Features
The Young Gods ‘Longue Route’
Franz Treichler talks us through The Young Gods’ 1989 single ‘Longue Route’, the Swiss group’s wired-up stormageddon of heavy metal samples. D’accoooord!
Boccaccio Life, Ghent
A new compilation celebrating Ghent’s Boccaccio Life club provides the perfect opportunity to look back on the makings of this unlikely electronic institution
Gwenno
Returning with her fourth album ‘Utopia’, Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno shares the influences that have helped to forge her work
Shrift ‘Lost In A Moment’ (Six Degrees, 2006)
“Remember ‘Underwater Love’, the gently lilting and effortlessly catchy trip hop track used on a Levi’s television advert in 1997?”
Children Of The Bong: Smoke Signals
Marking the 30th anniversary of ‘Sirius Sounds’, Children Of The Bong are back with a collection of remixes that reimagine their 1990s psychedelic/acid/dub frequencies for the 21st century
Claudia Brücken: The Dark Side
With her intoxicating new solo offering, ‘Night Mirror’, Claudia Brücken reaffirms her status as one of synthpop’s most enigmatic and enduring voices
Reviews
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
Patchworks
Location: Brighton Est: 2022
Thool
Celtic liaisons with elemental sonics
Larry Heard
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Larry Heard
Rival Consoles: Total Recall
Reinvigorated electronic maestro Ryan Lee West – aka Rival Consoles – is back with ‘Landscape From Memory’, a thrilling album that might be his most electrifying yet
Reaper On Red: Hot Fuzz
The shadowy sonics of Cincinnati pairing Reaper On Red pulse with dark psych, brooding electronics and “gothic-shaded salvos”
No Fireman’s Pole
More musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell): Office Work
Gelli Haha
Synthpopper uncorks summer debut
The Fuckings
Total body immersion from Finnish freaks
David Balfe
For Those I Love’s David Balfe on the first and last albums he bought, and an all-time favourite
Warp 9
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen digs up NYC’s space-loving electro outfit Warp 9
The Electronic Sound Seven-Inch Single ES7127
ES7127 seven-inch features Jeff Mills
Falle Nioke
Guinea to Margate for restless vocalist