Metalheadz
In the summer of 1995, a new club night opened in a lost corner of east London. We join Goldie for a trip back to his groundbreaking Metalheadz Sunday Sessions at the Blue Note in Hoxton Square
Nitin Sawhney
Eclectic musical fusionist extraordinaire, Nitin Sawhney shares just a few of the influences that have shaped his world
TJ Lawrence ‘Illuminations’ (Eagle, 1985)
Since you can’t peel back the YouTube algorithm, there’s no telling how we wound up staring at western Canada circa the mid-80s.
Late Works: Works in Progress
Offer a diverse bunch of musicians an assortment of instruments sculpted by artists, give them six hours to write and record a song, and what do you get? Meet Late Works and their ‘Of Noise’ LP
Clark: Genre Blender
On ‘Playground In A Lake’, Clark subverts his new-found classical licks with trademark dark electronic tricks. The resulting brew finds him treading fresh musical ground
Mouse on Mars: Artificial Intelligentsia
Academic proclamations, a virus-free voice instrument and a sci-fi aesthetic. ‘AAI’, the new album from Mouse On Mars, is just the sort of extreme boundary-pushing we’ve come to expect from one of electronic music’s most innovative duos
Jane Weaver: Pop Goes The Weaver
Unashamedly pop for pop’s sake, ‘Flock’ is the album that songwriter, composer and “sound carrier” Jane Weaver has always wanted to make
Clay Pipe Music
When Clay Pipe Music celebrated 10 years of releasing electronica with a distinct connection to place, founder Frances Castle took a wistful ramble through the winding country lanes of a label with a beguilingly calm appeal
Telex: The Unstoppable Text Machine
Slightly odd and very groovy Belgian synthpoppers Telex are getting ready for a renaissance. Having enjoyed their first success in the late 1970s, they are digging into their back catalogue to reissue a collection of their many highlights. And no one is more surprised than the group themselves
The Endless House Foundation ‘Endless House’ (Dramatic, 2011)
You might have wished you were at Glasto 94. Or The Screen On The Green in 77. Or Hyde Park in 69 for that matter.