Features – Page 61 – Electronic Sound

15 minute read

An Article About Steven Wilson

byMark Roland

A limited edition (of one) boxset for £10,000. A can of Antarctic air for £500. A toilet roll for £200. A hole punch for £50. An album of electronic rock (or should that be rocktronica?) with 2021 written all over it. Enter the mighty strange world of studio perfectionist and cult phenomenon Steven Wilson

LLandmarks

4 minute read

Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

byJoe Banks

Barry Smith tells the story of Add N To (X) and their 1999 robot sex anthem ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

Polypores

byBob Fischer

Deep, dark woods, LEGO and ‘The War Of The Worlds’. Modular synth maestro Stephen James Buckley, aka Polypores, reveals just a few of the influences that make him tick

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Tik and Tok ‘Intolerance’ (Survival, 1984)

byBob Fischer

In the early 1980s, robots were everywhere.

UUnder The Influence

4 minute read

A Man Called Adam

byBen Willmott

A Man Called Adam’s Sally Rodgers talks us through a few of the influences that have shaped her life

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Late Night Final: The Wee Small Hours

byVel Ilic

Stuck in the UK with no equipment during lockdown, Public Service Broadcasting’s J Willgoose, Esq started experimenting to pass the time. The result is Late Night Final, a fascinating side project devised for the very darkest of hours

LLong Reads

23 minute read

In Search of Daphne Oram

byMark Roland

She was the founding director of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the inventor of Oramics, but there are big gaps in what we know about Daphne Oram. Join us on a road trip with a difference to discover more about the first lady of British electronic music

LLandmarks

4 minute read

Ozric Tentacles ‘Sploosh’

byJoe Banks

Ed Wynne plugs himself into the making of Ozric Tentacles’ 1991 indie dance smash ‘Sploosh’

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Cut And Paste ‘Come Unstuck’ (Freskanova, 1999)

byNeil Mason

While tidying out a dark corner of the home office recently, some boxes of old CDs revealed themselves, among them a hillock of promos from the late 90s.

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Laibach

byJeremy Allen

With a penchant for cover versions, Laibach have subverted the likes of Queen, ‘The Sound Of Music’ and Bach, but their take on The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ scaled new heights. Co-producer Bertrand Burgalat recalls the fun and games