Features – Page 50 – Electronic Sound

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’

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Craig Armstrong

byMat Smith

Revered Scottish composer Craig Armstrong recalls the excitement of working with Massive Attack on their influential second album, ‘Protection’, and releasing his own work on their Melankolic label

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Mary Anne Hobbs

byVel Ilic

Motorbikes, Motörhead and the indelible spirit of the dubstep club night DMZ, BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Mary Anne Hobbs reveals what makes her tick

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

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Jeremy Greenspan

byRobert Harris

Aquascapes, best mates and horror films of a certain age – Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan reveals his foremost influences

LLandmarks

4 minute read

Fred Deakin ‘The Staunton Lick’

byRobert Harris

Fred Deakin remembers the making of the infectious and influential Lemon Jelly cut ‘The Staunton Lick’, from 1999’s ‘The Yellow EP’

TTime Machine

4 minute read

David Bowie

byJeremy Allen

For a few years during the 1990s, David Bowie was the Jeremy Paxman of art critics, compelling the rich and famous to justify their exhibition catalogue waffle

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Alexander Tucker: Rebel With A Cause

byMat Smith

Alexander Tucker’s latest work is a posthumous collaboration with Keith Collins, Derek Jarman’s former partner. The result is a touching homage to the iconic filmmaker and the inspiring landscape around Dungeness nuclear power station in Kent, where Jarman famously lived during the final years of his life