Loula Yorke ‘Volta’ (Truxalis)
About-Turn
Magnetic Skies
London synthpoppers set for stadiums
Hinako Omori: The Soft Bulletin
Somewhere in the mid-point between electronic, ambient and classical, composer Hinako Omori creates potent “therapeutic frequencies”. Deploying analogue synths and binaural sound, her second long-player is an experimental and deeply enchanting patchwork
OMD: Stepping Up
Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark are still coming up with the goods 45 years in. Their new album, ‘Bauhaus Staircase’, a glorious collision of hook-laden electropop and artistic sentiment, finds the synth pioneers in perfect sync
Feral Five
Two electronicists search for the truth
Gaunt
Sublime sounds for haunted dancefloors
Veryan: Go Wild
Mysterious producer Veryan makes bewitching ambient soundscapes as immersive and inspiring as the remote Scottish forest she calls home
Lara Jones: No Sax Please
A euphoric celebration of queer intimacy, Lara Jones’ glorious new ‘Fig’ EP is swathed in sensuous samples and glitchy electronics
Higher Intelligence Agency, ‘Colourform’, (Beyond, 1993)
"Chris was the older brother of my high school best friend. He had the hippest taste in music, but he was also really intimidating."
Will Sergeant
Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist and Glide experimentalist Will Sergeant muses over his formative and foremost influences