Features
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
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
Reviews
Nathan Fake ‘Evaporator’ (Infiné)
Something In The Air
Craven Faults ‘Sidings’ (The Leaf Label)
Do The Locomotion
News
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7135
ES7135 seven-inch features Cabaret Voltaire
It’s All About Vinyl Extra Episode 01
It’s a bonus episode! Mark Roland and Push take a look at the new issue of Electronic Sound…
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 04
In episode four of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founders Mark Roland and Push discuss Harry…
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
Drowned By Locals
Location: Amman, Jordan Est: 2020
Emil Mark
Dane makes a case for debut of the year
Isa Gordon
Scottish producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Isa Gordon takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Number
ACR inspire Snappers’ new sound
Ednah Holt
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Ednah Holt
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
Grand Popo Football Club
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Grand Popo Football Club
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
Miss Grit: Human After All
Favouring emotional candour and maximalist expression over conceptual armour, Miss Grit emerges from under the sci-fi veil
Netbooks.WRLD
Post-vaporwave prodigy steps up
Library Of The Occult,: The Devil Rides In
Tom McDowell is the mysterious dark overlord behind Library Of The Occult, a label devoted to mixing classic synth sounds with the feel of his favourite 1970s horror films
Tout Debord
Coldwave musician Tout Debord on his first and last albums, plus one he always returns to