Walter Sear

Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson

60 years ago, Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking ‘Poème électronique’ made its debut at the Brussels world’s fair. our resident archivist casts a beady ear over its often overlooked first vinyl release

Our resident archivist rummages through early electronica from South America, which, he reports, are thin on the ground due to water damage and warping thanks to the climate

It’s Nordic noir this month with a selection of avant-garde electronic experimentation from Scandinavia and beyond, but sadly no Greenland…

Resident archivist Jack Dangers looks at Jon Hassell’s little-known tape music piece from 1968 along with a more recent album which is fetching big money on the secondhand market