Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

bySian Pattenden
May 8, 2025

An Xmal Deutschland retrospective covering the German goth/post-punk band’s defining 4AD years prompts singer Anja Huwe to reflect on her teenage epiphanies

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Snapped Ankles: Sticks and Stones

byBen Murphy

They dress as trees and play wooden log synths, and yet London’s subversive Snapped Ankles are living proof that you should never judge a book by its cover…

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Ambient: An Introduction

byDavid Stubbs

From Debussy to Brian Eno, The Orb to Burial, the foundations of ambient are rooted in esoteric, unconventional and often surprising forms and sounds

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9 minute read

Summer 1978, New York’s New Wave Heatwave: Talking Heads

byDavid Bennun

“So we found out about CBGB’s and we found out about Patti Smith and The Ramones and Television, and we knew that there was something going on” – Chris Frantz

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What do you get when you cross Fat White Family, Paranoid London and Warmduscher? That’ll be London collective Decius, whose debut album buzzes with seedy acid house, wayward disco grooves and alluring hedonistic fervour

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Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail

byDavid Pollock

Think you know what to expect from this lot? Think again, because over the last two decades a subtle sound evolution has been at work. We lift the lid on the secret electronic life of Mogwai

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Paranoid London: Punk Attitude

byBen Willmott

On their prog house-inspired new album ‘Arseholes, Liars And Electronic Pioneers’, provocative electronic duo Paranoid London are as anarchic, unfiltered and gloriously engaging as ever

Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

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Sian Pattenden

Snapped Ankles: Sticks and Stones

Ambient: An Introduction

Summer 1978, New York’s New Wave Heatwave: Talking Heads

Decius: It’s A Family Affair

Mogwai: The Devil’s in the Detail

Paranoid London: Punk Attitude

Richard Norris, The Grid

Dubstar ‘Stars’

Ron Geesin

Clare Grogan

Colleen “Cosmo” Murphy

Carlos Alomar & George Murray: Boys Keep Swinging

Caterina Barbieri: Mother Universe

Telepathic Fish: Reeling ‘Em In

Xmal Deutschland: Present And Correct

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