The Art of Noise: This, That, and the Other

Electronic Sound contributor and author David Stubbs’ book ‘Future Days’ is the first comprehensive overview of the krautrock scene and the cultural and socio-political atmosphere from which it came. In this exclusive excerpt, David discusses Kraftwerk’s ‘Autobahn’ and places it in the wider context of its day

Marking 25 years at the coalface, ‘The Day Is My Enemy’ is The Prodigy’s first album since 2009’s ‘Invaders Must Die’ and finds them at their raging best. In this exclusive piece for Electronic Sound, the band’s official biographer takes us inside the camp with a personal account of his unfolding friendship with Liam Howlett and talks to the producer about the fury that remains at the heart of his sound

Their transition from arty hippies to electronic music’s most famous robots would appear to be more of a masterstoke than first meets the eye

The Cinematic Orchestra’s ‘To Believe’ is a love letter to the power of the album. We meet Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith to find out why the long-player still matters in an age of streaming and short attention spans...

The underground Tape Scene of early 1980s Germany produced countless DIY artists whose exciting and experimental work sounds as fresh today as it did then. And at its heart was electronic pioneer Felix Kubin, curator of the tape-tastic ‘Science Fiction Park Bundesrepublik’ compilation