Tenek ‘Smoke And Mirrors’ (Alien Six Productions)
Riding the crest of the new wave of British synthpop
Gary Numan: Up Close & Personal
Catching him backstage before one of his recent London shows, we enjoy a free-ranging and sometimes painfully honest conversation with Gary Numan, taking in his past, his present and his future. We discuss recordings old and new, his darkest lows and his wildest highs, love and marriage and the kids, his hopes and fears for the years to come, and a whole lot more besides…
Stuart Mccallum
Jazz man on an ambient mission
801, The Supergroup That Lasted Six Weeks
We’re heading back to the sizzling summer of 1976, where one-time Roxy Music colleagues Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno are heading up the intense but brief experiment they called 801
Wolfgang Flür: Beyond The Robot
Former Kraftwerk man Wolfgang Flür recalls a little of his life as a robot and looks forward to an altogether more human future with his ‘Eloquence – Complete Works’ album and his dramatic ‘Musik Soldat’ live show
Jamie Harley: Surfing On The Sine Waves
You won’t have heard of him before, but you will have heard his work. Jamie Harley is the sound engineer that everyone from Aphex Twin and Autechre to Fuck Buttons and Hot Chip turns to when they’re doing a live show. And if you ever need a room ringing out, Jamie is your man
SETI ‘The Geometry Of Night ‘ (Loki Foundation)
Andrew Lagowski’s ambient techno classic from the mid-90s gets reissued with a brand-new companion recording
DJ Shadow: Liquid Gold
“That style of beats is something I’ve been into my entire career,” says Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, when I suggest to him that the output of his Liquid Amber label, including his own self-titled Nite School Klik EP, represents a quantum leap from his recorded history thus far.
Dancing With Ruby
A new name, but a synthpop superduo
Blanck Mass: Flesh And Blood
Taking time out from Fuck Buttons, Benjamin John Power has unleashed another Blanck Mass album. It’s called ‘Dumb Flesh’ and unleash is the operative word…