Automatic: Automatic For The People

Californian trio Automatic channel 21st century angst into brilliantly effervescent synth/post-punk nuggets – and somehow still find time…

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“That style of beats is something I’ve been into my entire career,” says Josh Davis, aka DJ Shadow, when I suggest to him that the output of his Liquid Amber label, including his own self-titled Nite School Klik EP, represents a quantum leap from his recorded history thus far.

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11 minute read

Marc Houle: Techno Outsider

byPush

He started his career buying vintage synths from Detroit pawn shops and became a key member of Richie Hawtin’s Minus family. But as his latest album proves, Marc Houle is every bit the techno maverick

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9 minute read

Severed Heads: Fast Forward

byClaire Francis

While he might be curating an online archive for his maverick Severed Heads outfit, Tom Ellard is not a man to rest on his laurels. “Don’t you want to jump full-bodied into the future?” he asks

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15 minute read

A Sheffield Story: From Vice Versa To Abc

byVel Ilic

Hard as it is to fathom, the gold lamé and grand orchestral pop of Sheffield’s ABC developed out of post-punk experimentalist outfit Vice Versa. What were they putting in the water up there in South Yorkshire?

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6 minute read

Dave Clarkson: Some Bazaar

byMat Smith

Immersive field recordings of UK’s lighthouses, coasts and caves to the industrial leanings of Scissorgun and Spectral Bazaar’s radiophonic reimaginings of ‘The Planets’, Dave Clarkson is as eclectic as he is busy

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9 minute read

Erland Cooper: Going Underground

byJeremy Allen

Back in 2021, Scottish composer Erland Cooper buried a tape on the island of Orkney, allowing the music on it to be manipulated and “co-composed” by the soil. Unearthing it a few months ago after three years of natural decay, the resulting sounds are remarkable – as is the story of this project