Rave On Irvine
Novelist Irvine Welsh has released a collaboration with veteran producer, DJ and former half of Radio Slave Serge Santiago.
Sakamoto Bows Out
The Japanese composer announces what he thinks may well be his last public performance
Video Premiere: Kayla Painter ‘Quantum Superposition’
This unsettling video featuring white-eyed multiples jerking to the electronic stutter of the soundtrack is showcasing the work of composer, producer and sound design artist Kayla Painter.
Make Space For Eno
In a talk at the Barbican, Brian Eno tackled the idea of space in music. Over 90 minutes he freewheeled from early recording techniques to Dolby Atmos, to the addition and removal of reverb in music, and ended with a request…
Charly
Posh toffs and banjos? King Charles III raving it up?? Looks like our wayward columnist has finally gone royally mad
Telefís ‘a Dó’ (Dimple Discs)
“My progress has been fitful,” Cathal Coughlan once said of his career. In the Irish songwriter’s life, there were certainly “anti-career” moments. His original band Microdisney supported David Bowie in concert then immediately split up. He shoved a Virgin Mary souvenir up his backside in a typically riotous performance with The Fatima Mansions. And as Bubonique, he recorded an album called ‘Trance Arse Volume 3’ with the comedian Sean Hughes. Now that’s a career.
Clare Grogan
‘Mascara Streakz’, the first Altered Images album for 39 years, is stuffed with delicious synthpop nuggets. Clare Grogan would like to thank her Tom Courtenay-inspired fitness regime, F Scott Fitzgerald and Nancy Pelosi
David Best
Fujiya & Miyagi frontman David Best faces our barrage of quick-fire questions
Second Language Music
Location: London Est: 2009
Janine Rainforth ‘Stretch’
Maximum Joy’s Janine Rainforth recalls the making of the Bristol post-punk band’s 1981 debut ‘Stretch’, a dub-inspired single which became a surprise hit on the dancefloors of NYC