700 Bliss: Live Wires

All shuddering bass, eclectic sonics and playful, avant-punk intensity, ‘Nothing To Declare’ by 700 Bliss – aka DJ Haram and Moor Mother – is a blistering statement of intent, elevating electronic music and hip hop to thrilling new heights

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Claire Francis

Berlin After Bowie: Gudrun Gut

byJeremy Allen

Gudrun Gut moved to West Berlin in 1975 and she’s been there ever since. Initially enticed by the smell of kebabs wafting through the air, which represented freedom to her, Gudrun Bredemann hunkered down in the political enclave and artistic demi-monde, gradually becoming punk’s answer to Marlene Dietrich.

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8 minute read

onDeadWaves: Waving…Not Drowning

byBethan Cole

OnDeadWaves is a fascinating collaboration between Mute artists Polly Scattergood and MAPS, also known as James Chapman. Their self-titled album is one of the most melancholic records you’ll hear all year, but they insist there are nuggets of hope sparkling in the sadness

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6 minute read

Gary Numan: Numania!

byCosmo Godfree

Three nights of Gary Numan? Yes please. Three nights of Gary Numan performing first ‘Replicas’, then ‘The Pleasure Principle’, then Telekon’? Yes please with great big knobs on

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9 minute read

Krautrock: In Full Flow

byDavid Stubbs

Musician and author Wolfgang Seidel was a fly-on-the-wall observer during krautrock’s peak. In his new book, ‘Krautrock Eruption’, he argues that the genre was rooted in the German working class, before Berlin’s countercultural scene of psych, jazz and electronics elevated it to stratospheric realms

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5 minute read

Simon Reynolds: Tomorrow’s World

byJeremy Allen

From Kraftwerk to Auto-Tune via a range of scenes, subcultures, technologies and sci-fi backdrops, Simon Reynolds’ latest book ‘Futuromania’ looks at the impact of “machine music” from the 1970s to the present day

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8 minute read

Cosey Fanni Tutti: Mission Reactivated

bySian Pattenden

Cosey Fanni Tutti’s new solo work is an absorbing “sound cameo” – a profoundly personal sonic reflection of her life that, true to form, finds joy in resistance. Also on the agenda are Delia, Throbbing Gristle and the strange power of dreams