Walt Disco: The Rebel Alliance

byBob Fischer
July 11, 2024

It’s already been a hell of a year for Glaswegian art rockers Walt Disco. The band have enjoyed a rapturous reception as tour support with OMD and released a new album, ‘The Warping’, combining the anthemic with the deeply personal

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Bob Fischer

Hannah Peel: The Peel Deal

byFat Roland

For acclaimed composer Hannah Peel, the momentum just keeps building. A superb new album with virtuoso percussionist Beibei Wang, her continuing ‘night tracks’ show on BBC radio 3, and an ambitious ballet inspired by her Mary Casio alter ego, all point to 2026 being the year she makes another major leap forward

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Loula Yorke: Good Vibrations

byOli Warwick

With her improvised, hardware-only sonic collages, composer and modular specialist Loula Yorke has become a live performer of high repute

LLong Reads

16 minute read

The Radiophonic Workshop: 60th anniversary gathering

byMark Roland

In 1958, a mysterious electronic music studio was established at the BBC’s Maida Vale building. sixty years on, an intimate gathering of alumni celebrates the anniversary of The Radiophonic Workshop with a live performance and a post-gig get-together. We pick up the bar tab…

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9 minute read

Scanner: Bop Til You Eavesdrop

byBen Murphy

His voyeuristic 1995 ‘Mass Observation’ album broke all the rules and put Scanner on electronica’s top table. Some two decades down the line he’s still pushing at the edges. Robin Rimbaud talks life, the universe and almost everything…

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9 minute read

Unloved: You’ve Been Framed

byBethan Cole

DJ? Electronic recording artist? Producer? Soundtrack composer? Drawing on 60s girl groups and epic film scores, Unloved sees David Holmes combining his considerable skills into one deliciously noir-ish album

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8 minute read

Telepathic Fish: Reeling ‘Em In

byBen Willmott

A new compilation celebrates South London’s influential Telepathic Fish ambient/chill-out parties of the 1990s. Some of the original crew look back at the scene’s evolution and how even a certain Richard D James joined the fold