Long Reads

Pop production heavyweights Jim Eliot and Pascal Gabriel find a new creative freedom as ace analogue synthpop duo The Peace Race

Once upon a time, audio tape was so ubiquitous that most households had enough of the stuff to wrap around several football pitches. Now it’s an obsolete curio of a sonically explosive era. Loop back with us as we follow the Möbius strip of sound itself from Victorian Paris to a vast subterranean maze

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

A new compilation of re-recorded Fluke classics is a timely reminder of their place in UK dance music history

Driven by curiosity and playful improvisation, experimental duo KOGG fashion spanners, elastic bands, toy whistles, brass and broken piano keys into charming, wibbly-wobbly sonic sketches

La Sécurité are the latest bilingual post-punk/guitar ’n’ synth sensation to emerge from Canada, With a new album ‘Bingo!’ on Bella Union

What happens when the playful IDM of Mouse On Mars collides with the cosmic dub of Lee “Scratch” Perry? A freewheeling brew of krautrock propulsion, avant-jazz and burbling electronics. Prepare for total immersion

After almost 15 years, Luke Vibert revives his enigmatic Plug alias with ‘Variety Magic’, a curated stockpile of unreleased, mid-90s jungle and drum ’n’ bass – left-field cuts built for club pressure and deep listening

Filmmaker Mark Jenkin takes a handmade approach to his features, shooting on clockwork cameras and creating his own electronic scores with a tape loop designed by Brian Eno