When Heldon Met Kraftwerk

byJeremy Allen
May 12, 2022

Heldon guitarist and electronics innovator Richard Pinhas reflects on some memorable encounters with Kraftwerk

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Françoise Cactus

byJeremy Allen

Anti-diva and all-round creative polymath, Stereo Total’s late Françoise Cactus caused something of a rumpus when, in 2004, she exhibited a life-size woollen sex doll… yup, you read that right

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5 minute read

‘Under The Island: Experimental Music In Ireland 1960-1994’

byWill Simpson

A new album, ‘Under The Island: Experimental Music In Ireland 1960-1994’, focuses on an amazing bunch of late 20th century Irish bedroom producers and their early, lo-tech tinkerings

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4 minute read

Telex Take On Eurovision Song Contest

byJools Stone

We backpedal to 19 April 1980 when leftfield Belgian electronic outfit TELEX took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in a bid to bag the legendary musical prize… or failing that, come last with null points

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8 minute read

Laurent Garnier ‘Electrochoc’

byNeil Mason

Originally published in French in 2003, Laurent Garnier’s book ‘Electrochoc’ finally gets an English version. We talk to the author and, in an exclusive extract, he casts back to 1993 and recalls his very first visit to Detroit

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5 minute read

‘Dub From Creation’

byRobert Harris

In a recording rut at the age of 19, Adrian Sherwood called on reggae producer Dennis Bovell and the Creation Rebel masterpiece, ‘Dub From Creation’, was born

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