In The Nursery: The History Men

Since 1981, In The Nursery’s cinematic soundscapes have evolved in fascinating ways, yet remained timeless. Their latest album is a deeply personal and beautifully orchestrated journey into their family history – and is perhaps the duo’s finest work to date

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Jeremy Allen

D’voxx: The Ministry of Truth

byBob Fischer

In a world taking some distinctly dark turns, George Orwell’s ‘1984’ is starting to feel alarmingly prescient. Enter d’Voxx – Nino Auricchio and Paul Borg – whose officially sanctioned musical homage to the celebrated dystopian novel succeeds where David Bowie once failed

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Nightmares On Wax: Groove Is In The Heart

byClaire Francis

While it hardly seems possible, Nightmares On Wax’s ‘Smokers Delight’ is 25 years old. As the album gets a welcome reissue, we talk to big chief George Evelyn about his labour of love, and where it all came from…

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6 minute read

Tiny Magnetic Pets: Pet Sounds

byBen Willmott

With friends in high places and a new album set to make waves, Irish synthpoppers Tiny Magnetic Pets look ready for the limelight

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9 minute read

Working Men’s Club: Club Mix

byFat Roland

The 2020 self-titled debut album from Working Men’s Club won universal acclaim, but their follow-up, ‘Fear Fear’, is arguably even better – a glorious collision of “scuffed” electropop, clubby energy and outright bangers. Frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant reveals its story

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8 minute read

The Lost Stoned Pandas: You Know When You’ve Been Panda’d

byKris Needs

Pete Bingham, lynchpin of cosmic rockers Sendelica, has put together one of the weirdest musical collectives known to man. Or beast. Meet The Lost Stoned Pandas, whose members include Electronic Sound’s own space voyager, Panda Kris

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14 minute read

Ralf Dörper: Why Does It Hurt When My Heart Misses The Beat?

byStephen Dalton

Propaganda founder Ralf Dörper tells the inside story of one of the finest electropop outfits of the 1980s – from ‘Dr Mabuse’, ‘Duel’ and their almost faultless ‘A Secret Wish’ album, to the band’s lengthy legal tussle with Trevor Horn’s infamous ZTT imprint

In The Nursery: The History Men

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Jeremy Allen

D’voxx: The Ministry of Truth

Nightmares On Wax: Groove Is In The Heart

Tiny Magnetic Pets: Pet Sounds

Working Men’s Club: Club Mix

The Lost Stoned Pandas: You Know When You’ve Been Panda’d

Ralf Dörper: Why Does It Hurt When My Heart Misses The Beat?

Orbital ‘Chime’

M, ‘Pop Muzik’ (MCA Records, 1979)

Jonny Trunk

Keigo Oyamada, aka Cornelius,

Pye Corner Audio: Here Comes The Sun

Robin Guthrie: Round Robin

Nathan Fake: Diamond Geezer

ABC: Suits You

In The Nursery: The History Men

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