Mark Reeder
Composer, producer, remixer and DJ Mark Reeder reveals his formative influences, including Brian Eno, Tony Wilson and a Moog gifted by Klaus Schulze
I Am So Very Good At Kicksporting Football Soccer
Our back-page columnist reveals his incredible knowledge of football. And pies.
Touch
Jon Wozencroft, founder of pioneering label and publisher Touch, reflects on 40 years of experimental electronics and audiovisual adventures
23 Skidoo ‘Coup’
Alex Turnbull talks us through the making of ‘Coup’, the funkin’ great 1984 cut from 23 Skidoo
Morris Pert
Resident archivist Jack Dangers uncovers an album by British composer and session percussionist Morris Pert
Zombie Zombie: Monster Mash
French trio Zombie Zombie take an unexpected leap of faith on their new album, a “reverberated doom orgy” that fuses Latin and choral arrangements with fizzing analogue synths and vocoders
The Sound Of Science: New Scientists
Take I Monster’s electronic veteran Dean Honer, gradually introduce soulful folkie Kevin Pearce, and heat gently over a Bunsen burner. The result? The Sound Of Science – a successful bonding and a new album of scientific delights
Klaus Schulze: The Tempel Of The King
In this final UK interview before his recent passing, the hugely influential German electronicist Klaus Schulze reflects on his time with Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel and discusses the lingering influence of the sci-fi classic ‘Dune’ – as heard on his new album, ‘Deus Arrakis’
Dubstar: May The North Be With You
Reunited with producer Stephen Hague, Dubstar are back with a cracking album of “full-spectrum megapop” and “acutely observed kitchen-sink dramas”. Normal service resumes, then…
ABC: Suits You
Four decades on from its release, ABC’s ‘The Lexicon Of Love’ is still one of the most luxurious and glorious widescreen pop albums of all time. Frontman Martin Fry takes a break from rehearsals for a 40th anniversary tour to tell the inside story of this enduring classic, starting in a toilet in a Tokyo hotel room…