Radiophonic Workshop ‘Burials In Several Earths’ (Room 13)
Earthly Delights
Midge Ure
A man who needs no introduction… Oh go on then. Visage linchpin, Ultravox frontman, Band Aid mastermind and solo artiste, Midge Ure shares a few formative influences
Sound effects records
Is it music? Or just a sound effect? The question that has dogged electronic music from its inception gets short shrift from our in-house wax obsessive
CVX
Dancey brawn + philosopher’s brain
Bardspec
Chill pill for Norwegian metaller
Wax Trax! Records: Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry
‘Industrial accident: the story of Wax Trax! Records’ is a forthcoming documentary about… wait for it… Wax Trax! Records. It’s the story of one of the most exciting labels ever, an imprint that lodged its idiosyncratic brand of dark ‘n’ dirty electronic music deep into the American heartland
Anneka
Floaty coastal-tronica
Saint Etienne: Ohm is Where the Heart is
Their new album, ‘Home Counties’, not only celebrates the leafy commuter belt burbs of their formative years, it also sees Saint Etienne getting back into the electronic groove of their prime
Alan Rankine ‘Party Fears Two’
The Associates’ Alan Rankine talks us through the making of ‘Party Fears Two’, one of the greatest pop songs ever written
Bloblique Blategies
Do not, under any circumtances, feed our mildly dangerous columnist magic mushrooms. He can’t even take regular ones without getting off his nut. People, run for your lives, no one is safe…