Boccaccio Life, Ghent
A new compilation celebrating Ghent’s Boccaccio Life club provides the perfect opportunity to look back on the makings of this unlikely electronic institution
Gwenno
Returning with her fourth album ‘Utopia’, Welsh singer-songwriter Gwenno shares the influences that have helped to forge her work
Shrift ‘Lost In A Moment’ (Six Degrees, 2006)
“Remember ‘Underwater Love’, the gently lilting and effortlessly catchy trip hop track used on a Levi’s television advert in 1997?”
Children Of The Bong: Smoke Signals
Marking the 30th anniversary of ‘Sirius Sounds’, Children Of The Bong are back with a collection of remixes that reimagine their 1990s psychedelic/acid/dub frequencies for the 21st century
Claudia Brücken: The Dark Side
With her intoxicating new solo offering, ‘Night Mirror’, Claudia Brücken reaffirms her status as one of synthpop’s most enigmatic and enduring voices
Reaper On Red: Hot Fuzz
The shadowy sonics of Cincinnati pairing Reaper On Red pulse with dark psych, brooding electronics and “gothic-shaded salvos”
Rival Consoles: Total Recall
Reinvigorated electronic maestro Ryan Lee West – aka Rival Consoles – is back with ‘Landscape From Memory’, a thrilling album that might be his most electrifying yet
Icebreaker International ‘Trein Maersk: A Report To The NATOarts Board Of Directors’ (IT, 2000)
"...two fellows who, using portable equipment, had recorded an album on a container ship they had boarded in Japan..."
AM Boys: Duo Purpose
Having met at an Aphex Twin listening party – as you do – New York’s AM Boys deploy synths, drum machines and vocoders to craft enticingly languid pop and electronic instrumentals, imbued with all-essential “space echo”
Cosey Fanni Tutti: Mission Reactivated
Cosey Fanni Tutti’s new solo work is an absorbing “sound cameo” – a profoundly personal sonic reflection of her life that, true to form, finds joy in resistance. Also on the agenda are Delia, Throbbing Gristle and the strange power of dreams