Features
The Juan Maclean ‘Less Than Human’ (DFA, 2005)
“In 2005, two decades before the age of AI, ‘Less Than Human’ was a prescient album title…”
The Gentle People
Dougee Dimensional and Honeymink of subversive loungers The Gentle People reflect on their chill-out classic ‘Journey’, their immersive approach, and partnering with Aphex Twin
Jane Weaver
With a slew of her archival albums recently reissued, psych/avant/folk popstrel Jane Weaver delves into her foremost influences
Sarah Nicolls and Warp Works
Pioneering pianist Sarah Nicolls remembers the first time she felt the concert hall collide with the club, when Warp Works put electronica on even ground with Cage, Stockhausen and Ligeti
Belbury Poly: Heavy On The Magick
On ‘Sorcery’, the new album from Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp explores his childhood fascination with fantasy fiction…
Striped Light: Electric Dreams
Go-to producer and vintage synth obsessive Benge has spent decades connecting creative dots, from John Foxx and Vince Clarke to Cabaret Voltaire and beyond. Now his Striped Light project gathers Tuung’s Sam Genders, Hannah Peel, Gazelle Twin and others for a nostalgic, retro-futuristic electronic journey
Reviews
Gilroy Mere ‘Furlongs’ (Clay Pipe)
On The Right Track
End Of The Road: Review
The electronic highlights from this year’s End Of The Road festival
Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman ‘Echo In The Dark’ (Kin-Tu)
Release The Bats
News
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7141
ES7140 seven-inch features Soft Cell
Eno Re-Launches Dormant Label
Opal to re-release two ‘lost‘ albums Brian Eno first started up Opal in 1988, his second run at…
TVAM & Riki release new collaboration ‘The Sorrow’
TVAM and Riki return with a new collaboration, The Sorrow via TVAM’s Psychic Data label.
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
Constellation Tatsu
Location: Oakland, CA Est: 2012
Bullion
Electronic alt-pop producer Bullion on his first and last albums, plus an all-time favourite
Brandon Hopkins
It’s more fun to… commute
No Beats Aloud
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month he focuses on No Beats Aloud
Wobbling Gelatine Delight
Further random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we’re able to tell) is Decluttering
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Break Point
Think you’ve got Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith figured out? Then get ready for a big plot twist, as the classically trained modular synthesist swaps immersive sound design and experimental vibes for phat drum ’n’ bass and rolling breakbeats, with electrifying results
The Anchoress
Singer-songwriter Catherine Anne Davies, better known as The Anchoress, takes on our quick-fire question machine
Keel Her
Scene stalwart sees her moment arrive
Solex: Sample Pleasures
Elisabeth Esselink – aka Solex – made one of the most adventurous sample-based albums of the early 2000s. As ‘low kick and hard bop’ is reissued, she reflects on how its off-kilter ideas and sounds took shape
Stephin Merritt And The 6ths
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Stephin Merritt And The 6ths
Furii
Electronic psychedelia for tense times
The Healing Power Of Horses
East Anglian duo tread a new path