Veronica Vasicka talks Throbbing Gristle, New York and arthouse films
Jodie Nicholson
Exquisite synthpop with north-east grit
End Of Data
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, Scott Blixen sets his sights on French refuseniks End Of Data
Ilya Semashkevich
Prolific electronicist is just getting started