The Best of Bergen (Via Tromsø)

The Norwegian press came up with the name Bergen Wave to describe the large number of bands and producers – of all shapes and genres – that developed in the west coast city of Bergen in the late 1990s. We’ve picked out 10 of the best electronic albums associated with the movement, although we’re starting the story in another place at another time…

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Jeremy Allen

Tunng: Out Of This World

byMatt Parker

With ‘Dead Club’, Tunng have been on a journey that’s taken them beyond the album, beyond music, beyond life itself. Sam Genders and Becky Jacobs explain why they’re tackling death head on

LLong Reads

24 minute read

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

LLong Reads

14 minute read

Ralf Dörper: Why Does It Hurt When My Heart Misses The Beat?

byStephen Dalton

Propaganda founder Ralf Dörper tells the inside story of one of the finest electropop outfits of the 1980s – from ‘Dr Mabuse’, ‘Duel’ and their almost faultless ‘A Secret Wish’ album, to the band’s lengthy legal tussle with Trevor Horn’s infamous ZTT imprint

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10 minute read

Anna Meredith: Pest Control

byNeil Mason

From the classical pomp of The Proms to the thrilling pop of her new album ‘Varmints’, Anna Meredith is shaking up preconceptions about composers and turning ideas of what a songwriter is on its head

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9 minute read

Adi Newton: Newton Bomb

byKris Needs

Clock DVA/The Anti Group’s Adi Newton has projects coming out of his ears and they’re all heading towards yours via his soon-to-be very busy ARMComm label…

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8 minute read

Baxter Dury: Dury Service

bySian Pattenden

With its clubby swagger and “scuffed vignettes”, Baxter Dury’s new album, ‘Allbarone’, is a joyous tour de force of bangers and typically sardonic lyrical swipes.