Ah! Kosmos And Hainbach: Hum Comforts

Berlin electronicists Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach conjure eerie, experimental music from old and obsolete machinery, transforming hum, noise and decay into haunting, hypnotic transmissions

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Electronic Sound contributor and author David Stubbs’ book ‘Future Days’ is the first comprehensive overview of the krautrock scene and the cultural and socio-political atmosphere from which it came. In this exclusive excerpt, David discusses Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ and places it in the wider context of its day

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9 minute read

Scanner: Bop Til You Eavesdrop

byBen Murphy

His voyeuristic 1995 ‘Mass Observation’ album broke all the rules and put Scanner on electronica’s top table. Some two decades down the line he’s still pushing at the edges. Robin Rimbaud talks life, the universe and almost everything…

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8 minute read

The Umlauts: Umming and Ahhing

byJeremy Allen

A self-proclaimed “uber-group/circus troupe”, London quartet The Umlauts dabble in wonky minimal synths, art-punk and industrial vibes. Thrillingly visceral it all is too, as their ‘Another Fact’ EP vividly attests

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14 minute read

Wolfgang Flür: Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

byMark Roland

Seven years on from his last outing, the inimitable and irrepressible Wolfgang Flür has a new album in the racks. Recorded with the help of an army of fascinating guests, it’s called ‘Magazine 1’ and it’s an opportunity for us to talk robots, romance, pacifism, money, sheep, rubbery legs and, inevitably, Kraftwerk

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6 minute read

Tape Loops: 30 Current Loopers

byES Staff

Think tape loops are a thing of the past? Think again. From familiar names to under-the-radar innovators, here are 30 contemporary artists pushing tape loops into new, strange and unexpected places

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