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
The Originators: Origin Of The Species
Think Altern-8, Unique 3, Forgemasters, LFO and Krush. The bleep sound of Sheffield spawned an entire genre, not to mention its own label, Warp. Now the makers of many of those original tunes have mobilised once again as The Originators…
The Brain, Wardour Street, London
Opening in the late 80s, The Brain on London’s Wardour Street championed pretty much an entire generation of DJs and electronic live acts. Co-founder Sean Mclusky tells the club’s incredible tale
Tiny Magnetic Pets: Pet Sounds
With friends in high places and a new album set to make waves, Irish synthpoppers Tiny Magnetic Pets look ready for the limelight
Baxter Dury
Sharing some of the influences that shaped the sound and the attitude of his new album, enter the fascinating world of Baxter Dury
Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)
Leila Arab was born in Iran, but moved to Britain at an early age, her family forced to flee the country’s Islamic Revolution because of her father’s ties with the ousted Shah
Fader: Great Minds Think Alike
Working remotely with little discussion of the music being passed between them, Fader aren’t your usual electronic outfit. You might recognise the pair of them too…