Delia Derbyshire Day 2021
For the 2021 Delia Derbyshire Day, the charity responsible for the annual event commissioned two fascinating new pieces that evoke the spirit of the electronic music legend
Ryuichi Sakamoto ‘Esperanto’ (Wewantsounds)
With a title like ‘Esperanto’, you’d have expected Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 1985 studio album to have been a universal……
Plastikman & Chilly Gonzales ‘Consumed In Key’ (Turbo Recordings)
A meeting of minds between two Canadian musical shapeshifters from opposite ends of the stylistic spectrum, ‘Consumed In……
Nightmares On Wax ‘Shout Out! To Freedom…’ (Warp)
A new long-player by George Evelyn always triggers a frisson of excitement and expectation. Over a 33-year career,……
St Etienne ‘I’ve Been Trying to Tell You’ (Heavenly)
Back to the Future The journey of Saint Etienne, now entering their fourth decade of existence, is often……
Spiritualized ‘Lazer Guided Melodies’ (Fat Possum)
Voodoo Rays Like all the great albums – and make no mistake, this first Spiritualized long-player truly is……
Japan ‘Quiet Life’ (BMG)
By the time post-punk’s dressed-down urban anxiety began to define the late 1970s zeitgeist, Japan had already taken a couple of unsuccessful shakes of the musical dice.
Late Works: Works in Progress
Offer a diverse bunch of musicians an assortment of instruments sculpted by artists, give them six hours to write and record a song, and what do you get? Meet Late Works and their ‘Of Noise’ LP
JOHN CARPENTER – ‘Lost Themes III: Alive After Death’
Sacred Bones Carpenteresque? Carpenterian? Carpenter-ish? The New York-born filmmaker has created his own defined aesthetic and been influential……