Alpha Seven ‘Great TV Masts Of The UK’ (Sofacom)
Retro ambient trip hop explores the psychogeography of elderly communication technology. As you do…
Lloyd Cole ‘1D’ (Bureau B)
Unfinished modular sketches from the notebook of one of electronica’s more unlikely adherents
1975: Kernkraftwerk The Nuclear Powerplant
Forty years since the release of Kraftwerk’s ‘Radio-Activity’, we take a close look the dark horse of the five-album masterwork the band produced between 1974 and 1981
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army ‘Premier Hits’ (Beggars Banquet/Arkive)
Remember when ‘Cars’ was the music for a TV booze ad?
Andrenachrome ‘New Beginnings’ (Silent Smile)
A sensual and seductive psychedelic voyage into electronic waters
Amon Tobin: Live And Direct
Superstar sonic boffin Amon Tobin has just performed his head-spinningly spectacular ‘ISAM’ live show for the very last time. Before he “takes it into the desert and burns it”, the revered master of sound and light talks about the genesis of the ‘ISAM’ concept and his unique approach to making electronic music an all-encompassing live experience
John Foxx ‘20th Century: The Noise’ (Metamatic)
A magical mystery tour through one of electronic music’s most impressive back catalogues
Lunch With Dr Peter Zinovieff
Dr Peter Zinovieff is responsible for the first British synthesiser, the VCS3. Now in his 80s, he remains as interested in the future as ever. And he’s invited us to lunch, to discuss Kraftwerk, Robert Moog, Delia Derbyshire, a couple of Beatles, hard drives costing £4,000 and a computer powered by a windmill
Units ‘Digital Stimulation’ (Futurismo)
San Francisco, 1980. Is the world ready for the amphetamine rush of synthpunk?
Synergy ‘Sequencer’
X marks the spot when it comes to unearthing lost gems from the hidden chest of electronic music past. This month, we dig up ‘Sequencer’, Synergy’s seminal late 1970s album