Mat Smith – Page 15 – Electronic Sound

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Alison Moyet

byMat Smith

Ever wondered about the influences that have shaped Alison Moyet? Well, wonder no more…

LLong Reads

5 minute read

Welcome to Night Vale: Things That Go Bump in The Night

byMat Smith

It’s the twice-monthly podcast that everyone’s talking about: featuring off-the-wall updates from a fictional backwater community, it’s time to say hello to ‘Welcome to Night Vale’

PPulse

1 minute read

Brokenchord

byMat Smith

Precision engineered triptronica

LLong Reads

8 minute read

From Stourbridge to Hollywood, from Pop Will Eat Itself to blockbuster film soundtracks, we pick the brain of in-demand composer Clint Mansell, to see if we can get to the bottom of what it takes to be an, erm, in-demand composer…

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Bark Psychosis: Let’s Talk About ‘Hex’, Baby

byMat Smith

They might have launched a thousand post-rock ships, but who the heck were Bark Psychosis? As their seminal 1994 ‘Hex’ album gets a welcome reissue, frontman Graham Sutton tells all…

PPulse

1 minute read

Indian Wells

byMat Smith

Italiano crisp ’n’ creative ’tronica

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Shining ‘Din’ (Synthetic Symphony, 1995)

byMat Smith

"I’d become a Nitzer Ebb fan on the release of 1992’s Alan Wilder-produced ‘Ebbhead’, a frustrating time to become a fan of the band because they went on a three-year hiatus pretty much straight after they released that record."

PPulse

2 minute read

Crown Estate

byMat Smith

Electropop-fuelled wall of sound

PPulse

2 minute read

Káryyn

byMat Smith

Celestial left-field sonic adventures

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Public Service Broadcasting’s: Soul Mining

byMat Smith

Recorded in one of the communities where it happened, Public Service Broadcasting’s absorbing ‘Every Valley’ album tells of the rise and fall of the Welsh mining industry through the eyes of those it affected most deeply