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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

Cujo ‘Adventures In Foam’ (Ninebar, 1996)

“My introduction to Cujo, the name under which Amon Adonai Santos De Araújo Tobin made his earliest recordings…”

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

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

Reviews

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars ‘Spatial, No Problem’ (Domino)

The Final Word

Seefeel ‘Sol.Hz’ (Warp)

Here Comes The Sun

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN ‘No Knock No Doorbell’ (This Is It Forever)

Hit The North

News

The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7137

ES7135 seven-inch features Doublespeak

It’s All About Vinyl Episode 10

In Episode 10 of the podcast from the makers of Electronic Sound magazine, Mark Roland and Isaak Lewis-Smith read out some viewers feedback…

KENTRONICA INCOMING…

One-day electronica festival on 16 May

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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LLong Reads

The Dook: Long Live The Dook

byBob Fischer

Jim Noir is dead. For 20 years, the enigmatic alter ego of Alan Peter Roberts has been the purveyor of perfectly wonky retro-pop. Fear not, though – the man beneath the bowler hat is about to relaunch himself as electronic maestro The Dook