Fever Ray: Free Radical

bySian Pattenden
January 18, 2024

Always striving to challenge the status quo, Swedish enigma and visionary Karin Dreijer does things very much on their own terms, artistically and musically. Here, they open up on electropop experimentation, identity politics and the “visceral confection” that is Fever Ray

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Sian Pattenden

Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail

byDavid Pollock

Think you know what to expect from this lot? Think again, because over the last two decades a subtle sound evolution has been at work. We lift the lid on the secret electronic life of Mogwai

LLong Reads

11 minute read

Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft: Was is Das? Das ist Daf

byPaul Lester

You join us in Germany, where Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF to their friends) treat a large, expectant festival crowd to a proper sonic hosing, industrial style. They’ve clearly lost none of their edge in a mere 30-odd years of doing things their own way…

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Nightmares On Wax: Wax Poetic

byFat Roland

Taking a lead from the title of his latest album, Nightmares On Wax’s George Evelyn sees a more positive world if we aim to ‘Shape The Future’. How so? Living in Ibiza for 10 years sure helps

LLong Reads

6 minute read

Radiophonic Workshop: Doctors of Radio Phonics

byMark Roland

With an almighty album of analogue improvisations spread over four 10-inch vinyl discs about to remind the world that Radiophonic Workshop’s influence on electronic music is immeasurable, we meet them to find out how the old days shaped the future

LLong Reads

10 minute read

Hannah Peel and Paraorchestra: Rock Music

byMatt Parker

‘The Unfolding’ is Hannah Peel’s timeless collaboration with Paraorchestra. Inspired by the imprints of life beneath our feet, it’s a document of all of Earth’s incredible history – in 54 minutes

LLong Reads

12 minute read

White Noise

byMark Roland

David Vorhaus remembers how a Summer Of Love encounter with Delia Derbyshire led to their foray into the counter culture with the White Noise album ‘An Electric Storm’