Long Reads

Gigi Masin may now be lauded as an ambient pioneer, but he has only ever followed his heart. Having recently released his new album, ‘Vahinè’, he reflects on how living with love, loss and the sea has shaped his music

Bangers. Mashes. Cosmic dreamscapes. Oddball abstractions. Collaborations with everyone from Sleaford Mods to Mediæval Bæbes. Welcome to the new Orbital album, ‘Optical Delusion’, a record sparked by the surreal and chaotic world events going on around us. Phil and Paul Hartnoll turn on their torch glasses and reveal all

Co-founder of The Moonlandingz, Eccentronic Research Council and International Teachers Of Pop, Sheffield’s prolific producer and “cultural agitator” Adrian Flanagan is back with a new album under his latest alias, Acid Klaus

Andy Turner and Ed Handley return with Plaid’s euphoric ‘Feorm Falorx’, an intriguing concept album about performing at an intergalactic festival on a distant planet. As you do. Stand by for stories about their time in The Black Dog and working with Björk

Brass knuckledusters, adjustable spanners, Pink Floyd collaborations and a surprising surplus of Bramley apples. In a secluded nook of East Sussex lies the unusual world of Ron Geesin

Following 2018’s acclaimed ‘Psychic Data’, TVAM’s Joe Oxley has reappeared with a second long-player, ‘High Art Lite’, all cranked-up synth distortion, shoegazey euphoria and white-hot noise. Get ready for a vertiginous wall of sound

This year’s Oram Awards, the annual event celebrating female and gender minority artists who are pushing the limits of electronic sound, has come to a conclusion. And the 2022 winners are…

With ‘a hAon’ and ‘a Dó’ sharing the top spot in our Albums Of The Year, Telefís have achieved a truly remarkable feat. Vocalist Cathal Coughlan sadly passed away earlier this year, so uber-producer Garret “Jacknife” Lee steps forward to accept the award