Paul Hartnoll: Time Lord
Paul Hartnoll, the creative force behind Orbital, is back with a new album under the name 8:58 and it’s all about time. The clock is ticking…
East India Youth: Right Here, Right Now
From sleepy seaside town to thrumming back streets of East London, East India Youth’s follow-up to his Mercury-nominated debut is seeped in the sounds of the city – and it’s a sonic stunner
Blancmange: Home Truths
Everyone likes Blancmange and their no-nonsense synthpop shizz, right? But forget what you think you know. With the release of an excellent new album, ‘Semi Detached’, Neil Arthur reveals why it really is time for a rethink
Steve Cobby
Steve Cobby, the Hull producer behind Fila Brazillia, The Solid Doctor and The Cutler, picks out some inspirational highlights
The Futurama Festival, 1979-1983
We’re heading back to the post-punk daze of the Futurama Festival, with promoter John Keenan telling tales of flooded venues and vomiting singers
Cabaret Voltaire ‘Nag Nag Nag’
Where to start when picking a classic Cabs’ track? Founding member Stephen Mallinder gamely takes on our suggestion of the band’s 1979 single – and it’s quite a tale
Synergy ‘Sequencer’
X marks the spot when it comes to unearthing lost gems from the hidden chest of electronic music past. This month, we dig up ‘Sequencer’, Synergy’s seminal late 1970s album
Adamski: The Spin Doctor
Adamski is back. And he’s back with something very different and really quite special. ‘Revolt’, his first album for 15 years, casts aside four-to-floor and serves up a whole new way of thinking about dance music. Say hello to future waltz…
John Cage Predicts The Future of Music, 1937
‘The Future Of Music: Credo’.
C30 C60 C90 Go!
The underground Tape Scene of early 1980s Germany produced countless DIY artists whose exciting and experimental work sounds as fresh today as it did then. And at its heart was electronic pioneer Felix Kubin, curator of the tape-tastic ‘Science Fiction Park Bundesrepublik’ compilation