Grassroots: Making A Scene
25 of the most ambitious independent labels in the UK, each of them championing left-field artists and setting……
Grassroots: Round Table
Independent artists, label owners and other key figures discuss the current state of the grassroots electronic scene, from……
Ravenswood & Friends for Eat Or Heat: A Community Celebration for a Cause
Walthamstow, NE London – 1 March 2025 On 1 March Ravenswood & Friends will return to Walthamstow’s vibrant…
Electronic Sound CD: ‘2025: UK Grassroots Electronic Music’ Double CD
Manufactured with care by Packaged Sounds Various Artists: ‘2025: UK Grassroots Electronic Music’ Double CD This month’s Reader…
Kelly Lee Owens: On The Inside
Reaching for fresh heights with ’Inner Song’, Kelly Lee Owens mixes skilfully crafted lyricism and techno-tinged synthpop on one of the best albums you’ll hear this year
Spyros Polychronopoulos
London-based radical sound artist
Severed Heads: Fast Forward
While he might be curating an online archive for his maverick Severed Heads outfit, Tom Ellard is not a man to rest on his laurels. “Don’t you want to jump full-bodied into the future?” he asks
Park Motive
Star-in-waiting ruffles electronic feathers
Sarah Davachi
Experimental composer Sarah Davachi on the first and last albums she bought, and one she always returns to
UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)
Generally speaking, listening to a self-aggrandising peer saying, “You like [influential band]? Well, you should really listen to [obscure band]” tends more towards an act of generosity and patience than an educational experience.
Grassroots: Local Heroes
10 regional snapshots of the electrifying artists and dynamic communities driving innovation and reshaping underground music across the……
Grassroots: Root Cause
The UK’s grassroots electronica movement has been building a head of steam for some time. From experimental and……
Robin Guthrie: Round Robin
Ex-Cocteaus man Robin Guthrie gives the scoop on his unique approach to music, and how these days he’s just as likely to make an album in the back of a camper van
Video: Heiko Maile and Julian Demarre
Number station spookiness aus Deutschland Heiko Maile, founder member of 80s German synth pop pioneers Camouflage, has teamed…
Grassroots: Shoots And Leaves
101 of our current favourite underground electronic artists on Bandcamp, a list that we spent weeks trying to whittle down from a much bigger number
Utah Saints ‘What Can You Do For Me’
Jez Willis and Tim Garbutt of Utah Saints give the lowdown on their much-loved, sample-heavy 1991 hit, ‘What Can You Do For Me’
Effing and Jeffing
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is A Christmas Nightmare