Air: Shoot For The Moon

byDavid Stubbs
July 11, 2024

Retro-futuristic, gorgeously languid, utterly irresistible – Air changed the sonic landscape almost overnight with the release of ‘Moon Safari’ in 1998. Taking a break from performing the album in full on a mammoth world tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin reflect on their robo-romantic masterpiece

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David Stubbs

Ólafur Arnalds: Ghost Playing The Machines

byMalcom Jack

‘Re:member’, the latest project from Ólafur Arnalds, finds the inventive post-classical composer sharing a stage with not one but two self-playing pianos. yup, you read that right

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Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

byBob Fischer

It’s already been a hell of a year for Glaswegian art rockers Walt Disco. The band have enjoyed a rapturous reception as tour support with OMD and released a new album, ‘The Warping’, combining the anthemic with the deeply personal

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Banco De Gaia: Banco Account

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With the release of his kaleidoscopic new Banco De Gaia album, ‘Trauma’, Toby Marks reflects on years of global sonic experimentation

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We Are The Robots: They Are The Robots

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We visit the remarkable new ‘ROBOTS’ exhibition at London’s Science Museum and find ourselves asking what is our relationship with all these captivating human-like machines

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Moog: Fantastic Voyage

byJason Amm

Filmmaker Jason Amm and Michelle Koussa-Moog talk about their new documentary on the life and work of her famous dad, Bob Moog.

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Mars by 1980

byDavid Stubbs

In this exclusive extract, Stubbs explores the legend of Kraftwerk and explains how, despite not having a substantial release since 1986, they remain so utterly vital…

Air: Shoot For The Moon

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David Stubbs

Ólafur Arnalds: Ghost Playing The Machines

Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

Banco De Gaia: Banco Account

We Are The Robots: They Are The Robots

Moog: Fantastic Voyage

Mars by 1980

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Air: Shoot For The Moon

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