Effing and Jeffing
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is A Christmas Nightmare
Andy Bell and Timothy Clerkin: Connection Is Made
Having initially met at Andrew Weatherall’s funeral, GLOK’s Andy Bell and producer Timothy Clerkin have now collaborated on ‘Alliance’, a no-holds-barred album that embraces wobbly synths, rave bangers and trippy psych
Jill Fraser: Pleasure Principle
Taught by John Cage, and having worked with Morton Subotnick and Serge Tcherepnin, pioneering electronicist Jill Fraser has had quite the career. Her new solo effort, reframing American revival hymns in a modular setting, finds her at the very peak of her powers
90 Per Cent Hairball
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Moby
No Bounds 2024 Review
If an alien landed on planet Earth and demanded to know where they could find the best demonstration of the UK’s burgeoning electronic scene, your answer should be Sheffield’s No Bounds Festival. As our man on the ground discovers, this raucous mix of rave and immersive arts will make you never want to leave the Steel City
Custard Bazookas
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are Assumptions about electronic music
Loved-Up On Happy Pills
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are Looney Tunes
Arsenal Mikebe
Dapper drummers take on the world
Morten Harket stole my trousers
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is AI
Julia-Sophie: Soul Inside
Dark, left-field, danceable and utterly compelling – reflecting personal self-destruction, love and loss, the debut solo offering from Anglo-French producer Julia-Sophie is an unflinchingly sublime future-pop confessional