Ben Murphy – Electronic Sound

4 minute read

Andy Oppenheimer

byBen Murphy

Andy Oppenheimer of Oppenheimer Analysis recalls the creation of their self-released 1982 synthpop gem ‘The Devil’s Dancers’, which became a cult classic and dancefloor favourite when it was reissued on Veronica Vasicka’s Minimal Wave label

RReviews

3 minute read

Plaid ‘Feorm Falorx’ (Warp)

byBen Murphy

Space Odyssey

LLong Reads

20 minute read

Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales: Minimal To The Max

byBen Murphy

As Plastikman, Richie Hawtin is the king of reduction. But ‘Consumed In Key’, a collaboration with piano maestro Chilly Gonzales, is a radically different take on minimal techno, a step into uncharted territory that pushes both artists way beyond their comfort zones. The result is simply stunning

RReviews

2 minute read

Ultramarine ‘Folk’ (Foam On A Wave)

byBen Murphy

Reissue for genre-defining masterwork Long before Bibio, Tuung or Minotaur Shock came on the scene, or the term…

PPulse

1 minute read

Wild Terrier Orchestra

byBen Murphy

Sounds from the Greek underground

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Electribe 101: Soul Survivor

byBen Murphy

The second album by Electribe 101 is the stuff of legend. Dismissed as “crap” when they were dropped by their major label in 1992, ‘Electribal Soul’ is nothing of the kind. When it finally saw the light of day, singer Billie Ray Martin proudly showed off this lost classic

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Pepe Deluxé: Cabinet of Curiosities

byBen Murphy

A spectrogram-powered Russian synth, Tibetan drums made of human skulls, and the world’s largest cowbell are just some of the weird instruments that feature on the new album from Helsinki’s Pepe Deluxé. We lift the lid on their box of delights

RReviews

3 minute read

Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales ‘Consumed In Key’ (Turbo Recordings)

byBen Murphy

A meeting of minds between two Canadian musical shapeshifters from opposite ends of the stylistic spectrum, ‘Consumed In……

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Renegade Snares: New Horizons – The Dawn of Ambient Jungle

byBen Murphy

In an exclusive extract abridged from their new book, ‘Renegade Snares – The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass’, authors Ben Murphy and Carl Loben pick their way through the origins of the more mellow offshoot, and it all starts with LTJ Bukem

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Metalheadz

byBen Murphy

In the summer of 1995, a new club night opened in a lost corner of east London. We join Goldie for a trip back to his groundbreaking Metalheadz Sunday Sessions at the Blue Note in Hoxton Square