Features – Page 85 – Electronic Sound

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Leafcutter John: Making Waves

byBen Murphy

For his latest outing, Leafcutter John walked the Norfolk coast and recorded the sounds he heard along the way, mixing them with modular synth melodies for his latest album. Released on James Holden’s revered Border Community label, it’s his most direct and delightful work yet

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Erland Cooper: An Orkney Prime Cut

bySharon O'Connell

Stepping into the solo world after a raft of collaborations, the delicate work of Erland Cooper

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Ela Orleans: Wall Of Sound

byIan Berriman

With the release of a retrospective of her melancholy collage-pop, Glasgow-based, Polish-born Ela Orleans tells us about the connections between concussion, creativity and catharsis

BBuried Treasure

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4,000,000 Telephones ‘4,000,000 Telephones’ (Bunker, 1985)

byJames Thornhill

“You have to play this album,” says Vincent, a fellow record dealer in Lincoln where my secondhand vinyl store lives.

BBuried Treasure

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ACID CASUALS ‘Omni’ (Placid Casual, 2006)

bySpenser Tomson

Side-projects can be a complicated affair, particularly if you’re a fan of the precursory band. Acolytes find themselves talking up a lesser-known record they might not actually like very much, but a perceived obligation of support results in them writing cheques their misplaced loyalty can’t cash.

BBuried Treasure

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Die Doraus Und Die Marinas ’Blumen Und Narzissen’ (ATA-TAK, 1981)

byMat Smith

Die Doraus was Andreas Dorau, who was only 16 when he recorded 1981’s ‘Blumen Und Narzissen’ (‘Flowers And Daffodils’) with Der Plan’s Kurt Dahlke and Frank Fenstermacher for their fabled Neue Deutsche Welle label Ata-Tak.

UUnder The Influence

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Rose Elinor Dougall

byJeremy Allen

Rose Elinor Dougall picks a path through her very own musical journey from cradle to, well, right now…

TTime Machine

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Del Shannon

byMark Brend

We set the dial to 1961 where the unmistakable sound of Del Shannon’s Number One smash hit ‘Runaway’ rules the airwaves… but what is that flute-like sound that drives it along? Prepare yourself for a lesson in electronic music instrument history.

LLandmarks

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Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine ‘Sheriff Fatman’

byMatt Parker

Along with co-conspirator Fruitbat, Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine’s Jim Bob tells how they penned ‘Sheriff Fatman’, their ode to slum landlords, granny farming and “awfulness everywhere”.

LLong Reads

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Thurston Moore: Sonic Adult

byDavid Stubbs

Since moving to London at the beginning of the decade, Thurston Moore has found himself at the forefront of east London’s experimental music scene. From Luc Ferrari to Public Enemy, we enjoy a free-ranging chat.