Features – Page 96 – Electronic Sound

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Alva Noto

byFat Roland

You may know Carsten Nicolai, AKA Alva Noto, from his pioneering work as co-founder of glitch techno label Raster-Noton, or maybe from his collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto. Or there’s his work with Michael Nyman and a talking budgie…

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Disco Inferno ‘Technicolor’ (Rough Trade)

byNeil Mason

It’s 1996, Britpop is all-seeing and Rough Trade couldn’t give a hoot.

LLong Reads

11 minute read

Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine at 40

byMark Roland

How does ‘The Man-Machine’, Kraftwerk’s vision of the future, hold up after four decades? We compare and contrast the vision of 1978 with the reality of 2018

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Snapped Ankles: Sticks and Stones

byBen Murphy

They dress as trees and play wooden log synths, and yet London’s subversive Snapped Ankles are living proof that you should never judge a book by its cover…

UUnder The Influence

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Charlotte Hatherley

byNeil Mason

Former Ash and Bats For Lashes guitarist turned synth Evangelist, Charlotte Hatherley shares a few of her formative influences

TTime Machine

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Spillers

byGarth Cartwright

When Spillers opened their doors in Cardiff in 1894, who knew that today they’d be the world’s oldest record shop. To mark Record Store Day on 21 April, we salute the rise and fall and rise of the humble record Emporium…

LLong Reads

6 minute read

Kraftwerk: The Man-Machine

byMark Roland

It was 40 years ago today, that Kraftwerk taught the synths to play…

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Gogo Penguin: Unelectronic Sound

byMat Smith

With just three instruments between them, how is that Manchester’s Gogo Penguin sound so familiar? We lift the lid on their jazz-like exterior and find out how they do live electronica… with no electronics

LLong Reads

2 minute read

Who was El Lissitzky?

byNeil Mason

Eagle-eyed Kraftwerk fans scouring album sleeves in the 1970s would’ve come across a few clues to help their knowledge of these mysterious Germans. ‘The Man-Machine’ featured the following credit: ‘Artwork (inspired by El Lissitzky) – Karl Klefisch’

LLandmarks

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Paul Hardcastle ’19’

byJo Kendall

A Vietnam documentary, revolutionary sampling kit and a young musician who needed to kickstart a new career. In 1985, Paul Hardcastle shook up electronic pop with ‘19’