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Dean & Britta & Sonic Boom: Up Spruced

Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips have brought us the gifts of Galaxie 500, Luna and Dean & Britta. Pete Kember, aka Sonic Boom, has meanwhile been the proud bearer of Spacemen 3 and Spectrum. This festive period, they have clubbed together for a joint present – an enchanting collection of Christmas covers
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Gaister: Immersion Therapy

Comprising left-field producer Coby Sey, soprano Olivia Salvadori and drummer Akihide Monna, Gaister’s self-titled debut is a mesmeric fusion of rarefied soundscapes and poetic form – sonic balm for the soul
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Kruder & Dorfmeister: Mix Masters

Kruder & Dorfmeister’s ‘The K&D Sessions’, released in 1998, presented groundbreaking downtempo and dubby re-rubs of tracks by Madonna, Depeche Mode, Bomb The Bass and others. Recently reissued, this essential compilation once again shines a light on the duo’s spellbinding craft
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Jean-Michel Jarre:  Live Rendez-Vous

As Jean-Michel Jarre gears up to release a boxset of his city-swallowing spectacular in Bratislava earlier this year, we chat to the French master of electronic music about the evolution of his extraordinary live shows, from his 1971 debut to the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
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Albums Of The Year 2024

Diverse sounds, exhilarating gems, new discoveries and a dash of the unexpected – it’s been another phenomenal year for electronic music, brimming with innovation and surprises. After many hours of listening, heated debate and fine-tuning, we present our Top 100 albums of 2024 
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Throbbing Gristle: Art Throbs

Famously described as “wreckers of civilisation”, Throbbing Gristle’s influence on counterculture music and arts has been immense. We speak to Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and others about the seismic impact of the industrial revolutionaries 
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Field Music: Cafe Society

The new Field Music offering, ‘Limits Of Language’, finds brothers Peter and David Brewis in a nostalgic mood. Overdosing on Marmite in their favourite Wearside cafe, they look back on the vanished eateries and melancholy early Septembers of their youth
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Gavin Friday: Renaissance Man 

Former Virgin Prunes frontman Gavin Friday has just released his first solo work in 13 years. Reflecting his fabled life, steeped in hook-laden electronics, typically melodramatic and emotive, it’s one of the most absorbing albums he’s ever made
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Jill Fraser: Pleasure Principle

Taught by John Cage, and having worked with Morton Subotnick and Serge Tcherepnin, pioneering electronicist Jill Fraser has had quite the career. Her new solo effort, reframing American revival hymns in a modular setting, finds her at the very peak of her powers