Keith Seatman: Trip Advisor

There’s no one quite like Keith Seatman. His new album, ‘Sad Old Tatty Bunting’, is a psychedelic joyride through a parallel universe, a dreamlike England full of alchemists and scarecrows and gated communities guarded by gnomes

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Bob Fischer

Carlos Alomar & George Murray: Boys Keep Swinging

byStephen Dalton

Two-Thirds of David Bowie’s essential DAM Trio, guitarist Carlos Alomar and bassist George Murray reflect on the daring reinvention, chemistry and sonic innovation that powered Bowie’s hugely influential Berlin-era work

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8 minute read

Morton Subotnick: In The Land of Silver Apples

byRobin Rimbaud

It’s 50 years since he recorded the seminal ‘Silver Apples Of The Moon’ and a little longer since he co-founded the San Francisco Tape Music Center and helped to design the first Buchla synthesiser. So how come Morton Subotnick seems oblivious to his own musical legacy?

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8 minute read

William Basinski: Loop Guru

byFat Roland

William Basinski’s ‘The Disintegration Loops’ has attained legendary status. As an expansive new reissue drops, this dark ambient masterpiece drifts back into focus, shimmering with haunted reverie

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20 minute read

Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales: Minimal To The Max

byBen Murphy

As Plastikman, Richie Hawtin is the king of reduction. But ‘Consumed In Key’, a collaboration with piano maestro Chilly Gonzales, is a radically different take on minimal techno, a step into uncharted territory that pushes both artists way beyond their comfort zones. The result is simply stunning

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5 minute read

J Zunz: Zunz For Hire

byMat Smith

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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9 minute read

Mark Jenkin: The Analogue Auteur

byBob Fischer

Filmmaker Mark Jenkin takes a handmade approach to his features, shooting on clockwork cameras and creating his own electronic scores with a tape loop designed by Brian Eno