Features
Actuel ‘Monuments’ (Actuel, 1984)
“I first came across Actuel when I heard their song ‘Day’s End’ beam out of the background noise provided by online radio…”
Ah! Kosmos And Hainbach: Hum Comforts
Berlin electronicists Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach conjure eerie, experimental music from old and obsolete machinery, transforming hum, noise and decay into haunting, hypnotic transmissions
Black Warhols: Factory Reset
Alan Oldham’s new Black Warhols project finds the detroit techno don veering sharply into dubby trip hop, spectral shoegaze and industrial- grade electro-punk. Compelling stuff
Danalogue: Beamed Up
After a decade as keyboard maestro with The Comet Is Coming, Danalogue is keen to embrace his destiny… as A cape-wearing “Synth Lord” finding salvation at the end of the universe
Loraine James: Worship The Glitch
Mercurial producer Loraine James embraces fractured IDM, lustrous pop and a sharp cast of collaborators for her latest solo venture – arguably her most assured and absorbing work to date
Midge Ure: Vox Pop
Returning with his first new material in 12 years, Midge Ure reflects on his punk adventures, synth epiphanies and five decades of highs and lows
Reviews
News
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 13
In this episode of the podcast from Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push have a look at issue 138 and discuss Squarepusher, Angine de Poitrine, Boards of Canada’s new album and the new one from Paul McCartney
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7138
ES7138 seven-inch features Squarepusher
Soft Cell announce ‘Danceteria’ album
The final album from Marc Almond and Dave Ball, will be released on the 25th September 2026 via Republic of Music
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
Shaven Armadillos
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Madonna
Bobby Ingham
Leeds artist and musician Bobby Ingham takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
‘In/Flux’ DJ Shadow And The Groove Robbers
Released in 1993 under the alias DJ Shadow And The Groove Robbers, ‘In/Flux’ is an early example of Josh Davis’ considered approach to sample-based music
‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ Squeeze
Squeeze’s ‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ is an unassuming electronic landmark which may never have existed had Jools Holland not written the C-word on John Cale’s forehead. Yup, you read that right
Seefeel: Sol Good
Fifteen long years since their last full-length album, Seefeel present the magnificent ‘Sol.Hz’ – a richly atmospheric drift through dub-heavy bass, fragmented hooks and lustrous sound design
Serokolo 7
SA’s latest speed demon takes flight
Frost
Unexpected polyrhythms in bagging area
Tadi The Great
DJ swaps club bangers for tape loops
‘Leev Ur Mynd’ Larry Heard
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Larry Heard’s new album ‘Leev Ur Mynd’
Alia
Belly dancer turned theremin queen
‘Studies For Player Piano’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers talks about ‘Studies For Player Piano’, an album of rapid- fire compositions produced decades before sequencers were a thing
Tomorrow Woman
Big beats with a punk attitude