Features
Valentina Magaletti
Valentina Magaletti is a drummer of rare versatility. Fresh from the release of her fabulously trippy new album with Upsammy, she shares her key inspirations – from coffee and mycology to ping-pong
Two Days With David Bowie
Reece Dinsdale remembers two surreal days spent filming in a Mercedes limousine with David Bowie in January 1993
Doublespeak: Speak & Spell Bound
Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge are bona fide synthpop royalty. Now they’ve united as Doublespeak – a supergroup reimagining the past with style and swagger
Haiku Salut: Poetry In Motion
Instrumental trio Haiku Salut and pianist Meg Morley have ReimagineD the soundtrack to a 1930 German silent film with typically cinematic verve
J Zunz: Zunz For Hire
All ghostly ambience, noir-ish drone and propulsive electronics, J Zunz conjures UP slow-burn soundscapes that shimmer with a creeping, otherworldly unease
Laibach: Pop, Pop, Pop Musick
Eschewing their usual avant-garde provocations, Laibach are back with their most pop-facing record yet – a gloriously hook-laden set packed with undeniable bangers. Didn’t see that one coming…
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Listening Session – Friday 29th May | 7pm–10pm
Join us for a special listening session celebrating the new Boards of Canada album, ‘Inferno’, presented on a…
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 11
In this episode, Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push reveal the identity of the new synth…
When OMD Met NASA
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark men Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys give us the low-down on their new…
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
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Invictus Hi-Fi
Producer hits stride with political bangers
Woodleigh Research Facility ‘Anamchara’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Woodleigh Research Facility’s ‘Anamchara’
Nina Walsh
Woodleigh Research Facility’s Nina Walsh takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Teenage Marshmallow Addiction
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are Monsters
Cujo ‘Adventures In Foam’ (Ninebar, 1996)
“My introduction to Cujo, the name under which Amon Adonai Santos De Araújo Tobin made his earliest recordings…”
System 7: In Full Bloom
Eleven years on since their last outing, “unapologetic psychonauts” Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy resume transmission as System 7 – and reflect on their storied past with Gong, Simple Minds and The Orb
Plone
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Plone
Lip Critic
NYC electropunks will make you sweat
Heavensouls
Texan whizz-kid spearheads innovation
Yu Su
Musician, DJ and creative chef Yu Su on her first and last records, and one she always returns to
Coldcut ‘Autumn Leaves (The Irresistible Force Full Chill Mix)’
‘Autumn Leaves (The Irresistible Force Full Chill Mix)’ may indeed be a Coldcut chill-out classic, but the backstory is anything but relaxing. Mixmaster Morris shares how his version evolved
Hannah Hu
Singer attracts big producer for debut EP