‘Anar Band’

The extraordinary tale of American composer Jerry Hunt, performance artist, avant-garde sound sculptor and maker of one very limited edition handmade vinyl album

Settle down, settle down. This month’s lesson is all about a rare and very collectible boxset of electronic music from New Zealand, put together by the country’s most renowned composer, Douglas Lilburn

50 years after its premiere, Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ masterpiece is as stunning as ever. our resident archivist particularly enjoyed the sound design… oh, and the music

Our resident archivist Jack Dangers delves into his extensive vaults and shines a light on the avant garde electronic pioneers of the 20th century. This time, he turns his attention to New York’s Lovely Music Ltd label

Back in the 70s, in the search for alternative interfaces to control sound, the likes of Pierre Henry, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros and David Rosenboom all tried to tap into brain power. The resulting brainwave music albums were noisy, weird and fascinating…

This month, our resident archivist fixes on Adi Newton, his work as The Anti-Group, Clock DVA and the primordial Sheffield electronic soup which produced The Human League