James Lavelle
Founder of the seminal Mo’Wax label, art curator and the man from UNKLE, James Lavelle shares a few of his favourite formative inspirations
Jane Weaver: Inside The Jane Brain
Having dabbled with electronics previously, Jane Weaver has gone the whole hog on her new album and fully embraced the synthy goodness. We discover the thinking behind her new winning formula…
Radiophonic Workshop ‘Burials In Several Earths’ (Room 13)
Earthly Delights
L Pierre: Vinyl Countdown
Arab Strap’s Aiden Moffat retires his L Pierre side project with a fourth album, a vinyl-only release with no sleeve that samples a 1948 Mendelssohn concerto…
Blanck Mass: The Power of Music
Fuck Button Benjamin John Power has been cooking up a potent brew as Blanck Mass. With his new album, ‘World Eater’, the formula is spot on. what’s he throwing in that musical pot? Read on…
Radionics: Making Waves
The healing power of sound waves, or Radionics, is as fascinating as it is bonkers. The wild and wonderful machines built by Oxford-based scientist George De La Warr were never intended as instruments, but they went on to inspire electronic pioneer Daphne Oram. We meet researcher and musician Daniel Wilson who tells us De La Warr’s incredible tale…
Bayonne: In The Wild
From restaurant chatter to crunching leaves, field recordings add a widescreen quality to Bayonne’s off-kilter productions. It’s all about the subtle details he tells us
Baltic Fleet: Industrial Revolution
The landscape of the north-west of England is at once rolling green hills and stark man-made skyline. Hailing from Widnes, Baltic Fleet draws Inspiration from these surroundings to create a different kind of escapism
Reed & Caroline: Space Oddity
An album of delicate synthpop? Just a female voice and a Buchla synth? Songs about space, washing machines, worms and electrons? Signed to Vince Clarke’s new record label? What’s not to like about Reed & Caroline?