10 Landmark Modular Albums
From Morton Subotnick to Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, these 10 records have defined modular synthesis in their own unique and thrilling style
50 Key Modular Artists
Our pick of the modular artists – some of them recognisable names, but most of them new – that you need to know about
African Head Charge: True Dub Ways
For more than four decades, African Head Charge have pushed the outer limits of dub, concocting an intoxicating brew of electronic exploration and live percussion. Their latest long-player continues to confound expectations – from Accra to Ramsgate and back again
Faizal Mostrixx: Days of Future Past
A pioneer who made his name as a significant figure on East Africa’s vibrant electronic scene, Faizal Mostrixx explains his unique take on Afrofuturism
Modern Cosmology: Splinter Groop
As Modern Cosmology, Lætitia Sadier and Brazilian outfit Mombojó make quite the team. Fusing lounge jazz, bossa nova, psych and prog grooves, their debut album is like a lost early Stereolab classic
The Final Frontier of Sound
The fascination that electronic music artists and fans have with worlds beyond Earth is being deepened by technological advancements and renewed intergalactic ambitions. And we’re also now starting to get answers to a question that’s bugged many of us for a long time. What does space actually sound like?
Craven Faults: Faulty Towers
In a secret corner of Yorkshire, a man known only as Craven Faults creates epic modular synth homages to the dark, post-industrial uplands that surround him. Who is he? We really can’t say
Creep Show: Mind The Gap
With their second album, ‘Yawning Abyss’, electronic supergroup Creep Show have truly surpassed themselves. From the power of vocoders to AI and “fucking things up”, John Grant, Stephen Mallinder, Benge and Phil Winter wax lyrical
Devo: In The Beginning Was The End… 50 years of De-Evolution
As comic-book lab scientists Devo celebrate their 50th anniversary with a new boxset of archive treasures, they’ve also announced a farewell tour. Have the spudboys really run out of sap?
Bluedot 2023: Ask Me Another…
Fancy a few snappy Q&As with some of the big movers and shakers at Bluedot 2023? Of course you do. Step up Creep Show’s John Grant, Stephen Mallinder and Benge, Radiophonic Workshop’s Peter Howell, Johnny Lynch aka The Pictish Trail, David Maclean of Django Django, Ian Parton of The Go! Team, former Lush singer Miki Berenyi and Bluedot festival director Ben Robinson