Library of the Occult

byFinlay Milligan
February 10, 2022

If you thought 2021 was a busy year for Library Of The Occult, 2022 is going to be a different beast entirely. We caught up with founder Tom McDowell to hear how he’s combining electronic music and literature to scare us even more…

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Finlay Milligan

Vince Clarke: Vince Talks Mute

byMat Smith

The first time that Vince Clarke met Daniel Miller, the mute boss told him he didn’t like Depeche Mode’s demo tape. thankfully, the basildon boys got a second chance to impress, as the Depeche/Yazoo/Erasure keyboardist recalls in this first person account of his long and fruitful creative relationship with mute

FFeatures

8 minute read

Wolfgang Tillmans: In The Frame

byClaire Francis

Not only is Wolfgang Tillmans an award-winning photographer, he’s a pretty nifty electronic artist too, as his expansive second album ‘Build From Here’ – all pulsing synths, lush instrumentals, wistful ballads and clubby peaks – so ably attests

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Anni Hogan: Hogan’s Run

byStephen Dalton

From flat-sharing with Soft Cell during their Leeds university days to DJing at London’s legendary Batcave and collaborating with the great and good of art rock and electropop, Anni Hogan has been on one heck of a ride

LLong Reads

4 minute read

DMX Krew: Electric Eclectic

byOli Warwick

Whether he’s making classic electro-funk, arch synthpop, curious techno or raw dancehall beats, DMX Krew’s Ed Upton keeps emotional content at the forefront of his multi-hued machine soul

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