June 2014 – Page 2 – Electronic Sound

11 minute read

Jochen Irmler: Dealing With The Devil

byCarl Griffin

Electronic and experimental music legend Jochen Irmler talks about his work with pioneering krautrockers Faust in the 1970s and his recent series of collaborations, the latest of which is an astonishingly powerful album with Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit

PPulse

3 minute read

Xeno & Oaklander

byNeil Mason

With their ‘Par Avion’ album, Brooklyn duo Xeno & Oaklander have dusted down decades of old kit and delivered a sparkling set of electronic fuelled pop

TTime Machine

5 minute read

The Early Days Of The Minimoog

byMark Roland

We’re spinning back to 1967, to the birth of Dr Bob’s Amazing Contraption, aka The Minimoog, arguably the most famous synth of all time

TThe School of Electronic Music

3 minute read

Herbie Hancock

byJack Dangers

Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson

UUnder The Influence

5 minute read

Nightmares On Wax’

byNeil Mason

With the release of ’N.O.W. Is The Time’, an album featuring the finest moments of Nightmares On Wax’s 25-year career, Now big chief George Evelyn talks us through some of the people, places and sounds that have inspired him and his tuneage

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