100 TRACKS OF TOMORROW

byES Staff
April 25, 2023

Musicians have been writing and recording tracks about the future since pretty much forever, and we’re marking our 100th issue with 100 of our favourite examples. They’re mostly electronic, of course, but you might find some surprises along the way…

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Andrew Hung: On Song

byFat Roland

With his Fuck Buttons partner cutting a rug on his own as Blanck Mass, it’s high time Andrew Hung showed us what he’s made of. And it isn’t what you might think

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Dan Tombs: Vision On

byNeil Mason

Have you ever been to a live show and wondered where, as if by magic, the images and graphics and fancy lights come from? If you’ve seen Jon Hopkins or Blanck Mass this summer, you’ve been wowed by visual artist Dan Tombs

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Creep Show: The Heebeegeebees

byStephen Dalton

An off-the-wall supergroup, where Stephen Mallinder and John Grant share the mic, and a debut long-player that’s high on our Album Of The Year list already… meet Creep Show

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Plone: Plones 4 U

byIan Berriman

After a two-decade hiatus, Birmingham outfit Plone have returned with a new album, ‘Puzzlewood’, and it’s packed with nostalgic vintage synth sounds. So why on earth has it taken them so long?

LLong Reads

14 minute read

Tangerine Dream: The Reims Cathedral Disaster

byEdgar Froese

The inside story of Tangerine Dream’s infamous performance at Reims Cathedral in France in 1974

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Tears For Fears: Let It All Out

byRobin Bresnark

As Tears For Fears declare themselves back in business with a Greatest Hits and new album due in 2018, we talk Numan, cover versions, the synthpop misnomer and why Kanye is a dick…