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From Robert Moog and Donald Buchla to Peter Zinovieff and Alan Pearlman, the ’Bright Sparks’ album and film celebrate the pioneers of analogue synthesis with obsessive aplomb

Imagine a place designed by music lovers for music lovers. Somewhere to grab a bite, have a drink or just hang out. The best bit? A custom-built sound system and a musical programme to match. Welcome to London’s most talked about new venue

In July 2017, Hendrik Otremba met Can’s Holger Czukay in the old Weilerswist cinema where he’d lived and worked since the 1970s. The pair sat down to discuss his retrospective ‘Cinema’ boxset, curated by Otremba and set for release this month to mark his 80th birthday. Shortly after their chat, Czukay’s wife passed away, just a few weeks later, on 5 September, Holger died too. This was his final interview

Adamski is back. And he’s back with something very different and really quite special. ‘Revolt’, his first album for 15 years, casts aside four-to-floor and serves up a whole new way of thinking about dance music. Say hello to future waltz… 

The French disco don returns with a new album that both stretches back to his dancefloor beginnings and reaches into the future. Cerrone talks sampling, Soho and Studio 54…