Mira Calix: Scissor Sister

byClaire Francis
December 9, 2021

Chopping, slicing, cutting and pasting – in both the digital and the analogue worlds – Mira Calix immersed herself in the history of collage for her album, ‘Absent Origin’

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Moog: Fantastic Voyage

byJason Amm

Filmmaker Jason Amm and Michelle Koussa-Moog talk about their new documentary on the life and work of her famous dad, Bob Moog.

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Dean Honer: The Golden Age of The Future

byDean Honer

Think Sheffield is a city trading on past glories? Think again. Powered by a legacy that stretches back to the 1970s, today the city thrums to its own sound of synthy goodness. Your guide to the tip of the iceburg is I Monster’s Dean Honer

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9 minute read

Buried Treasure: Raider of The Lost Archive

byBob Fischer

Buried Treasure have been releasing lost soundtracks for more than a decade, as well as being home to the delaware road project...

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Emma Anderson: Out Of Her Shell

byBob Fischer

It’s 35 years since Emma Anderson formed shoegaze behemoths Lush, but her new album ‘Pearlies’ is her first solo record proper. As both a paean to independence and a work of darkly beautiful psychedelic pop, it’s a triumph. What’s on her mind these days?

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Moby & The Void Pacific Choir: When The Machine Breaks Down

byBen Myers

Lining up as Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, the latest adventure from rave’s first superstar stirs both sonically and morally. Who else can combine angry indignation with hands-in-the-air joy so successfully?

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Trevor Horn: Clever Trevor

byStephen Dalton

With the release of remastered versions of classic ZTT albums by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda, the label’s co-creator Trevor Horn discusses the controversial chart-topping smash hits, the law suits and some eye-wateringly expensive synths