Jenny Hval ‘Blood Bitch’ (Sacred Bones)
Transfusion Vamp
Vidéo Aventures
They were called Vidéo Aventures. They were French, they had links to the extreme Rock In Opposition movement, and in 1981 they released ‘Musique Pour Garçons Et Filles’, a superb example of underground electropop weirdosity
Starwalker: Across The Universe
One of them is French and best known as half of Air. The other is Icelandic and made a name for himself with Bang Gang. Together they are Starwalker and they’re lighting up the night sky with their twinkling electropop songs
Kraftwerk TV appearance, 1970
Kraftwerk weren’t always the sleek man machine we know and love today. This issue, we’re looking back to a rare live TV appearance by the band in 1970 and catching a glimpse of Neu!’s Klaus Dinger on drums
David Thomas
Pere Ubu’s infamous frontman David Thomas takes his turn to share some of the building blocks behind his groundbreaking work
Pere Ubu ‘Elitism For The People 1975-1978’ (Fire)
A brand new box set of reissues from the iconic American avant-garde pioneers
Die Krupps ‘V – Metal Machine Music’ (Sledgehammer/Oblivion)
Iconic industrial pioneers keep ploughing their thrash metal furrow
The Orb: Moony Tunes
Alex Paterson has been Chief Space Cadet of The Orb for more than 25 years, piloting the chill-out pioneers to parts of the universe nobody else even knew existed. Following the release of their ‘Moonbuilding 2703 AD’ album, Paterson talks Ralf Hütter, Johnny Rotten, Chuck D, cosmic horizons, concrete slabs, dead drums, public toilets in the 1970s and a lot more besides
Conrad Schnitzler ‘Kollektion 5: Conrad Schnitzler’ / Conrad Schnitzler & Pyrolator ‘Con-Struct’ (Bureau B)
Our favourite German label serves up two excellent tributes to a pioneer of Deutsche electronica
Units: In Punk We Trust
San Francisco, 1977. The punk explosion is peaking and Units are at the forefront of the vibrant and dramatic American West Coast scene. But these guys use synths not guitars. Throw in some weird and wonderful performance art concepts and you’ve got one of the most unique electronic bands ever. Units mainman Scott Ryser tells the tale