Our Hearts Together: Chris & Cosey

As podcast king Adam Buxton heads out on tour to promote his debut album, he reveals the anxiety at its heart and reflects on his abiding love of synthpop

Descended from the esteemed Penguin Cafe Orchestra – founded by the incomparable Simon Jeffes – Penguin Cafe’s Arthur Jeffes reflects on his father’s legacy, making music on his own terms and being endorsed by Kraftwerk

Working Men’s Club are ambitious and angry. They swear a lot and they’ve got a song called ‘John Cooper Clarke’. It’s no wonder their debut album is being touted as one of the best records of 2020

Shortlisted for a Mercury Prize under his previous guise as East India Youth, William Doyle has evolved into a scintillating solo artist. His new Eno-assisted album ‘Springs Eternal’ – steeped in ambitious and dreamy art-pop – is arguably his finest work yet

Early 1980s synthpop outfit The Mood should have been contenders, but misfortune and mismanagement got in the way.

Think you know what to expect from this lot? Think again, because over the last two decades a subtle sound evolution has been at work. We lift the lid on the secret electronic life of Mogwai