Showaddywaddy

A muggy night at London’s Kilburn National Ballroom in September 1987, and German industrial-meisters Einstürzende Neubauten are headlining. The support act? 1970s glam rock entertainers Showaddywaddy. As one press report aptly put it, “Say WADD?”

Beady Ear

Our fearless audio adventurer Kris Needs casts a beady ear over the whole wide musical world and picks out a raft of records for your listening pleasure

Jimi Tenor

It’s been a busy year so far for Finnish techno/jazz polymath Jimi Tenor, releasing a photo biography, ‘Omniverse’, and an album, ‘Multiversum’. Hold on tight for a wild ride through his eclectic existence

Maria Uzor: Deep Cuts

Eclectic and esoteric, pinging from Aphex-esque techno to Zapp-style funk, the debut solo record from former Sink Ya Teeth vocalist Maria Uzor is an irrepressible statement of intent

Albums Of The Year 2023

It’s been another amazing year for electronic music, in all its divergent and thrilling forms. After much wrangling and whittling, here are our 50 standout albums of 2023. Some you’ll probably expect and some you definitely won’t. Dive in and enjoy!

Hinako Omori: The Soft Bulletin

Somewhere in the mid-point between electronic, ambient and classical, composer Hinako Omori creates potent “therapeutic frequencies”. Deploying analogue synths and binaural sound, her second long-player is  an experimental and deeply enchanting patchwork