Renegade Snares: New Horizons – The Dawn of Ambient Jungle

In an exclusive extract abridged from their new book, ‘Renegade Snares – The Resistance And Resilience Of Drum & Bass’, authors Ben Murphy and Carl Loben pick their way through the origins of the more mellow offshoot, and it all starts with LTJ Bukem

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Dan Tombs: Vision On

byNeil Mason

Have you ever been to a live show and wondered where, as if by magic, the images and graphics and fancy lights come from? If you’ve seen Jon Hopkins or Blanck Mass this summer, you’ve been wowed by visual artist Dan Tombs

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8 minute read

Ishmael Ensemble: Colours Fly

byOli Warwick

Bristol collective Ishmael Ensemble are evolving at a rate of knots. Their expansive new album sees them pushing boundaries like never before, exploring not only contemporary jazz and clubby electronics but also dub, psych and experimental sounds. Thrilling stuff it is too

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10 minute read

Berlin After Bowie: Gudrun Gut

byJeremy Allen

Gudrun Gut moved to West Berlin in 1975 and she’s been there ever since. Initially enticed by the smell of kebabs wafting through the air, which represented freedom to her, Gudrun Bredemann hunkered down in the political enclave and artistic demi-monde, gradually becoming punk’s answer to Marlene Dietrich.

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7 minute read

Schneider Kacirek: Voltage Controlled Africa

byDanny Turner

Stefan Schneider and Sven Kacirek have crafted a unique electronic album based on a series of field recordings taken in some of the most remote parts of Kenya. Get set for the opulent synth tones and African-influenced rhythms of Schneider Kacirek’s ’Shadows Documents’

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10 minute read

Hauschka and Max Richter: “Music is a beautiful thing to spend your time doing”

byPush

When two of the world’s finest contemporary composers get together for a chat, best leave them to it

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12 minute read

Amon Tobin: Live And Direct

byMark Roland

Superstar sonic boffin Amon Tobin has just performed his head-spinningly spectacular ‘ISAM’ live show for the very last time. Before he “takes it into the desert and burns it”, the revered master of sound and light talks about the genesis of the ‘ISAM’ concept and his unique approach to making electronic music an all-encompassing live experience