Leon Vynehall: More More More

A cornucopia of artistic influences, Leon Vynehall makes music that’s sweeping in cultural scale and ambition. He talks about his new album ‘Rare, Forever’ and the experiences that have shaped it

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Stephen Dalton

Gnod’s Guide To Islington Mill: The Collective Spirit Of The New Manchester Scene

byCarl Griffin

Electronic psychonauts Gnod operate out of Islington Mill, a Grade II listed Victorian cotton mill in Salford that has somehow escaped the gentrification tidal wave and now houses a vibrant community of musicians, labels, artists, designers, photographers and printers. Gnod’s charismatic lynchpin Paddy Shine takes us on a tour of the unique building at the epicentre of a creative revolution

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Doug McKechnie: The Catalytic Agent

byPush

Starting in 1968, San Francisco musician Doug McKechnie was one of the very first people to play a Moog. Stand by for a remarkable story involving Hell’s Angels, FBI agents, concrete caverns and a pyramid of Mexican weed

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8 minute read

Oneohtrix Point Never: Pure And Sample

byDerek Walmsley

Constructed from 1990s sample CDs, the new album from Daniel Lopatin’s Oneohtrix Point Never is a vapour trail of media decay, ambient unease and salvaged sonic echoes

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10 minute read

Chris Frantz: Love Comes To Town

byMatt Parker

In his autobiography, ‘Remain In Love’, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club founder Chris Frantz recounts a life of being propelled around the world by art and rock ’n’ roll and insists “it wasn’t all conflict”

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7 minute read

Wendy Carlos, Stanley Kubrick, and A Clockwork Orange

byMark Roland

Wendy Carlos’ pioneering soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ was just as subversive as the film, debasing classical masterpieces and putting electronic music on the map. We delve into the work of the maverick musician, the singular director, and their turbulent working relationship…

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8 minute read

Gearbox Records: Future Analogue

byNeil Mason

Vintage gear is at the heart of the Gearbox Records operation that provides high quality vinyl releases with every step undertaken in-house. Meet the London-based label with a difference…