First, there was Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu! and Harmonia, then there was David Bowie’s ‘Low’. Next came the British post-punk and electronic music explosion. This is not a coincidence. Michael Rother helps join the dots
As Jean-Michel Jarre gears up to release a boxset of his city-swallowing spectacular in Bratislava earlier this year, we chat to the French master of electronic music about the evolution of his extraordinary live shows, from his 1971 debut to the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
With a recording from a live performance in New York surfacing 50 years after she made it, Suzanne Ciani reflects on playing with Beck, getting tear-gassed, parking karma and, of course, quadraphonic sound
Karl Bartos discusses his soundtrack for the expressionist shocker ‘The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari’, a film set in the 19th century, first released in 1920, and now reissued more than 100 years later