Features – Page 47 – Electronic Sound

31 minute read

Fast Forward

byES Staff

What will the world be like at the end of this century? What about in the year 3000? What will music sound like in the next millennium? We assembled a panel of artists from across the electronic spectrum to give us their thoughts on what the future might hold

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

byJoe Silva

Say what you will about the rise of algorithms, but on occasion they do get it right.

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Death and Vanilla: A Flicker Of Hope

byWill Salmon

Reinvigorated after a difficult few years in the wilderness, Swedish trio Death and Vanilla are back with a new album, a more focused pop sensibility, and a renewed sense of optimism

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Hifi Sean And David McAlmont: Strings Attached

byBob Fischer

Take indie frontman turned superstar DJ Hifi Sean, team him up with peerless vocal acrobat David McAlmont, add lashings of Bollywood strings, and what do you get? An exquisite record shaped by a heart-warming alliance

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Kate Nv: The Wow Factor

bySharon O'Connell

The new album by Russian producer Kate NV is quite the statement. Rooted in avant-pop, ‘Wow’ teems with colour and playful electronics, while nodding in the direction of Can and Anna Meredith. As the title suggests, it’s a textural and multisensory revelation

LLong Reads

9 minute read

M83: Wishful Thinking

byJeremy Allen

French sonic adventurer Anthony Gonzalez muses on the lush escapism of the new M83 album, ‘Fantasy’, reflecting on the wonder of teenage dreams, the influence of cinema and suffering for his art

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Young Fathers: Them Heavy People

byJim Ottewill

Conviction, spontaneity, and the noble art of going underground – Edinburgh trio Young Fathers open up on the creative synergies and struggles behind the bold and unflinching ‘Heavy Heavy’

LLong Reads

20 minute read

Ladytron: ’Tron and On and On

byStephen Dalton

Almost a quarter of a century after they formed, Ladytron are still reaching new audiences. With their 2002 hit ‘Seventeen’ having gone viral on TikTok, the electropop futurists are back with their first album in five years, the swaggering ‘Time’s Arrow’. Quite the journey it’s been, too. Prepare for a bumpy but exhilarating ride

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Hailu Mergia ‘Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye’ (Kaifa, 1985 / Awesome Tapes FROM Africa, 2013)

byLippy Kid

When searching for pioneers of electronic futurism, how many of us would consider the golden age of Ethiopian jazz-funk to be an obvious port of call?

LLandmarks

4 minute read

Trans-X, ‘Living On Video’

byIan Berriman

Trans-X’s Pascal Languirand transports us to a computer wonderland as he recalls the making of his 1985 hit, ‘Living On Video’