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Our resident archivist Jack Dangers heads down under for some EMS Synthi 100 action courtesy of composer Felix Werder

How our resident archivist became the owner of Henry Jacobs’ stash of early electronic music reel-to-reel tapes, among them a piece by the German-Argentine composer Mauricio Kagel, is one of the strangest stories you’ll ever hear

This month, our resident archivist digs out a ridiculously scarce record by Ernest Berk, whose london-based electronic music studio is all but forgotten

With the death of Don Buchla recently, his iconic synths have been on the minds of many. Our resident archivist rummages through his collection and highlights a selection of records made using Buchla’s quirky set-up

Our resident archivist salutes electronica’s unsung heroes, those credited with having “realised” well-known works, and picks out the shining examples

Our resident archivist pulls out a couple of EMS records from his collection and ponders the pioneering work of Tristram Cary