Alan Sparhawk: Petal Power
Dedicated to his late wife and former Low cohort, Mimi Parker, and made using his children’s drum machine and synths, Alan Sparhawk’s astonishing solo debut is both profound and propulsive
Renu
Cosmic electronica from percussive talent
Hemlock Ernst & Icky Reels
Future Islands crooner dons rap cap
Camera Picture
Black Midi man delves into ambience
Brokenchord
Trippy Lithuanian underground sounds
Leonore Wheatley
Leonore Wheatley, singer with The Soundcarriers, Co-Pilot and International Teachers Of Pop, shares the key influences and inspirations that shaped her
Scritti Politti
Jack Dangers picks apart the world of difficult and expensive academic electronic music from the dawn of synth, and settles on Scritti Politti
Marc Hurtado
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Marc Hurtado
Dave Clarke ‘Wisdom To The Wise’
Dave Clarke talks about ‘Wisdom To The Wise’, one of the finest, hard-hitting cuts from his ‘Red’ series, and indeed from techno history
Rafael Anton Irisarri: Behind The Mask
Rafael Anton Irisarri’s mournful and majestic new work – all complex ambient and drone heft – heaves with “simmering electric despondency”