Long Reads

Our pick of the modular artists – some of them recognisable names, but most of them new – that you need to know about

For more than four decades, African Head Charge have pushed the outer limits of dub, concocting an intoxicating brew of electronic exploration and live percussion. Their latest long-player continues to confound expectations – from Accra to Ramsgate and back again

A pioneer who made his name as a significant figure on East Africa’s vibrant electronic scene, Faizal Mostrixx explains his unique take on Afrofuturism

As Modern Cosmology, Lætitia Sadier and Brazilian outfit Mombojó make quite the team. Fusing lounge jazz, bossa nova, psych and prog grooves, their debut album is like a lost early Stereolab classic

The fascination that electronic music artists and fans have with worlds beyond Earth is being deepened by technological advancements and renewed intergalactic ambitions. And we’re also now starting to get answers to a question that’s bugged many of us for a long time. What does space actually sound like?

With their second album, ‘Yawning Abyss’, electronic supergroup Creep Show have truly surpassed themselves. From the power of vocoders to AI and “fucking things up”, John Grant, Stephen Mallinder, Benge and Phil Winter wax lyrical

In a secret corner of Yorkshire, a man known only as Craven Faults creates epic modular synth homages to the dark, post-industrial uplands that surround him. Who is he? We really can’t say