Features
Own a Piece of Audio History
Born of a visionary partnership between acoustic designer Ojas and Klipsch, the limited edition kO-R2 two-way multisectoral loudspeaker represents the pinnacle of audio collaboration…
Saul Williams: Leap Of Faith
For his first solo offering in just over a decade, mercurial polymath Saul Williams unleashes an ambitious, post-genre “invocation” of spoken word, ghostly trip hop, abstract jazz and astral vibes – with tales OF Bowie, Prince and Massive Attack, to boot
Faust: Faust Forward
Fusing electronics, noise, drone and abstraction to startling effect, few bands have challenged the idea of Rock music quite like the German collective Faust…
EP-4 ‘Found Tapes’ (Telegraph, 1984)
“Spinning out of a scene centred around the Kyoto venue Club Modern, EP-4 were formed by local musician Kaoru Sato in 1980…”
Nick Nicely ‘Hilly Fields’
Electro-psych enigma Nick Nicely recounts the creation of 1982’s cult classic ‘Hilly Fields’, now widely considered a pivotal influence on the hypnagogic pop scene
Mira Aroyo of Ladytron
As Ladytron gear up for their last few UK live dates of the year, the band’s Mira Aroyo delves into her foremost influences
Reviews
Marina Herlop ‘Dja Dja’ (Bandcamp)
A Hero’s Journey
Gilroy Mere ‘Furlongs’ (Clay Pipe)
On The Right Track
End Of The Road: Review
The electronic highlights from this year’s End Of The Road festival
News
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 22
In this episode, Electronic Sound magazine founders discuss the stoned and naked shenanigans of krautrock legends Faust, the bizarre link between indie champs The Yummy Fur and rap god LL Cool J
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 21
In this episode Push returns, and talks to his Electronic Sound magazine co-founder Mark Roland about Dollar, which seems to be a popular topic, including their contribution to a Gary Numan track…
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 20
In this episode, Electronic Sound co-founder Mark Roland chats to e.m.arson about her debut album, being released on the Electronic Sound label, and delves into a selection of her record and book collection.
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
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 19
In this episode, Electronic Sound co-founder Mark Roland chats to his bandmate Paul Thompson about the forthcoming re-release of their band Globo’s 1995 debut LP ‘Pro War’
Names On Tapes
Duo pull the spool and find gold
Globo: Globo Warfare
As Globo’s defining 1995 album ‘Pro War’ gets the redux treatment, their powerful, anti-conflict messages feel eerily timely. The electronic agitators talk political chaos, exploding tyres and antagonising fans of The Fall
Larimae
Ambient braindance gets neurons firing
Eric Random ‘That’s What I Like About Me’
This month, resident archivist Jack Dangers focuses on ‘That’s What I Like About Me’, a Cabaret Voltaire-adjacent album by Eric Random from 1980
Super Furry Animals’ FV433 Abbot Howitzer
A whole 30 years after they navigated the British summer festival circuit in an FV433 Abbot Howitzer, Super Furry Animals remember the carnage left behind by its brief tour of duty
Hard Corps
Hard Corps’ Clive Pierce and Rob Doran take on this month’s quick-fire questions
Takeshi’s Cashew
“Psych medieval Nintendo Core” ahoy
Fat Dog: Off The Leash
London’s Fat Dog return with their second album – a gleefully unruly mix of electro-punk, rave, pop and wonky balladry, Inspired by family dynamics and curious life encounters. Cue Elvis impersonators, Aliens and the penguins of ‘Madagascar
Flaty
Hip hop enters new stratospheres
Ron Hardy ‘Sensation’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Ron Hardy’s ‘Sensation’
Those Holy
Curtain-up for Celtic wavers