Plastikman and Chilly Gonzales: Minimal To The Max

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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The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Adventures In Time And Space

byBob Fischer

The 60th anniversary of ‘Doctor Who’ is a diamond opportunity to celebrate the work of an equally eccentric British institution — one with inextricable links to the cosmos’ favourite Time Lord. In a new interview, Brian Hodgson, Dick Mills, Roger Limb, Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres take a journey back through the strange and compelling history of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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9 minute read

The Beloved: Happy Talk

byDavid Pollock

Originally released in 1990 and reissued this month, The Beloved’s ‘Happiness’ album appealed to ravers and the pop charts alike. Jon Marsh reveals the full story of one of the classic records of the post-acid era

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8 minute read

Holden & Zimpel: Cosmic Custodians

byJeremy Allen

An immersive fusion of psychedelic sonics and experimentation, the debut long-player from master synthesist James Holden and intrepid jazz/electronic polymath Wacław Zimpel is a beguiling odyssey of exalted, hypnotic bliss

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9 minute read

Everything Everything: Computer Says Yes

bySharon O'Connell

Even for a band as restless and creative as Everything Everything, their latest album – the intriguingly titled ‘Raw Data Feel’ – is a huge leap forward, fusing AI-driven experiments, organic sounds and thrilling pop moments

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10 minute read

Robert Moog: Memory Moog

byNeil Mason

We all know him as Robert Moog, the godfather of the synthesiser, a man whose role in the history of electronic sound cannot be overStated. But to Michelle Moog-Koussa, he was plain old Dad, who helped her with her piano lessons, chopped wood for the fire, and liked gardening and canoeing and star gazing. Ahead of a new documentary about Bob Moog that Michelle is putting together for release next year, we get a fascinating and highly personal insight into the everyday life of a legend

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13 minute read

Sleaford Mods: Close To The Bone

byVel Ilic

Taking aim at hypocrisy, inequality and apathy, the sharp tongue and infectious grooves of the Sleaford Mods album ‘Spare Ribs’ is a proper vitriolic soundtrack for our dystopian times

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