100 TRACKS OF TOMORROW

byES Staff
April 25, 2023

Musicians have been writing and recording tracks about the future since pretty much forever, and we’re marking our 100th issue with 100 of our favourite examples. They’re mostly electronic, of course, but you might find some surprises along the way…

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Adrian Sherwood: All Fall Down

byKris Needs

Thirteen years since his last solo outing, Adrian Sherwood’s new work finds the dub visionary pushing his indomitable, low-end sound into exhilarating new territory

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10 minute read

Renegade Snares: New Horizons – The Dawn of Ambient Jungle

byBen Murphy

In an exclusive extract abridged from their new book, ‘Renegade Snares – The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass’, authors Ben Murphy and Carl Loben pick their way through the origins of the more mellow offshoot, and it all starts with LTJ Bukem

LLong Reads

7 minute read

Dennis Bovell: Dubplentyofbasswithmyheadmanyeah

byAndrew Woods

From his time in 1970s reggae trailblazers Matumbi to his recent work with The Pop Group, Dennis Bovell is a man so steeped in dub that he can even make Joss Stone sound good. Production licks? He’s got ‘em

LLong Reads

6 minute read

Moogfest: Simply The Fest

byJoe Silva

Established in 2004, Moogfest brings together music, art and tech with the admirable aim of growing a global community of future sound explorers. We chart the rise and rise...

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9 minute read

Emil Schult: Updating The Man-Machine

byMark Roland

From legendary collaborations with Kraftwerk to his current Transhuman Art Critics project, renowned German artist and futurist Emil Schult is still beaming himself forwards through space and time

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11 minute read

The Flaming Lips: Wayne’s (and Steve’s) World

byMark Roland

Their new album tells of a future drug and a fairy tale world where unicorn sex is encouraged and sleeping is the cure-all. A chat with Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips is rarely dull, this is a whole other level…

100 TRACKS OF TOMORROW

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Adrian Sherwood: All Fall Down

Renegade Snares: New Horizons – The Dawn of Ambient Jungle

Dennis Bovell: Dubplentyofbasswithmyheadmanyeah

Moogfest: Simply The Fest

Emil Schult: Updating The Man-Machine

The Flaming Lips: Wayne’s (and Steve’s) World

‘Fly Rocket Fly’

Metalheadz

Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

Telepathic Fish: Reeling ‘Em In

M83: Wishful Thinking

Kelly Lee Owens

Benge: (Re)Benge Of The Nerds

Clock DVA: Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick… Boom!

100 TRACKS OF TOMORROW

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