Banco De Gaia: Banco Account

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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Ralph Lundsten: In The Realm Of The Dream Master

byScott Blixen

Colossus of the Swedish electronic scene. Artist, filmmaker and all-round legend in his own lifetime. Ralph Lundsten‘s musical output throughout his decades-long career has been prodigious. And he has done it all in some style

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Suicide: Dream Baby Dream

byKris Needs

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

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Orbury Common: Common People

byBob Fischer

Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe

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15 minute read

Moog Sound Lab

byJools Stone

Guildford is perhaps not quite where you would expect to find a groundbreaking open access project stuffed to the gills with gobsmacking high-end Moog gear. but Guildford is where you’ll find the Moog Sound Lab. Step this way and feel free to touch that dial

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8 minute read

Soon: Time For Action

byKris Needs

Adi Newton (Clock DVA) and Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto) are electronic royalty. Steeped in “spectral dimensions and psychedelic radiophonics”, their second collaborative project as Soon is the sort of ambitious tour de force we’ve come to expect

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Creep Show: Mind The Gap

byDavid Stubbs

With their second album, ‘Yawning Abyss’, electronic supergroup Creep Show have truly surpassed themselves. From the power of vocoders to AI and “fucking things up”, John Grant, Stephen Mallinder, Benge and Phil Winter wax lyrical