Features – Page 22 – Electronic Sound

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Jeff Mills: To Boldly Go…

byKris Needs

Detroit techno don, pioneering DJ and ardent futurist, Jeff Mills is electronic royalty. His latest mission, themed around black holes, is a breathtaking “cosmic opera” that’s quite possibly his most ambitious work to date

FFeatures

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The Visual Art of John Foxx

byMat Smith

John Foxx is well-known as the founder and frontman of Ultravox and as a revered solo musician in his own right. But he’s also a distinctive visual artist who has worked extensively in photography, graphic art, collage and other media over the years. He explains how it all started...

FFeatures

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John Grant: Lie Detector

bySian Pattenden

Typically direct and wickedly witty, almost nothing is off limits when speaking to John Grant. This time, he’s discussing his opulent new album ‘The Art Of The Lie’, the evils of sugar – “its history is soaked in blood” – and the joy of “really good” sex

FFeatures

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The Eysturoy Tunnel, Faroe Islands

byJeremy Allen

We catch up with Jens L Thomsen, a Faroese artist who has produced an original composition for the island’s breathtaking Eysturoy Tunnel

LLandmarks

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Eddy Grant ‘Electric Avenue’

byIan Berriman

Eddy Grant tells us why he has British Airways to thank for his 1983 mega-hit single ‘Electric Avenue’ – sort of

LLong Reads

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Simon Reynolds: Tomorrow’s World

byJeremy Allen

From Kraftwerk to Auto-Tune via a range of scenes, subcultures, technologies and sci-fi backdrops, Simon Reynolds’ latest book ‘Futuromania’ looks at the impact of “machine music” from the 1970s to the present day

LLong Reads

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Jane Weaver: Love Parade

bySharon O'Connell

Cosmically lush, gently kaleidoscopic and swirling with mystic “wyrd folk”, Jane Weaver is back with a compelling and groovily seductive new work that truly hits the heights

LLong Reads

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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: Care In The Community

byBob Fischer

As Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Gordon Chapman-Fox has explored the utopian dreams of 1970s town planning over the course of five albums. His latest release, ‘Your Community Hub’, completes his transformation from wry hauntologist to strident political commentator

LLong Reads

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Ride: Ride On Time

byBob Fischer

Together for eight years, apart for 19, and then back together for another 10. Life in Ride has often been a rollercoaster, but the band’s new album ‘Interplay’ is a synth-heavy triumph

LLong Reads

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Pet Shop Boys: Boys Keep Swinging

byIan Gittins

Pet Shop Boys are back with ‘Nonetheless’, their 15th studio album and a fresh creative peak that imbues their quintessential electonic sound with string arrangements and live instruments