Krautrock: In Good Hans
Cluster and Harmonia co-founder Hans-Joachim Roedelius reflects on his early life experiences and momentous 1970s work, which featured the input of a certain Brian Eno
Krautrock: In Full Flow
Musician and author Wolfgang Seidel was a fly-on-the-wall observer during krautrock’s peak. In his new book, ‘Krautrock Eruption’, he argues that the genre was rooted in the German working class, before Berlin’s countercultural scene of psych, jazz and electronics elevated it to stratospheric realms
K-Klass ‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’
K-Klass’ Paul Roberts and Russ Morgan recall the making of their 1991 Number Three hit, ‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’
Ernest Berk
We dig into the fascinating story behind a long-lost film soundtrack by Ernest Berk, one of the most influential yet mysterious electronic composers of the 20th century
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘Electricity’
Andy McCluskey tells the fortuitous story behind Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s 1979 debut single ‘Electricity’, which Factory boss Tony Wilson so nearly chucked in the bin
Vivien Goldman
Legendary music writer Vivien Goldman reflects on her six decades documenting your favourite counterculturalists and why the fight against “the cockocracy” hasn’t ended just yet
Keith “Radioactive Man” Tenniswood
Keith “Radioactive Man” Tenniswood – formerly one half of Two Lone Swordsmen with Andrew Weatherall – considers his primary influences. Whatever you do, don’t mention bangers
Synergy ‘Games’ (Passport, 1979)
The overstuffed bins at Angry Mom Records are just down the hill from the engineering campus of Cornell University, where students shoot lasers through cool neutral plasmas and test semiconductors
The Art of Noise: This, That, and the Other
Rebooted for the 21st century, completely unexpected and typically abstract, it’s once again time to ask, Who’s Afraid Of The Art Of Noise?
Ela Minus: Day Tripper
Ela Minus’ second album seamlessly fuses powerful sonics AND cutting-edge production, cementing the Colombian producer as a major rising star