Jeff Mills: Astronaut of Sound
Detroit techno pioneer, visionary DJ, science fiction obsessive and interstellar adventurer – Jeff Mills is a restless futurist
Editions Mego: Mega Mego
Marking their 30th anniversary, pioneering Austrian label Editions Mego – formerly Mego – continue to thrive, carrying forward the fearless sonic legacy of visionary founder Peter Rehberg, who passed away in 2021
Peter Baumann: After Dark
Tangerine Dream legend Peter Baumann knows a thing or two about cosmic voyages. The synth maestro’s latest solo album, ‘Nightfall’, is a masterwork of transcendent atmospherics, shapeshifting soundscapes and an eerie “sense of the beyond”
Ultramarine : From Mundane To Magical
The “pastoral techno”, genre-blurring sound of Ultramarine has spanned 36 years. With the release of ‘Routine’, a newly……
Saint Etienne: When The Saints Go Marching Out
After 35 years, Saint Etienne have made their final album. The upbeat new collection ‘International’ will be the last instalment in a recording career that has been both thrillingly eclectic and warmly indebted to their love of classic pop. Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs look back on three decades’ worth of highlights
The The ‘This Is The Day’
The The frontman Matt Johnson tells the tale of how the unforgettable ‘This Is The Day’ came to be
O Yuki Conjugate
O Yuki Conjugate have just released a superb vault of “early works of charming insignificance”. So it’s about time we returned to the roots of Nottingham’s “dirty ambient” pioneers
Max Cooper
From the power of aesthetics to techno epiphanies, producer and multidisciplinary artist Max Cooper reveals his formative influences
Icebreaker International ‘Trein Maersk: A Report To The NATOarts Board Of Directors’ (IT, 2000)
"...two fellows who, using portable equipment, had recorded an album on a container ship they had boarded in Japan..."
AM Boys: Duo Purpose
Having met at an Aphex Twin listening party – as you do – New York’s AM Boys deploy synths, drum machines and vocoders to craft enticingly languid pop and electronic instrumentals, imbued with all-essential “space echo”