Craig Palmer ‘Industrial – Volume 26’ (Network Production Music, 1983)
At some point, the entertainment industry will have to relax its choke-hold on 1980s nostalgia. They’ll finally realise that video arcades aren’t coming back
Penguin Cafe: Beak Performance
Descended from the esteemed Penguin Cafe Orchestra – founded by the incomparable Simon Jeffes – Penguin Cafe’s Arthur Jeffes reflects on his father’s legacy, making music on his own terms and being endorsed by Kraftwerk
David M Allen: How Very Dare You
Mixing desk wizard David M Allen discusses his role in the making of what may well be one of the greatest synthpop albums of all time… and The Human League’s ‘Dare’
In The Nursery: The History Men
Since 1981, In The Nursery’s cinematic soundscapes have evolved in fascinating ways, yet remained timeless. Their latest album is a deeply personal and beautifully orchestrated journey into their family history – and is perhaps the duo’s finest work to date
Island Life
Drawing on field recordings, natural history books, family tales and more, Arun Sood finds a new language to explore his past in ‘Searching Erskine’
Down To Earth
How do you make music from shifting tectonic plates? We ask Stuart Hyatt, whose latest Field Works album redefines the meaning of rock music
When Heldon Met Kraftwerk
Heldon guitarist and electronics innovator Richard Pinhas reflects on some memorable encounters with Kraftwerk
Oceanic ‘Insanity’
Oceanic’s David Harry and Jorinde Williams talk us through the making of ‘Insanity’, their 1991 dance mega-hit
Slovenia: Find Me In The Damp Basement*
A special report from Ljubljana on electronic music in Slovenia, a country with an exciting and thriving scene headed up by Laibach, but boasting a host of less-celebrated bands, producers, labels and more
Tears For Fears: Fear Factory
Celebrating the release of the first Tears For Fears album since 2004, Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith reflect on a five-decade career and talk about loss, working under duress, musique concrète and Gothic architecture