Long Reads – Page 23 – Electronic Sound

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Vince Clarke: Game Of Drones

byVel Ilic

As the driving force behind Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure and countless other projects over four decades, you might think you’ve got synthpop pioneer Vince Clarke sussed. But his debut solo album, the evocative ‘Songs Of Silence’, is a major surprise. Built around drones and ambient soundscapes, it’s an unexpected and majestic left-field turn. He talks us through its gestation and reflects on a remarkable caree

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Decisive Pink: Pink Sunshine

byES Staff

As Decisive Pink, Kate NV and Angel Deradoorian make abstract and infectious electropop. Loaded with analogue synths, their debut record is a playful, sultry and “quietly magical” sonic delight

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Morton Subotnick: Quantum Bleep

byMark Roland

Morton Subotnick’s 1967 album ‘Silver Apples Of The Moon’ is an experience of pure electronic music – or “new new music”, as Subotnick puts it. It was created solely on the Buchla, the modular synth he commissioned as an “easel” for creating the kind of studio art sounds he had in mind

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Robin Vincent: My Modular Journey

byRobin Vincent

Music tech guru Robin Vincent on his conversion – and subsequent addiction to – modular synthesis

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Veryan: Go Wild

byMat Smith

Mysterious producer Veryan makes bewitching ambient soundscapes as immersive and inspiring as the remote Scottish forest she calls home

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Andrew Ostler: Drone Ranger

byOli Warwick

The founder of music tech company Expert Sleepers, Edinburgh’s Andrew Ostler also employs modular synths in his deeply immersive ambient/drone soundscapes

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Loula Yorke: Good Vibrations

byOli Warwick

With her improvised, hardware-only sonic collages, composer and modular specialist Loula Yorke has become a live performer of high repute

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Vicky Clarke: Neural Pathways

byJeremy Allen

Based in Manchester, sound artist Vicky Clarke explores DIY electronics, digital art and what she calls “techno-emotional states”, resulting in scintillating recorded work and live AV performances

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Philippe Petit: Little Wonder

byJeremy Allen

Philippe Petit, co-founder of thriving electronic/modular synthesis platform Modulisme, is a prolific, modular-focused recording artist in his own right

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Arthur Baker: Quality Baked Goods

byJoe Silva

Legendary producer Arthur Baker shouldn’t really need any introduction. With a new compilation showcasing his classic 1980s remixes, he reflects on his time working with New Order, the rigours of being a full-on restaurateur, and having his own radio show