Stephen Dalton – Page 4 – Electronic Sound

10 minute read

Anni Hogan: Hogan’s Run

byStephen Dalton

From flat-sharing with Soft Cell during their Leeds university days to DJing at London’s legendary Batcave and collaborating with the great and good of art rock and electropop, Anni Hogan has been on one heck of a ride

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9 minute read

Moby: Calmer Chameleon

byStephen Dalton

Moby is leading a sedate existence these days, but it wasn’t always that way. Ahead of the release of his latest album, ‘Reprise’, he describes his route from excess to serenity

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8 minute read

Leon Vynehall: More More More

byStephen Dalton

A cornucopia of artistic influences, Leon Vynehall makes music that’s sweeping in cultural scale and ambition. He talks about his new album ‘Rare, Forever’ and the experiences that have shaped it

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13 minute read

Jarvis Cocker: Say You Want An Evolution

byStephen Dalton

He grew up in Sheffield with Cabaret Voltaire and The Human League ringing in his ears. He started out signed to a Warp offshoot label. He made videos for Aphex Twin and Nightmares On Wax. And now, with a brilliant debut album from his new band JARV IS…, the electronic evolution of Jarvis Cocker is complete

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7 minute read

Florian Schneider 7 April 1947 – 21 April 2020

byStephen Dalton

Following his death in April at the age of 73, we look at the remarkable contribution Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider made to electronic music

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7 minute read

Bang Face: Out With A Bang

byStephen Dalton

With its rich rave history, the Bang Face weekender is an aural assault/celebration of all things day-glo and old skool. Just days before the coronavirus shuts down the live music world, we find ourselves at the last party in town

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8 minute read

Anna Meredith: Bring The Noise

byStephen Dalton

From classical licks and pop tricks to anything goes rave anthems, Anna Meredith’s new album shows just why she is one of the finest exponents of the electronic arts

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9 minute read

Jon Hassell: Worth It

byStephen Dalton

Learning the ropes from Stockhausen, La MoNte young and Terry Riley and showing the way forward to Eno and Byrne, Jon Hassell is an electronic music colossus. Seems that at 81, he’s just getting started

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10 minute read

Berlin after Bowie: Mark Reeder

byStephen Dalton

Once upon a time, at the dawn of the electronic age, Mark Reeder ran away to join the circus. He never came home again.

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12 minute read

Heaven 17: Groove Thang

byStephen Dalton

With a comprehensive boxset just released, Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware tell us how their unmistakable electro-soul sound came into being – and why they’re finally mastering the art of playing live.