‘I Think Of You’ Little Annie
Mixing sardonic beat poetry with dub effects and an alt-dance outlook, Little Annie’s classic ‘I Think Of You’ is still one of the best records to emerge from the On-U Sound stable
Tape Loops: Reel History
Snipped, spliced and looped, magnetic tape became a radical creative tool that sparked a sonic revolution. From the avant-garde’s very earliest experiments through to pop visionaries and fearless underground adventurers...
Tape Loops: 30 Current Loopers
Think tape loops are a thing of the past? Think again. From familiar names to under-the-radar innovators, here are 30 contemporary artists pushing tape loops into new, strange and unexpected places
Tape Loops: 20 Essential Listens
Finders Keepers co-founder and DJ Doug Shipton hand-picks 20 indispensable tape music albums, charting the medium’s extraordinary journey from studio novelty to revolutionary instrument
Brett Naucke ‘Electronic Hypnosis Program’ (Make Noise, 2019)
"Over on the west side of town, there’s a beer market where you can pick up pineapple vanilla IPAs, whiskey stouts or a gently used Minimoog Voyager..."
Martin Carr
Fresh from releasing a terrific new solo album of “distracted beats and messy electronics”, one-time Boo Radleys man Martin Carr talks through his defining influences
Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff, Tonto mega-synth inventor, Stevie Wonder collaborator and Devo producer, remembers how synthesisers changed his life – and, to be frank, a fair few of ours
e.m.arson. : Burning Down The House
Field recordings, drones, tape loops, dreampop and mystery are the key ingredients for the startling debut album from sound artist e.m.arson. What is it that lights her fire?
Jah Wobble: Turn Off Jah Mind
The Beatles, but not as you know them. On ‘Mystic Liverpool’, legendary bassist Jah Wobble teams up with Tian Qiyi to warp the Fab Four’s most psychedelic moments into a swirl of duB, tripped-out textures and Eastern instrumentation
Laptop: Not Fade Away
Championed by the likes of John Peel and Steve Lamacq back in the late 1990s, Jesse Hartman makes an unexpected but very welcome return with his synthpop alter ego Laptop – all thanks to a Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur cover version