Long Reads

As Kraftwerk visit the Uk for their most extensive tour since 1981, we trace the evolution of the Kraftwerk live experience – from dope smoke-filled hippy happenings IN the early 1970s to the sleek 3D art installations of the 21st century

Vintage gear is at the heart of the Gearbox Records operation that provides high quality vinyl releases with every step undertaken in-house. Meet the London-based label with a difference…

Working remotely with little discussion of the music being passed between them, Fader aren’t your usual electronic outfit. You might recognise the pair of them too…

After a mere quarter of a century hiatus, Düsseldorf’s avant-garde electro-schlager outfit Der Plan are back with a brand new album. We caught up with Kurt Dahlke and Moritz Reichelt for a trip back to the future

It’s been a battle sometimes, but she’s picked her own path through a music life well lived. With the lush electronica of her new album, Alison Moyet clearly remains a force to be reckoned with

Having dabbled with electronics previously, Jane Weaver has gone the whole hog on her new album and fully embraced the synthy goodness. We discover the thinking behind her new winning formula…

Industrial Music. The genre that swept around the world from Hull (Throbbing Gristle) and Düsseldorf (DAF) to Chicago (WAX TRAX!) and Brussels (Play It Again Sam), and then span out into EBM and New Beat and a whole lot more besides. We pick out the main protagonists for your listening pleasure…

Sound specialists who create subtle aural worlds that you might not notice if you weren’t listening for them, the work of the London-based Coda To Coda adorns TV shows, feature films, documentaries and exhibitions, including their inventive soundscape for The Science Museums’ ‘Robots’ show

ABBA may well be best known as Sweden’s worst-dressed but best-selling exporters of the 1970s, but Benny Andersson was also a bona fide synth pioneer. Don’t believe us? Read on…

David Stubbs puts on his ear protectors and picks out 10 crucial releases that no industrial music collection can be complete without