Features
Own a Piece of Audio History
Born of a visionary partnership between acoustic designer Ojas and Klipsch, the limited edition kO-R2 two-way multisectoral loudspeaker represents the pinnacle of audio collaboration…
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
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
Nash The Slash: Under Wraps
Swathed in bandages and cloaked in mystery, Nash The Slash was one of music’s true eccentrics. As a revealing new documentary arrives, Gary Numan, Bill Nelson, Steve Hillage and Youth recall their encounters with the Canadian electronic/art rock pioneer
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
FROST ‘Functional Language for Underlying Structure’ Video Premiere
FROST is a solo drums and electronics project built around a hybrid setup of live kit, triggered samples and synchronised AV.
Sound Of The Year Awards 2025: Tom Fisher
We caught up with Tom Fisher, a runner up in this year’s Sound Of The Year Awards, about his piece ‘Treehopper Songs Inside A Plant Stem’
Sound Of The Year Awards 2025: Sejal Pawar
We caught up with Sejal Pawar, a runner up in this year’s Sound Of The Year Awards, about her piece ‘Jingrwai Lawbei (The Whistling Names)’
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
Sound Of The Year Awards 2025: Mathias Arrignon
We caught up with Mathias Arrignon, winner of this year’s Sound Of The Year Awards, about his piece ‘Songs Of The Bearded Seals’
Sound Of The Year Awards 2025: Hee Ju Im
We caught up with Hee Ju Im, a runner up in this year’s Sound Of The Year Awards, about her piece ‘Sound Of Daenam Broadcast’
Shadowlands festival 2027: Full Line-up Announced
New boutique international music festival reveals breathtaking 35 act final line-up
Constellation Tatsu
Location: Oakland, CA Est: 2012
The Anchoress
Singer-songwriter Catherine Anne Davies, better known as The Anchoress, takes on our quick-fire question machine
Wobbling Gelatine Delight
Further random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we’re able to tell) is Decluttering
Bullion
Electronic alt-pop producer Bullion on his first and last albums, plus an all-time favourite
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…”
Brandon Hopkins
It’s more fun to… commute
Stephin Merritt And The 6ths
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Stephin Merritt And The 6ths
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
Furii
Electronic psychedelia for tense times