Walter Sear

Resident archivist Jack Dangers ponders a seven-inch called ‘Electronic Music’ by overlooked composer Roberto Gerhard

Back in the 70s, in the search for alternative interfaces to control sound, the likes of Pierre Henry, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros and David Rosenboom all tried to tap into brain power. The resulting brainwave music albums were noisy, weird and fascinating…

This month records featuring the unmistakable and somewhat wobbly tones of the Mellotron come under the gaze of our resident archivist

Noise has been a part of recorded music since its earliest days. Our resident curator of rare discs digs out a few examples that use noise to make music. or are they just noisy records?

Ignoring all advice to “don’t touch that dial”, our resident archivist tunes into the mysterious world of shortwave radio and the records that have been created using it as the primary sound source