SP-1200 Sampler

In January 1984, German experimental noise pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten performed the Concerto For Voice And Machinery in all its spontaneous glory at the ICA in London. Art? Or demolition?

We’re setting the dials all the way back to 1927, to the Royal Albert Hall in London, where a packed audience gathered on a chilly winter’s evening to witness Russian scientist Léon Theremin using his remarkable black box to create “Music from the Ether”

Deep in the African jungle In the 1970s, A group of german engineers created the world’s first private space company. We look behind the scenes of ‘Fly Rocket Fly’, a new documentary that tells the bizarre tale of orbital transport und Raketen Aktiengesellschaft

We set the dial to 1961 where the unmistakable sound of Del Shannon’s Number One smash hit ‘Runaway’ rules the airwaves… but what is that flute-like sound that drives it along? Prepare yourself for a lesson in electronic music instrument history.

Anyone else wondered what’d happen if we set the dial on the Electronic Sound time machine to the future? Welcome to the 22nd century where Brian Eno has some explaining to do…