Ben Frost: Nature’s Requiem

Drawing on the ultrasonic sounds of the Amazon rainforest, the new album by Australian-Icelandic producer Ben Frost sees him collaging environmental recordings and complex electronics to stunning cinematic effect

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Sharon O'Connell

Blancmange: Tape That

byNeil Mason

Purloined from boxes of old cassettes and reel-to-reels, Blancmange are re-releasing their trio of 1980s albums – AND with bonus tracks galore. Let the original line-up of Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe entertain you

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Summer 1978, New York’s New Wave Heatwave: Suicide

byKris Needs

“Lester Bangs told us that when Kraftwerk were in New York, they were in his apartment and he said, ‘This has just come out, now hear this!’. They were so blown away they took Lester’s copy… they just took his record!” – Martin Rev

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13 minute read

“Bowie grimaces and clears his throat a trifle ostentatiously”

byCharles Sharr Murray

Headlined, “David Bowie: Who Was That (Un)masked Man?”, The New Musical Express cover story in November 1977 – reproduced here in full – is the first time Charles Sharr Murray had come face to face with bowie since HIS famous “who needs this shit” review of ‘Low’. It’s a fascinating encounter all things considered…

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8 minute read

Nikmis

byBob Fischer

A life-changing conversation with Virginia’s hippest teenager, thwarted Hammond organ entrepreneurship, and 18 albums of classical synth suites… written on a ukulele. Enter the magical realm of Nikmis

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10 minute read

Heavenly Sunday Social Club: Chemical Reaction

byRobin Turner

In a sticky-floored pub basement in London’s West End, the Heavenly Sunday Social club night gave birth to an entire genre. The author of a new book on the label talks us through the chaos

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10 minute read

Section 25: Hilltop Blues

byBen Murphy

Ignored and derided during their early years, Section 25 have rightfully been favourably reassessed over the intervening years. With the release of a new boxset, the band’s Vin Cassidy traces their tumultuous history…

Ben Frost: Nature’s Requiem

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