3D
Straight outta Kent, melodic brutalist duo 3D are coming for you – and they’re coming for you at your local pub. This is your first and final warning
Gorgeous, Erudite Human Beings
Oh heck. This isn’t looking good. This isn’t looking good at all. Our resident columnist is on THE DRUGS again…
Chile in the 1950s
Was anyone in Chile making experimental electronic music in the 1950s? Oh yes. And Professor Jack Dangers of the University of Meat Beat Manifesto knows all about it
I Can Barely Cope
It’s been 13 long and cruel winters since the last Aphex Twin album and our resident columnist can’t believe a new one is here. He’ll be too twitchy to actually listen to it, mind
Xeno & Oaklander
With their ‘Par Avion’ album, Brooklyn duo Xeno & Oaklander have dusted down decades of old kit and delivered a sparkling set of electronic fuelled pop
Herbie Hancock
Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson
Gazelle Twin
Meet John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborator Gazelle Twin, who Grimes has described as “Suicide meets Nine Inch Nails, but really feminine and modern”
Dolls
A Canadian girl with a smart synthpop sound, a strong DIY ethos, and a nod and a wink to Rimmel London
Vile Electrodes
There’s something very enticing about Vile Electrodes. It could be the kinky clobber. It could be the great synthpop tunes. It’s probably both, actually
Pearl Necklace
Experimental, improvisational, repetitive, subversive. Not what you might expect from a group called Pearl Necklace, then