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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Faithless: We Are The Champions

byStephen Dalton

Thirty years since ‘Insomnia’ shook the system, dance titans Faithless are back with their bold new album, ‘Champion Sound’, and a pulse-raising live show...

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The new Field Music offering, ‘Limits Of Language’, finds brothers Peter and David Brewis in a nostalgic mood. Overdosing on Marmite in their favourite Wearside cafe, they look back on the vanished eateries and melancholy early Septembers of their youth

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Pneumatic Tubes: Son Of His Father

byBob Fischer

Infused with the spirit of Woodstock and resolutely “bound to the mountains”, Midlake and Mercury Rev’s Jesse Chandler pays tribute to his late father on a second album as Pneumatic Tubes

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Boris Blank: Blank Expressions

byDavid Stubbs

The comparatively modest, unassuming half of Yello, Boris Blank finally takes centre stage with a new box set handpicked from more than four decades of unreleased work

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The 100 Greatest Electronic Tracks of All Time

byES Staff

We put out a call to our readers: “Tell us your top five electronic tracks of all time” we asked, blithely…

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Sparks: Firestarters

byDavid Stubbs

Ever since their extraordinary debut on UK TV in 1974, Sparks have pushed the boundaries of pop and electronic music. Their latest album suggests that the future still belongs to them

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Jeremy Allen

Faithless: We Are The Champions

Field Music: Cafe Society

Pneumatic Tubes: Son Of His Father

Boris Blank: Blank Expressions

The 100 Greatest Electronic Tracks of All Time

Sparks: Firestarters

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Keigo Oyamada, aka Cornelius,

Bruce Licher

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Charles Hayward and MC Dälek: Hot-Wired

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