Daft Punk, Coachella, 2006
Two decades after the fact, we explore Daft Punk’s totemic pyramid show which changed the face of electronic music forever
Tortoise ‘Djed’
With the release of their new album, ‘Touch’, Tortoise man John McEntire deconstructs the production of ‘Djed’, the Chicago band’s otherworldly defining track and blueprint for the mid-1990s post-rock scene
John Maus: The Maus That Roared
Synth-toting American firebrand John Maus is predicting a global apocalypse, as he returns to do battle armed with a new album
J Willgoose, Esq
Public Service Broadcasting’s J Willgoose, Esq reflects on his primary influences and inspirations. And yes, corduroy is one of them
Richard Sen: Richard The First
The debut solo album from revered DJ and producer Richard Sen is a collection of questing cosmic house and disco that explores his ancestral roots and cements his reputation as a creative polymath. Strap in for one heck of a backstory…
Bob Stanley
Saint Etienne man Bob Stanley’s recent compilation ‘Fantastic Voyage’ documents the “echo chamber” effect that David Bowie’s Berlin recordings had on European music. No surprise then that Bowie is one of his key influences…
Andrew Weatherall: “Getting a groove going in a cloud of smoke”
The inside story of ‘Phonox Nights’, the forthcoming album from Andrew Weatherall and Nina Walsh’s Woodleigh Research Facility project, which includes some of Weatherall’s final original recordings
Das Koolies: Playing It Kool
As the future-facing Das Koolies, Super Furry Animals’ Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Dafydd Ieuan and Guto Pryce explore a range of new sounds, concepts and artistic possibilities. Set the controls for a genre-bending vortex of electronic experimentalism
Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’
Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney discusses the evolution and impact of the titanic ‘Weekender’, the band’s 1992 post-rave anthem
The Final Frontier of Sound
The fascination that electronic music artists and fans have with worlds beyond Earth is being deepened by technological advancements and renewed intergalactic ambitions. And we’re also now starting to get answers to a question that’s bugged many of us for a long time. What does space actually sound like?