Sarah Nicolls and Warp Works
Pioneering pianist Sarah Nicolls remembers the first time she felt the concert hall collide with the club, when Warp Works put electronica on even ground with Cage, Stockhausen and Ligeti
Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff, Tonto mega-synth inventor, Stevie Wonder collaborator and Devo producer, remembers how synthesisers changed his life – and, to be frank, a fair few of ours
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ Charanjit Singh
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ was recorded by Charanjit Singh in 1982. Rana Ghose and Johanz Westerman describe how a long-lost classic of Indian electronica has been rediscovered
‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ Squeeze
Squeeze’s ‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ is an unassuming electronic landmark which may never have existed had Jools Holland not written the C-word on John Cale’s forehead. Yup, you read that right
Two Days With David Bowie
Reece Dinsdale remembers two surreal days spent filming in a Mercedes limousine with David Bowie in January 1993
Birth Of The Minimoog
In 1971, the birth of the Minimoog was a happy accident that arguably saved the RA Moog Co from going under
Cultural Amnesia
In 1979, Oxfordshire schoolboys Ben Norland, Gerard Greenway and John Peacock formed experimental DIY trio Cultural Amnesia. They revisit the excitement of the early 80s “cassette culture” scene, 47 years on
Daft Punk, Coachella, 2006
Two decades after the fact, we explore Daft Punk’s totemic pyramid show which changed the face of electronic music forever
Rupert Hine ‘The Shout’
In 1978, bizarre British horror film ‘The Shout’ boasted startling “electronics & effects” courtesy of musical polymath Rupert Hine. With the score now released for the first time, Fay Hine, Buried Treasure label boss Alan Gubby and writer Jon Collins tell his story
‘Decoder’ soundtrack
Featuring Einstürzende Neubauten, Genesis P-Orridge, William Burroughs, Dave Ball and Matt Johnson, the epic soundtrack to sci-fi dystopia flick ‘Decoder’ is unlike any other