Long Reads – Page 26 – Electronic Sound

10 minute read

Hifi Sean And David McAlmont: Strings Attached

byBob Fischer

Take indie frontman turned superstar DJ Hifi Sean, team him up with peerless vocal acrobat David McAlmont, add lashings of Bollywood strings, and what do you get? An exquisite record shaped by a heart-warming alliance

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Kate Nv: The Wow Factor

bySharon O'Connell

The new album by Russian producer Kate NV is quite the statement. Rooted in avant-pop, ‘Wow’ teems with colour and playful electronics, while nodding in the direction of Can and Anna Meredith. As the title suggests, it’s a textural and multisensory revelation

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M83: Wishful Thinking

byJeremy Allen

French sonic adventurer Anthony Gonzalez muses on the lush escapism of the new M83 album, ‘Fantasy’, reflecting on the wonder of teenage dreams, the influence of cinema and suffering for his art

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Young Fathers: Them Heavy People

byJim Ottewill

Conviction, spontaneity, and the noble art of going underground – Edinburgh trio Young Fathers open up on the creative synergies and struggles behind the bold and unflinching ‘Heavy Heavy’

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Ladytron: ’Tron and On and On

byStephen Dalton

Almost a quarter of a century after they formed, Ladytron are still reaching new audiences. With their 2002 hit ‘Seventeen’ having gone viral on TikTok, the electropop futurists are back with their first album in five years, the swaggering ‘Time’s Arrow’. Quite the journey it’s been, too. Prepare for a bumpy but exhilarating ride

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Andy Votel: A Tribe Called Votel

byAnton Spice

Co-founder of the Finders Keepers label, Andy Votel has spent three decades downplaying his obsession with hip hop. Reuniting with his original crew, the clandestine MC, beat-maker and sample head talks about the fear and friendship that made it all possible

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Ben Frost: Nature’s Requiem

bySharon O'Connell

Drawing on the ultrasonic sounds of the Amazon rainforest, the new album by Australian-Icelandic producer Ben Frost sees him collaging environmental recordings and complex electronics to stunning cinematic effect

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Clock DVA: Back To The Future

byDavid Stubbs

The first new Clock DVA studio album in 30 years explores a dystopian world where “machines of intimidation” rule. Founder Adi Newton muses on technology overload, the importance and influence of artistic experimentation, and how a 1970s Sheffield theatre workshop first turned him onto electronic music

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Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer: The Weird Dream Team

byBob Fischer

Stephen James Buckley and Mark Burford are Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer respectively. Holed up together in a remote Lancashire church, their minds frequently wander to cosmic vibrations, pixelated dream states and chain-smoking ghosts…

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Alexander Tucker: Rebel With A Cause

byMat Smith

Alexander Tucker’s latest work is a posthumous collaboration with Keith Collins, Derek Jarman’s former partner. The result is a touching homage to the iconic filmmaker and the inspiring landscape around Dungeness nuclear power station in Kent, where Jarman famously lived during the final years of his life