Mat Smith – Page 7 – Electronic Sound

10 minute read

Alexander Tucker: Rebel With A Cause

byMat Smith

Alexander Tucker’s latest work is a posthumous collaboration with Keith Collins, Derek Jarman’s former partner. The result is a touching homage to the iconic filmmaker and the inspiring landscape around Dungeness nuclear power station in Kent, where Jarman famously lived during the final years of his life

RReviews

3 minute read

Leftfield ‘This Is What We Do’ (Virgin)

byMat Smith

Original Thinkers

PPulse

2 minute read

OSCCR

byMat Smith

Emo synthscapes signal a wunderkind

PPulse

2 minute read

Jay Wires

byMat Smith

Depeche-hued electronic catharsis

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Halina Rice: Divine Rice

byMat Smith

Producer Halina Rice creates immersive, audiovisual environments where music, art and technology intersect. Her second long-player, ‘Elision’, takes you on a deep journey into abstract soundscapes

RReviews

3 minute read

Orbital ’30 Something’ (London)

byMat Smith

Rave New World Thirty-something years ago, the thing that routinely disrupted the nascent British dance music scene was……

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Gnod: And A Wink

byMat Smith

Operating in various guises since 2006, Gnod‘s latest album, ‘Hexen Valley’, is inspired by the Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge. It sees them channelling psych, electronics, noise, drone and even a bit of Lou Reed, to rousing effect

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

byMat Smith

Aside from its troubling “what if?” premise, two things stayed with me about the 1998 film ‘Sliding Doors’, and neither of these were Gwyneth Paltrow’s British accent.

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Touch

byMat Smith

Jon Wozencroft, founder of pioneering label and publisher Touch, reflects on 40 years of experimental electronics and audiovisual adventures

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Roger Eno

byMat Smith

Ambient composer Roger Eno, who has recently released a new album, ‘The Turning Year’, talks about cultural awakenings, blissful pottering and the beauty of stillness