Long Reads

Minimalist electroacoustician Sarah Davachi reveals her love of prog rock (sshhh!) and the impetus for her distinctive ambient and drone compositions

In an exclusive extract abridged from their new book, ‘Renegade Snares – The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass’, authors Ben Murphy and Carl Loben pick their way through the origins of the more mellow offshoot, and it all starts with LTJ Bukem

From wartime bombings to the creaking of tree bark, Janet Beat  has always been fascinated by sound. Now in her 80s, this contemporary of Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire is finally  being recognised for her pioneering electronic work

The latest Haiku Salut album is based around found sounds the group have gathered from across the globe over the last five years – often in very strange and spooky places. Is your spine ready for some tingling?

When Devo’s Gerald V Casale came up with a new solo vehicle in the early 2000s, America was not ready for Jihad Jerry And The Evildoers. With a snazzy new re-release and a brand new track, perhaps the time is now. After all, his is not a holy war…

Sink Ya Teeth bassist Gemma Cullingford has found her voice and is stepping into the spotlight with a solo album of electronic songs about love, death and getting the boiler mended

Faust produced four albums of head-spinning brilliance between 1971 and 1974. It might have been five if half the band hadn’t been carted off to jail...

Released in 1971, Hans Edler’s ‘Elektron Kukéso’ album step-programmed its way into the future, at a time when computer pop was still a sci-fi pipe dream. And it’s an enduring delight to this day