Features
Miss Grit: Human After All
Favouring emotional candour and maximalist expression over conceptual armour, Miss Grit emerges from under the sci-fi veil
Cabaret Voltaire: Sensoria Overload
Back in the shadows, sheffield’s visionary insurgents Cabaret Voltaire return to the stage with their brutalist electronics and razor-wired energy intact
Michael Garrison ‘In The Regions Of Sunreturn’ (Windspell, 1979)
“Born on an astral vibe of old skool VCFs, the record was dedicated at the time to “The infinite journeys of Voyager 1 and Voyager 2”…”
Brigitte Fontaine ‘Patriarcat’
A major figure in the French underground who worked with the likes of Grace Jones, Stereolab and Sonic Youth, Brigitte Fontaine reflects on ‘Patriarcat’, the 1977 electro-funk curveball she made with Areski Belkacem
Cultural Amnesia
In 1979, Oxfordshire schoolboys Ben Norland, Gerard Greenway and John Peacock formed experimental DIY trio Cultural Amnesia. They revisit the excitement of the early 80s “cassette culture” scene, 47 years on
Deb Grant
With BBC Radio’s annual 6 Music Festival just around the corner, presenter Deb Grant reveals the formative influences that led her to a life on the airwaves
Reviews
Nathan Fake ‘Evaporator’ (Infiné)
Something In The Air
Craven Faults ‘Sidings’ (The Leaf Label)
Do The Locomotion
News
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 08
In episode eight of the podcast from Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push talk about Paul McCartney…
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 07
In episode seven of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founder Mark Roland has a cosy chat with Cabaret Voltaire founder…
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 06
In episode six of the podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founders Mark Roland and Push chat about the new issue…
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 05
In episode five of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founder Mark Roland has a cosy chat with snooker legend…
Ednah Holt
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Ednah Holt
Borokov Borokov: Push The Button
From easy listening to synthpop bangers and electro-punk chaos – Belgian duo Borokov Borokov are here to tear up the dancefloor
Emil Mark
Dane makes a case for debut of the year
The Shape Of A Mr Whippy.
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is TikTok
Drowned By Locals
Location: Amman, Jordan Est: 2020
Tout Debord
Coldwave musician Tout Debord on his first and last albums, plus one he always returns to
Netbooks.WRLD
Post-vaporwave prodigy steps up
Apparat: Losing My Edge
Embracing analogue hardware, Apparat’s latest release is a richly detailed, quietly triumphant work, born from crippling writer’s block and transformed – almost imperceptibly – into a form of sonic therapy
Chalk
Industrial punk pair champion Belfast
Number
ACR inspire Snappers’ new sound
Isa Gordon
Scottish producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Isa Gordon takes on this month’s quick-fire questions