John Foxx ‘Metamatic’ (Metamatic)
John Foxx is a Zelig-like character who pops up all over the place in the history of British electronic music
Ian Boddy: Boddy Talk
Ian Boddy tells us about running his north east-based DiN label, a two-decade labour of love that has carved him a rightful place in the ambient hall of fame
Finiflex: The Re-Flex
By anyone’s standards, 22 years is a while. As their new album ‘Suilven’ appears over the horizon, John Vick and Davie Miller explain why it’s taken the best part of two decades to morph from Finitribe to Finiflex
Alex Paterson
Celebrating 30 years of The Orb, Alex Paterson offers up a few of the influences that have shaped his life
Oneohtrix Point Never : Straw Dog
Films played quite a role in the making of the new Oneohtrix Point Never album, ‘Age Of’. Recording alone in a rented a house on the hill that freaked the bejesus out him at night, Daniel Lapotin talks Kubrick, harpsichords, alien regression and, erm, ‘The Great Whatsit’…
Daniel Figgis: Meat and greet
Maybe he was in Virgin Prunes and the lynchpin of the Princess Tinymeat offshoot, or maybe he wasn’t. Discover how the enigmatic Daniel Figgis is still crafting beguiling music and bewildering audiences today, thank goodness
Tracey Thorn: On The Record
With a new album awash with electronic goodness, Tracey Thorn talks production Licks, girl band Picks and her teenage kicks
Tangerine Dream: Guiding Lights
When Edgar Froese died in January 2015, he didn’t just leave behind one almighty legacy. He also put in place the means for Tangerine Dream to carry on after his sudden “change of cosmic address”. Let Ulrich Schnauss, who Froese brought into the band in 2014, explain all
Meat Beat Manifesto: Starman
Meat Beat Manifesto Big chief Jack Dangers takes us on a ride through his Swindon years, being XTC’s teaboy, his British Rail-funded debut LP all the way to his recent release, ‘Impossible Star’
Sir-Vere
MK Rocktronica dons