J Zunz: Zunz For Hire

All ghostly ambience, noir-ish drone and propulsive electronics, J Zunz conjures UP slow-burn soundscapes that shimmer with a creeping, otherworldly unease

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Colin Newman: “I’m the world’s worst pop star”

byMark Roland

Which may well be the case, but when Wire’s Colin Newman also claims he’s a rubbish solo artist we just have to step in. Exhibit A? the lovingly reissued trio of his extraordinary 80s solo albums…

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9 minute read

cumgirl8: Riot Grrrls

bySian Pattenden

Extraterrestrial interlopers, hyperreal post-punksters or “cyberfeminists”? Whichever way you see it, NYC’s cumgirl8 are here to save us

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8 minute read

Michael Rother and Vittoria Maccabruni: The Light Fantastic

byJoe Banks

Recorded in a Pisa living room rather than his Forst home studio where he’s worked for five decades, ‘As Long As The Light’, Michael Rother’s collaboration with partner Vittoria Maccabruni, fizzes with life

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15 minute read

Telex: The Unstoppable Text Machine

byJeremy Allen

Slightly odd and very groovy Belgian synthpoppers Telex are getting ready for a renaissance. Having enjoyed their first success in the late 1970s, they are digging into their back catalogue to reissue a collection of their many highlights. And no one is more surprised than the group themselves

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14 minute read

The Kpm All Stars: Music To Watch TV By

byBen Willmott

Celebrating the 1970s golden age of TV themes are The Kpm All Stars, whose members Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett composed classics such as ‘Grange Hill’ and ‘Countdown’. thanks to their sterling work, library music is cooler than ever

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10 minute read

Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer: The Weird Dream Team

byBob Fischer

Stephen James Buckley and Mark Burford are Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer respectively. Holed up together in a remote Lancashire church, their minds frequently wander to cosmic vibrations, pixelated dream states and chain-smoking ghosts…

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Colin Newman: “I’m the world’s worst pop star”

cumgirl8: Riot Grrrls

Michael Rother and Vittoria Maccabruni: The Light Fantastic

Telex: The Unstoppable Text Machine

The Kpm All Stars: Music To Watch TV By

Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer: The Weird Dream Team

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J Zunz: Zunz For Hire

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