Long Reads – Page 11 – Electronic Sound

8 minute read

Ishmael Ensemble: Colours Fly

byOli Warwick

Bristol collective Ishmael Ensemble are evolving at a rate of knots. Their expansive new album sees them pushing boundaries like never before, exploring not only contemporary jazz and clubby electronics but also dub, psych and experimental sounds. Thrilling stuff it is too

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8 minute read

Julia-Sophie: Soul Inside

byFat Roland

Dark, left-field, danceable and utterly compelling – reflecting personal self-destruction, love and loss, the debut solo offering from Anglo-French producer Julia-Sophie is an unflinchingly sublime future-pop confessional

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5 minute read

Tristwch Y Fenywod: A Kind Of Magick

byClaire Francis

Channelling early 4AD and ‘Pornography’-era Cure, the haunting liturgies of Welsh-language, avant-goth trio Tristwch Y Fenywod are rooted in atmospheric darkwave and alien folk music. Dry ice optional

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5 minute read

Thomas Dolby: Cover Story

byMat Smith

Thomas Dolby and ‘The Flat Earth’ graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Baker Dave discuss the album’s striking artwork, which depicts the dashing Dolby as “explorer, prospector and adventurer”

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19 minute read

Air: Shoot For The Moon

byDavid Stubbs

Retro-futuristic, gorgeously languid, utterly irresistible – Air changed the sonic landscape almost overnight with the release of ‘Moon Safari’ in 1998. Taking a break from performing the album in full on a mammoth world tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin reflect on their robo-romantic masterpiece

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8 minute read

British Murder Boys: Techno Twins

byFat Roland

Anthony Child (aka Surgeon) and Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) are British Murder Boys. It’s more than 20 years since they first got together and the venerated industrial techno duo have only just released their debut album, but it’s been worth the wait

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8 minute read

Conny Frischauf: Pick And Mix

byMat Smith

Combining playful electronics, left-field pop and wonky jazz vibes, the synaesthetic sound world of Viennese electronicist Conny Frischauf is packed full of sonic possibilities

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4 minute read

DMX Krew: Electric Eclectic

byOli Warwick

Whether he’s making classic electro-funk, arch synthpop, curious techno or raw dancehall beats, DMX Krew’s Ed Upton keeps emotional content at the forefront of his multi-hued machine soul

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9 minute read

Orbury Common: Common People

byBob Fischer

Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe

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5 minute read

Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

byBob Fischer

It’s already been a hell of a year for Glaswegian art rockers Walt Disco. The band have enjoyed a rapturous reception as tour support with OMD and released a new album, ‘The Warping’, combining the anthemic with the deeply personal