Long Reads – Page 24 – Electronic Sound

20 minute read

Tangerine Dream: Paradigm Drift

byDavid Stubbs

Epic and mesmeric, sensual and influential, ‘Phaedra’ is Tangerine Dream’s definitive masterpiece. It was recorded under trying circumstances, but the album’s sequenced, otherworldly sounds – built on Mellotron and Moog synths – arguably resonate even more today than they did in 1974. To mark its 50th anniversary this month, we tell the story of an enduring cornerstone of progressive electronic music

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8 minute read

Tangerine Dream: Dream Ticket

byJeremy Allen

Post-Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream have continued to evolve. Reinvented and revitalised with a contemporary line-up, they are fully embracing the 21st century

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5 minute read

Tristan Perich: Pattern Recognition

byJonathan Wright

American composer and sound artist Tristan Perich tells us about using 1-bit electronics, working with organ virtuoso James McVinnie, and the importance of patterns in making music

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9 minute read

Yard Act: Utopian Values

byJim Butler

A contemplation of success and the power of hope, Yard Act’s much-anticipated second album finds the innovative Leeds outfit in superlative form

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6 minute read

Brian Griffin: Trip The Light Fantastic

byMat Smith

You will know the iconic work of photographer Brian Griffin from a raft of classic 1980s album sleeves, including the cover of Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, the inspiration for which lay in the pages of business magazines

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5 minute read

Montañera: Flowered Up

byJeremy Allen

Colombian producer Montañera makes deeply hypnotic and emotive music that fully draws you into her sonic world – all rich, expansive electronic textures and warming ambient hues

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9 minute read

Ambient: Dream State

byVel Ilic

How do you define ambient music? What’s the role of ambient today? And how might it sound in the future? We put these questions and others to our esteemed panel of ambient artists

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5 minute read

Alex H Duncan: Rub Of The Green

byIsaak Lewis-Smith

Using data gathered from plants and fungi, Alex H Duncan creates unique, “non-human” sounds and melodies. It’s intoxicating stuff

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8 minute read

Bas Jan: Swamp Things

byBob Fischer

The new album by London synthpop quartet Bas Jan deftly combines the everyday and the esoteric. Examples? Fonts on British road signs and the tragic history of Irish witchcraft...

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8 minute read

Universal Harmonies & Frequencies: Making Waves

byOli Warwick

As Universal Harmonies & Frequencies, Hieroglyphic Being and Jerzy Maczyn´ski have delivered a soul-enriching electro-jazz record – a celestial fusion of synth, sax and mystical futurism