Features – Page 20 – Electronic Sound

8 minute read

Boris Hauf: We Hauf Lift Off

byBen Willmott

As an in-demand composer, producer and label owner, Boris Hauf is always spinning plates. His CLARK project is a sci-fi space adventure, mixing technoid sounds with unbridled experimentation. “I’m all over the place,” he proudly declares

TTime Machine

5 minute read

‘Dub From Creation’

byRobert Harris

In a recording rut at the age of 19, Adrian Sherwood called on reggae producer Dennis Bovell and the Creation Rebel masterpiece, ‘Dub From Creation’, was born

UUnder The Influence

5 minute read

DJ Veronica Vasicka

byJeremy Allen

Founder of the Minimal Wave and Cititrax labels, influential DJ Veronica Vasicka talks Throbbing Gristle, New York and arthouse films

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

The Glove ‘Blue Sunshine’ (Wonderland/Polydor, 1983)

byJeremy Allen

Side projects were everywhere in the 1980s. Talking Heads had Tom Tom Club, David Bowie had Tin Machine and Duran Duran managed to split into two rival factions as Arcadia and The Power Station

LLong Reads

19 minute read

Air: Shoot For The Moon

byDavid Stubbs

Retro-futuristic, gorgeously languid, utterly irresistible – Air changed the sonic landscape almost overnight with the release of ‘Moon Safari’ in 1998. Taking a break from performing the album in full on a mammoth world tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin reflect on their robo-romantic masterpiece

LLong Reads

8 minute read

British Murder Boys: Techno Twins

byFat Roland

Anthony Child (aka Surgeon) and Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) are British Murder Boys. It’s more than 20 years since they first got together and the venerated industrial techno duo have only just released their debut album, but it’s been worth the wait

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Conny Frischauf: Pick And Mix

byMat Smith

Combining playful electronics, left-field pop and wonky jazz vibes, the synaesthetic sound world of Viennese electronicist Conny Frischauf is packed full of sonic possibilities

LLong Reads

4 minute read

DMX Krew: Electric Eclectic

byOli Warwick

Whether he’s making classic electro-funk, arch synthpop, curious techno or raw dancehall beats, DMX Krew’s Ed Upton keeps emotional content at the forefront of his multi-hued machine soul

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Orbury Common: Common People

byBob Fischer

Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe

LLong Reads

5 minute read

Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

byBob Fischer

It’s already been a hell of a year for Glaswegian art rockers Walt Disco. The band have enjoyed a rapturous reception as tour support with OMD and released a new album, ‘The Warping’, combining the anthemic with the deeply personal