September 2022 – Page 2 – Electronic Sound

21 minute read

Blancmange: Joining All The Dots

byBob Fischer

Blancmange have released some terrific albums in recent years – and ‘Private View’ is up there with their very best. In a hugely entertaining and highly revealing interview, frontman Neil Arthur gives the inside story on the band’s latest record and also talks art, swimming, dead men’s suits, recycling, smudged bindis, inflatable whales, luck, love, loss… and how everything is connected

LLong Reads

11 minute read

Aphex Twin: I Am The Music Maker

byBen Gilbert

The impact of ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ can’t be overstated. In the three decades since its initial release, it has minted the myth of Aphex Twin and redefined ambient, electronic and dance music. Richard D James, take a bow

UUnder The Influence

5 minute read

Paul Oakenfold

byJo Kendall

With his ‘Shine On’ album released earlier this year, superstar DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold talks us through his formative influences

LLandmarks

5 minute read

Laraaji ‘Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance’

byRob Harris

American musician Laraaji recalls the making of 1980’s mesmeric new age classic ‘Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance’, produced by Brian Eno

NNeeds Must

2 minute read

Recondite

byKris Needs

Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month, he revels in minimalist producer Recondite

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Tron

byJoe Silva

Decades on from a time when you couldn’t simply produce a film soundtrack on a laptop, sound design supervisor Michael Fremer reflects on what it was like to work with composer Wendy Carlos for Disney’s 1982 sci-fi action-adventure, ‘Tron’

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