Video premiere: Halina Rice – ‘New Basis’
ES Session alumnus releases new EP
Synths Under The Hammer
Treasure Trove includes an EDP Wasp and a Yamaha DX1
Video Premiere: Tulipomania – ‘You Had To Be There’
Underground filmmakers create electronic nervousness for an anxious era
Cold Spring
Location: Manchester, UK Est: 1987
Matt Board
Pale Blue Eyes’ Matt Board on the first and last albums he bought, and a go-to record
Nick Nicely ‘Psychotropia’ (Tenth Planet, 2003)
Born on a transatlantic flight layover in 1959, from the moment he took his first breath there was always going to be something a little different about Nick Nicely.
Michael Kasparis
Michael Kasparis, aka Apostille, takes on our round of quick-fire questions
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals ‘100 Years Of Dub’ (Doctor Bird)
Heat Treatments
Vince Clarke: Game Of Drones
As the driving force behind Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure and countless other projects over four decades, you might think you’ve got synthpop pioneer Vince Clarke sussed. But his debut solo album, the evocative ‘Songs Of Silence’, is a major surprise. Built around drones and ambient soundscapes, it’s an unexpected and majestic left-field turn. He talks us through its gestation and reflects on a remarkable caree
The NID Tapes: The India Connection
‘The NID Tapes’ is an extraordinary compilation of early Indian electronic tracks recorded at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad between 1969 and 1972. Sound artist Paul Purgas relays the story of how he uncovered these long-forgotten gems