Charles Hayward and MC Dälek: Hot-Wired

byJeremy Allen
January 15, 2026

Legendary This Heat drummer Charles Hayward and avant-rap firebrand MC Dälek unite for a boundary-blurring, cross-generational exchange that maps thrilling new territory

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Children Of The Bong: Smoke Signals

byKris Needs

Marking the 30th anniversary of ‘Sirius Sounds’, Children Of The Bong are back with a collection of remixes that reimagine their 1990s psychedelic/acid/dub frequencies for the 21st century

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20 Classic Planet Mu Releases

byCosmo Godfree

To mark two decades of the incomparable Planet Mu label, we revisit the best releases from each of their 20 years in business

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19 minute read

Bangers. Mashes. Cosmic dreamscapes. Oddball abstractions. Collaborations with everyone from Sleaford Mods to Mediæval Bæbes. Welcome to the new Orbital album, ‘Optical Delusion’, a record sparked by the surreal and chaotic world events going on around us. Phil and Paul Hartnoll turn on their torch glasses and reveal all

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4 minute read

Scaler: Hammer Time

byMat Smith

Mashing up trip hop, drum ’n’ bass, techno, metal and drill, Bristol’s Scaler unleash a pounding sonic brew

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9 minute read

Michael Brook: Blue Is The Colour

byBob Fischer

In 1992, Canadian sound artist Michael Brook recorded ‘Cobalt Blue’ and ‘Live At The Aquarium’. As these immersive world music albums are reissued by 4AD, he looks back fondly on a fertile creative period spent working with Brian Eno, the “Infinite Guitar” and a tank filled with hungry sharks

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8 minute read

Tangerine Dream: Golden years

byPush

It’s been a long and often very strange trip, that’s for sure. So just in case they come up in your local pub quiz, here’s A handy history of Tangerine Dream