Wobbling Gelatine Delight
Further random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we’re able to tell) is Decluttering
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Break Point
Think you’ve got Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith figured out? Then get ready for a big plot twist, as the classically trained modular synthesist swaps immersive sound design and experimental vibes for phat drum ’n’ bass and rolling breakbeats, with electrifying results
Laptop: Not Fade Away
Championed by the likes of John Peel and Steve Lamacq back in the late 1990s, Jesse Hartman makes an unexpected but very welcome return with his synthpop alter ego Laptop – all thanks to a Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur cover version
Beef And Onion And Toenails
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Greggs The Bakers
Chimp Hardy
Beastly beats from Berlin
Custard-Mad Sentient Hoover
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are the ‘Teletubbies’
Mouse On Mars & Lee “Scratch” Perry: Spatial Awareness
What happens when the playful IDM of Mouse On Mars collides with the cosmic dub of Lee “Scratch” Perry? A freewheeling brew of krautrock propulsion, avant-jazz and burbling electronics. Prepare for total immersion
The Return Of Laptop
Laptop’s ‘End Credits’, an almost forgotten 1990s synthpop earworm, is set for re-release thanks to an intervention from Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur
Frost
Unexpected polyrhythms in bagging area
Ah! Kosmos And Hainbach: Hum Comforts
Berlin electronicists Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach conjure eerie, experimental music from old and obsolete machinery, transforming hum, noise and decay into haunting, hypnotic transmissions