William Basinski: Loop Guru

byFat Roland
November 13, 2025

William Basinski’s ‘The Disintegration Loops’ has attained legendary status. As an expansive new reissue drops, this dark ambient masterpiece drifts back into focus, shimmering with haunted reverie

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The 2020 self-titled debut album from Working Men’s Club won universal acclaim, but their follow-up, ‘Fear Fear’, is arguably even better – a glorious collision of “scuffed” electropop, clubby energy and outright bangers. Frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant reveals its story

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9 minute read

The Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra: The Style Council

byBob Fischer

Take legendary producer Tony Visconti, Bowie-obsessed academic Dr Leah Kardos, and a car boot stuffed full of Stylophones. The result? The Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra and an album bursting with buzzy delights

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Slovenia: Find Me In The Damp Basement*

byJasa Buzinel

A special report from Ljubljana on electronic music in Slovenia, a country with an exciting and thriving scene headed up by Laibach, but boasting a host of less-celebrated bands, producers, labels and more

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9 minute read

Decius: It’s A Family Affair

byJeremy Allen

What do you get when you cross Fat White Family, Paranoid London and Warmduscher? That’ll be London collective Decius, whose debut album buzzes with seedy acid house, wayward disco grooves and alluring hedonistic fervour

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8 minute read

Tangerine Dream: Dream Ticket

byJeremy Allen

Post-Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream have continued to evolve. Reinvented and revitalised with a contemporary line-up, they are fully embracing the 21st century

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5 minute read

Cold War Electronica: The Hands Of Doom

byPush

Created in 1947, the Doomsday Clock is a terrifying visual representation of how near we are to the end of the world. The closer that the hands get to midnight, the closer we get to oblivion

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Fat Roland

Working Men’s Club: Club Mix

The Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra: The Style Council

Slovenia: Find Me In The Damp Basement*

Decius: It’s A Family Affair

Tangerine Dream: Dream Ticket

Cold War Electronica: The Hands Of Doom

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William Basinski: Loop Guru

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