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Wonky ‘tronic cross-country siblings.
Factory Records: Minny Pops
One of the more curious arms of the Factory roster, there was never a dull moment with art punks Minny Pops. Lead man Wally Van Middendorp reminisces on the journey that started with a band called Tits.
Tangerine Dream – In Search Of Hades: The Virgin Recordings 1973-1979 (UMC/Virgin EMI)
Virgin Record’s run on German electronic and avant-garde talent in the 1970s kept the UK supplied with a soundtrack of electronic manifestations of mood.
Berlin after Bowie: David Bowie
Forty years ago, on Friday 18 May 1979, David Bowie released his 13th album, ‘Lodger’, 18 months after its lauded predecessor, ‘Heroes’.
Zamilska
Meaty, beaty Polish industrial electronics
Gazelle Twin ‘Pastoral’ (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray)
Green and unpleasant lands
Sound Deconstruction: Music Concrète From Pierre Schaeffer To Amon Tobin
We trace how musique concrète mutated from turnable experiments in the 1940s to turntable experiments in the 21st century via audio tape and sampling…Â
Amon Tobin: Mixing Concrète
Eight years after the mind-melting experience that was ‘ISAM’, Amon Tobin returns with ‘Fear In A Handful Of Dust’, another masterful and opaque work of exquisite sound design and strange beauty. Is this neo-musique concrète?
Mike Vickers: Song of The Unsung
From 60s R&B pop fame in Manfred Mann, to The Beatles’ Moog advisor and subversive 70s synth sorcerer, Mike Vickers is the quiet man of British electronic music
Wendy Carlos, Stanley Kubrick, and A Clockwork Orange
Wendy Carlos’ pioneering soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ was just as subversive as the film, debasing classical masterpieces and putting electronic music on the map. We delve into the work of the maverick musician, the singular director, and their turbulent working relationship…