It’s All About Vinyl Episode 03
In episode three of the new podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, founders Mark Roland and Push delve into…
It’s All About Vinyl – Episode 02
More chat from ES founders Mark Roland and Push In episode two of It’s All About Vinyl, music…
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7133
ES7133 seven-inch features Propaganda
It’s All About Vinyl – Episode 01
New Podcast from Electronic Sound
Malcolm McLaren
Picture the scene. It’s 1979 and in a French library, Malcolm McLaren has unearthed a record that will shape the 1980s pop charts… or has he? We lift the lid on the origins of the Burundi beat sound
Dennis Bovell: Dubplentyofbasswithmyheadmanyeah
From his time in 1970s reggae trailblazers Matumbi to his recent work with The Pop Group, Dennis Bovell is a man so steeped in dub that he can even make Joss Stone sound good. Production licks? He’s got ‘em
The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene
In 1980s Madrid, La Movida Madrileña, a hedonistic counterculture movement emerged in the wake of Franco’s death. With it came a wave of electronic music that is seeing a reappraisal four decades on
Mira Calix: Scissor Sister
Chopping, slicing, cutting and pasting – in both the digital and the analogue worlds – Mira Calix immersed herself in the history of collage for her album, ‘Absent Origin’
Portico Quartet
Portico Quartet’s Duncan Bellamy and Jack Wyllie gang up to face the quick-fire question machine
Disiniblud
Underground power duo are kindred spirits
Edip Akbayram
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Edip Akbayram and his group Dostlar
Fizzy Water As A Treat
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Booze
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7132
ES7132 seven-inch features The Divine Comedy
The Electronic Sound ‘Cold War Electronica’ Double CD ES7131
ES7131 seven-inch features Various Artists
Propaganda: Wishful Syncing
As Propaganda unveil a definitive new boxset documenting their classic ZTT era, Ralf Dörper, Claudia Brücken, Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens reflect on the tensions, triumphs and visionary studio craft behind ‘A Secret Wish’
Tortoise ‘Djed’
With the release of their new album, ‘Touch’, Tortoise man John McEntire deconstructs the production of ‘Djed’, the Chicago band’s otherworldly defining track and blueprint for the mid-1990s post-rock scene
Darkroom Dubs
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Darkroom Dubs