Heavenly Sunday Social Club: Chemical Reaction
In a sticky-floored pub basement in London’s West End, the Heavenly Sunday Social club night gave birth to an entire genre. The author of a new book on the label talks us through the chaos
Beverly Glenn-Copeland: A Singular Life
At the age of 77, after 50 years of making a huge array of music, ranging from jazz-inflected folk to ambient soundscapes to operatic trip hop, the unique talent of Beverly Glenn-Copeland is finally being recognised
Jane In Palma: Phoenix Days
Julian Smith began his Jane In Palma project after a cataclysmic event turned his life upside down in an instant. Six years and two albums on, he’s producing some of the most inventive electronica around
Global Communication: Communication Restored
Ambient kings Global Communication have curated a new boxset of their most celebrated work, including their classic ’76:14’ album and their legendary Chapterhouse remixes. Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard give us the lowdown
ACR: 24-Hour Party People
Still going strong after four decades, A Certain Ratio modestly put their longevity down to lack of fame. Their new album, ‘ACR Loco’, which fuses many of their influences throughout those years, says otherwise
Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers
Four months later than originally planned, the Design Museum in London hosted ‘Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers’, a remarkable retrospective of electronic music
Belbury Poly: Where The Wild Things Are
Ghost Box Records founder Jim Jupp is returning to his otherworldly roots with ‘The Gone Away’, his first solo album as Belbury Poly in four years. It’s not about ghosts this time, though. It’s about fairies
Yello: Holy Banana
Dieter Meier and Boris Blank are back with a new Yello album. Four years in the making, it’s a collection of typically sassy and surreal electronic pop songs, including one with a mysterious fruit reference…
Ultravox: Ooohhh Vienna
Ultravox’s seminal album ‘Vienna’ took the band from the edge of oblivion to pop stardom. Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Warren Cann remember the turbulent times and twists of fate that set them on the path to glory
Max Richter: The Rights Stuff
Inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1948 United Nations document, Max Richter’s ‘Voices’ album reflects his alarm at the state of our world as the 21st century unfolds