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Julia-Sophie: Soul Inside

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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Thomas Dolby: Cover Story

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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Thomas Dolby: This Charming Man 

In 1984, Thomas Dolby’s ‘The Flat Earth’ album saw him outgrow his persona as MTV’s favourite “outgoing boffin” and flourish into a songwriter of impressive versatility. With an expanded digital version recently released, is he still “hyperactive now he’s grown”? He may be more reflective, but as he explains, life still has its fair share of adventure and excitement
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Richard Sen: Richard The First

The debut solo album from revered DJ and producer Richard Sen is a collection of questing cosmic house and disco that explores his ancestral roots and cements his reputation as a creative polymath. Strap in for one heck of a backstory…
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Air: Shoot For The Moon

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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British Murder Boys: Techno Twins

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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Conny Frischauf: Pick And Mix

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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DMX Krew: Electric Eclectic

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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Orbury Common: Common People

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