Jessica Moss
Canadian strings and synths artiste
Thomas Leer and Robert Rental: Bedroom Bedlam
They pooled their gear to record their first singles, which they then released on their own labels. Thomas Leer and Robert Rental, old friends from the town of port Glasgow on the Clyde, were the original bedroom producers and key players in the nascent diy electronic scene of the late 1970s. And they didn’t own a single synth between them
MMPH
Cellist turned electronicist
Graham Crabb ‘Def Con One’
“Get me Big Mac, get me fries to go” … Pop Will Eat Itself’s co-frontman Graham Crabb reveals the tale behind THE future-facing samplefest that is ‘Def Con One’
Space: Magic Flying
It was one of the first electronic records to hit the charts all over the world. It launched the space disco genre and laid down a marker for synthpop. The story of Space and ‘Magic Fly’ is quite a tale too. take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Somni
Dreamy californian sampleadelica
Let’s Eat Grandma: Now Hear This
Marking a return to the fray with their second album, ‘I’m All Ears’, Let’s Eat Grandma dip their biscuits into waters new – musically and quite literally. We tag along for the ride…
Jeremy Dutcher: Mind Your Language
Taking it upon himself to preserve the almost lost language of his Canadian ancestors, Jeremy Dutcher has created a singularly important record in the award-winning ‘Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa’
The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’
The Orb’s Alex Paterson talks us through the making of the stone-cold chill-out classic ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’
Vince Clarke: Vince Talks Mute
The first time that Vince Clarke met Daniel Miller, the mute boss told him he didn’t like Depeche Mode’s demo tape. thankfully, the basildon boys got a second chance to impress, as the Depeche/Yazoo/Erasure keyboardist recalls in this first person account of his long and fruitful creative relationship with mute