Ambient: An Introduction

A surprise soundtrack album, an untimely death, a chance opportunity and a Hawaiian full moon… peak inside the Red Room of Johnny Jewel

Myth and legend are never more than a step away from Suicide. In a new book by our very own Kris Needs, ‘Dream Baby Dream — Suicide, A New York Story’, Alan Vega and Martin Rev reveal the inside line on their extraordinary career. With this exclusive extract, we’re treated to the gobsmacking first-hand recollections of the recording sessions that lead to their startling 1977 eponymous debut album

Suzanne Ciani is now one of the world’s most respected electronic music composers. It’s been one hell of a battle to get there, though 

From Fuerteventura to the Kent coast, from having a baby to her new album ‘In This Moment’, Polly Scattergood hasn’t exactly been sitting on her hands in the seven years since her last solo release

They dress as trees and play wooden log synths, and yet London’s subversive Snapped Ankles are living proof that you should never judge a book by its cover…