Features
Radiophonic Workshop: Maida To Order
To create a new Radiophonic Workshop sample library, esteemed former members reconvened at the BBC’s iconic Maida Vale studios for one last poignant rendezvous
Rainy Miller: Grim Tales
Steeped in “northern gothic” atmospheres, Rainy Miller’s genre-blurring new album is bleak yet gripping, reflecting the huge emotional impact of a chance encounter
Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct
An Xmal Deutschland retrospective covering the German goth/post-punk band’s defining 4AD years prompts singer Anja Huwe to reflect on her teenage epiphanies
The Moonlandingz: Lunar Tunes
Pterodactyls in the garden, an obsession with gabba videos and a catastrophic bike accident. Adrian Flanagan, Dean Honer and Lias Saoudi explain their long-awaited second album as The Moonlandingz
Kirk Barley: Lux Life
On his latest album, Yorkshire’s Kirk Barley finds the perfect balance between avant-garde pointillism and meditative flow
Richard Fearless: Facing Up
On Death In Vegas’ first album in nine years, Richard Fearless channels grief, memory and raw emotion into visceral electronics – all caustic rave energy and fractured beauty.
Reviews
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke ‘Tall Tales’ (Warp)
Global Heads
Wolfgang Flür ‘Times’ (Cherry Red)
Future Looks Bright
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
The Electronic Sound Seven-Inch Single ES7125
ES7125 seven-inch features Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke
UH
Siblings serve pastoral rave knees-up
TVÅL
Psych kosmonauts go full-on synth
Lullahush
The Irish producer redefining folktronica
Kop-Z
The post-footwork psychogeographer
Eliana Glass
Pianist turns to synths for expression
Sexier than the Kama Sutra
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell): ‘British Hit Singles’
Stardrive
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Stardrive
Dreamfish
Mixmaster Morris and Pete Namlook’s Dreamfish project and much-loved 1993 album of the same name were born of a rare mix of unhinged acid parties and monk-like studio discipline
Kara-Lis Coverdale
Kara-Lis Coverdale takes on our quick-fire question machine
Johnny Conquest ‘Uptown For The Americas’ (Sirkus, 2001)
“Despite never having quite the same cachet as your Warps or Ninja Tunes, the Sirkus label was a reliable stamp of quality at the turn of the 21st century…”
Bal Paré
Sweeping through the forgotten corridors of music, Scott Blixen sets his sights on elegantly attired Hamburgers: Bal Paré