EMS: The Ambassador
Robin Wood, from teaboy to salesman to CEO
EMS: A Very British Synthesiser
In early 1969, you could count the world’s synthesiser companies on the fingers of one hand after an unfortunate fireworks accident...
Elizabeth Parker: The Last Post
The final composer to leave the workshop as it was being wound down in the late 90s, Elizabeth Parker recalls her time at the audio coal face
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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