‘Seven Songs’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers reaches for an old favourite – the foundational industrial output of 23 Skidoo from their 1982 album, ‘Seven Songs’
‘Trying To Escape’ Foreign World
Resident archivist Jack Dangers looks at an album by Foreign World that’s stuffed with strange art inserts – and the music is even more peculiar
Roberto Gerhard
Resident archivist Jack Dangers ponders a seven-inch called ‘Electronic Music’ by overlooked composer Roberto Gerhard
‘Fairlight Computer Musical Instrument’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers reaches for a rare seven-inch Fairlight demo disc from the dawn of the sampling era
Bob James Trio
Resident archivist Jack Dangers pulls out a record by Bob James Trio, which resides in the slender Venn slice where electronic music and jazz co-exist
Religious Records
Our resident archivist Jack Dangers gets all spiritual with some religious records from his archive. Meat Beat Manifesto fans might like to think of as bit of “God OD”
Walter Sear
Resident archivist Jack Dangers arrives at the Moogsploitation records of Walter Sear by way of the avant-garde electronics of William S Fischer
Thomas Leer
Resident archivist Jack Dangers is reunited with a favourite 12-inch single from Scottish synth pioneer Thomas Leer
Cable Car Soundscapes
Resident archivist Jack Dangers rattles along with ‘Cable Car Soundscapes’, a unique mix of field recording, performance and musique concrète in celebration of San Francisco’s famous transport system
The Mellotron
Resident archivist Jack Dangers gets all 1960s with the very scarce Mellotron demonstration disc