Keith Seatman: Outside The Box

How did a box of electronic bits and bobs that cost £50 lead to a boatload of drunk journalists stranded on the Thames and the third biggest selling album of all time? With exclusive access to Tristram Cary’s unpublished memoir, this is the story of the EMS VCS 3, from prototype to production… and beyond

Drawing on the ultrasonic sounds of the Amazon rainforest, the new album by Australian-Icelandic producer Ben Frost sees him collaging environmental recordings and complex electronics to stunning cinematic effect

With a stealthy release on the 4AD label late last year, ‘Do Hollywood’ is the wildest ride of a record we’d heard in a while. We join Long Island teen siblings The Lemon Twigs on a flying UK visit to see what we’re making all the fuss about…

An album of delicate synthpop? Just a female voice and a Buchla synth? Songs about space, washing machines, worms and electrons? Signed to Vince Clarke’s new record label? What’s not to like about Reed & Caroline?

Raf Rundell has a double-edged sword for a muse. His new life as a parent has equally exposed the woes of the world and incited hope for his offsping’s future. He lays both bare on his reflective new album, ‘Stop Lying’

From Paris to Vienna to Düsseldorf, our very own man on the train follows the route laid out on ‘Trans-Europe Express’ for a unique Tour De Kraftwerk