Clay Pipe Music
When Clay Pipe Music celebrated 10 years of releasing electronica with a distinct connection to place, founder Frances Castle took a wistful ramble through the winding country lanes of a label with a beguilingly calm appeal
Telex: The Unstoppable Text Machine
Slightly odd and very groovy Belgian synthpoppers Telex are getting ready for a renaissance. Having enjoyed their first success in the late 1970s, they are digging into their back catalogue to reissue a collection of their many highlights. And no one is more surprised than the group themselves
JOHN CARPENTER – ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death’
Sacred Bones Carpenteresque? Carpenterian? Carpenter-ish? The New York-born filmmaker has created his own defined aesthetic and been influential……
The Avalanches ‘We Will Always Love You’ (Astralworks)
Hauntology and mixology meet on The Avalanches’ third album, which is so full of cameos it makes Robert……
MODEL 86 ‘Is MODEL 86 Dreaming of Being a Butterfly or is a Butterfly Dreaming of Being MODEL 86?’ (Super Generic)
Another anonymous dance act rolls off the conveyor belt, but MODEL 86 does the whole automaton schtick very……
Laibach
With a penchant for cover versions, Laibach have subverted the likes of Queen, ‘The Sound Of Music’ and Bach, but their take on The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ scaled new heights. Co-producer Bertrand Burgalat recalls the fun and games
The Last Dinosaur ‘Wholeness’ (Phases)
“I lost my job. I lost confidence. I lost my mind,” says Jamie Cameron, aka The Last Dinosaur.……
Pilots Of Purple Twilight: ‘The Virgin Recordings 1980-1983’ (UMC/EMI)
It’s fair to say that the first half of Tangerine Dream’s epic 10-year adventure with Virgin Records gets……
Malcolm McLaren
Picture the scene. It’s 1979 and in a French library, Malcolm McLaren has unearthed a record that will shape the 1980s pop charts… or has he? We lift the lid on the origins of the Burundi beat sound
Télépopmusik ‘Everybody Breaks The Line’ (Warm Music)
Named after an old TV repair shop on Paris’ Avenue Jean-Jaurès that’s still operational, Télépopmusik’s re-emergence some 15…