Nathan Fake: Diamond Geezer
With guest appearances by Clark and Wizard Apprentice, Nathan Fake’s latest release is a euphoric rush of techno, house and even jungle hues. Get thee to a dancefloor!
Penelope Trappes: Heaven Up Here
Australian producer and ethereal soundscaper Penelope Trappes returns with the haunting ‘Heavenly Spheres’. Using just her voice, an upright piano and an old reel-to-reel, it’s a remarkable record steeped in phantasmal atmospherics and hypnagogic strangeness
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Magic Touch
Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder, ardent sonic adventurer, soundtrack maestro… following his recent passing at the age of 71, we reflect on the remarkable 45-year career of revered Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto
Sparks: Mael Men
Ron and Russell Mael talk about Veronica Lake, North Korean military pageantry and their expanding collection of trainers and snow globes. Oh, and their 25th studio album, ‘The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte’. Yes, it’s just another day in the strange and beautiful world of Sparks
Trees Speak: Special Branch
Kraftwerk, motorik beats, New York synthcore, free jazz and lashings of psych. Deeply and thrillingly eclectic, the new album from Arizona duo Trees Speak is one heck of a sonic brew
Glows: Shining Bright
London duo Glows talk through their excellent mixtape, 'LA, 1620', a gallery of woozy electronics and artful noise……
100 TRACKS OF TOMORROW
Musicians have been writing and recording tracks about the future since pretty much forever, and we’re marking our 100th issue with 100 of our favourite examples. They’re mostly electronic, of course, but you might find some surprises along the way…
Viva La Evolution
Digital explorer and presenter Aleks Krotoski muses on the potential of the internet and AI, the symbiosis between humans and machines, and how we might cope with the next steps in technology
Emil Schult: Updating The Man-Machine
From legendary collaborations with Kraftwerk to his current Transhuman Art Critics project, renowned German artist and futurist Emil Schult is still beaming himself forwards through space and time
Turn and Face The Strange
Ch-ch-changes… David Bowie knew a thing or two about the future, but he never wrote a song about astrochickens. And if you don’t know what astrochickens are, you really need to read our Handy Guide To Some Of The Crazy Shit Coming Your Way Shortly (Maybe)