Penguin Cafe: Beak Performance

byStephen Dalton
May 12, 2022

Descended from the esteemed Penguin Cafe Orchestra – founded by the incomparable Simon Jeffes – Penguin Cafe’s Arthur Jeffes reflects on his father’s legacy, making music on his own terms and being endorsed by Kraftwerk

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The Umlauts: Umming and Ahhing

byJeremy Allen

A self-proclaimed “uber-group/circus troupe”, London quartet The Umlauts dabble in wonky minimal synths, art-punk and industrial vibes. Thrillingly visceral it all is too, as their ‘Another Fact’ EP vividly attests

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AFRORACK London: Machine Learning

byIsaak Lewis-Smith

Afrorack is an initiative using modular synthesis to improve access to technology among disadvantaged groups. We caught up with founder Aaron Guice.

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8 minute read

Alex Paterson: Sphere And Now

byBen Murphy

As driven and restless as ever, and with a new, career-spanning “director’s cut” compilation in the shops, The Orb’s Alex Paterson reflects on his eventful 30-year journey – with good tales, to boot

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12 minute read

Underworld: Crazy, Crazy, Crazy, Crazy

byBen Willmott

In March, they played their biggest-ever headline show in front of 10,000 people at London’s Alexandra Palace. Entitled ‘The Surreal Carnival Experiment’, it blew the doors off any ideas of what a live show should be. But what did you expect? This is Underworld after all

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