Features
‘I Think Of You’ Little Annie
Mixing sardonic beat poetry with dub effects and an alt-dance outlook, Little Annie’s classic ‘I Think Of You’ is still one of the best records to emerge from the On-U Sound stable
Brett Naucke ‘Electronic Hypnosis Program’ (Make Noise, 2019)
“Over on the west side of town, there’s a beer market where you can pick up pineapple vanilla IPAs, whiskey stouts or a gently used Minimoog Voyager…”
Martin Carr
Fresh from releasing a terrific new solo album of “distracted beats and messy electronics”, one-time Boo Radleys man Martin Carr talks through his defining influences
Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff, Tonto mega-synth inventor, Stevie Wonder collaborator and Devo producer, remembers how synthesisers changed his life – and, to be frank, a fair few of ours
e.m.arson. : Burning Down The House
Field recordings, drones, tape loops, dreampop and mystery are the key ingredients for the startling debut album from sound artist e.m.arson. What is it that lights her fire?
Jah Wobble: Turn Off Jah Mind
The Beatles, but not as you know them. On ‘Mystic Liverpool’, legendary bassist Jah Wobble teams up with Tian Qiyi to warp the Fab Four’s most psychedelic moments into a swirl of duB, tripped-out textures and Eastern instrumentation
Reviews
Hanna Tuulikki & Tommy Perman ‘Echo In The Dark’ (Kin-Tu)
Release The Bats
Various Artists ‘The Silent Harvest Volume 1’ (Folk Police)
Meadow Modulations
Boards Of Canada ‘Inferno’ (Warp)
Red Hot Radio
News
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 18
In this episode Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push talk about issue 140 of Electronic Sound magazine, which is all about tape loops, plus some great feedback and comments from viewers.
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 17
This episode Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push talk about great tracks from otherwise duff albums, plus a lot of meandering chat, which somehow touches on bootlegs, Rush and Gary Numan
We Out Here 2026: We Are The Jazz Cats
We Out Here Festival might be Gilles Peterson’s annual gathering for UK jazz heads, but it’s not short on fence-jumping electronicists either. We run through a few names you won’t want to miss at this year’s edition…
Live Sessions
ESLS018 – Sunda Arc
Electronica and woodwind – together at last Sunda Arc is an electronic project that seamlessly blends digital soundscapes…
ESLS017 – Bodega
Brooklyn’s post-punk art rock stylings hit the Electronic Sound studio
ESLS016 – Ultramarine
Electronica blends into a sound art experience in the Electronic Sound studio
Recent
Spike
Film composer turns to pop
Frederik Meyer, aka Baychimo
Danish producer and composer Frederik Meyer, aka Baychimo, takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Tyondai Braxton
American composer and producer Tyondai Braxton on his first and last albums, and an all-time favourite
Lola Dutronic and Donna Summer
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Lola Dutronic and Donna Summer
Yottie
Psychogeography becomes glitch
Jolt
Industrial mayhem to shock your system
Skupina
Location: Between Slovakia and Czechia Est: 2016
‘Canaxis 5’ Holger Czukay
Resident archivist Jack Dangers scans the heavens and spots Holger Czukay in pre-Can activity on the 1969 album, ‘Canaxis 5’
Cloud Studies
Scene stalwart fronts flawless shoegazers
Bathing Suits
Leeds electro-noisers reap havoc
Beef And Onion And Toenails
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Greggs The Bakers
The Electronic Sound CD ES7140
ES7139 seven-inch features Steve Reich ‘Tape Pieces’