Sound Deconstruction: Music Concrète From Pierre Schaeffer To Amon Tobin

byMark Roland

We trace how musique concrète mutated from turnable experiments in the 1940s to turntable experiments in the 21st century via audio tape and sampling…

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Andrew Weatherall: “Getting a groove going in a cloud of smoke”

byBen Gilbert

The inside story of ‘Phonox Nights’, the forthcoming album from Andrew Weatherall and Nina Walsh’s Woodleigh Research Facility project, which includes some of Weatherall’s final original recordings

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Hannah Peel and Paraorchestra: Rock Music

byMatt Parker

‘The Unfolding’ is Hannah Peel’s timeless collaboration with Paraorchestra. Inspired by the imprints of life beneath our feet, it’s a document of all of Earth’s incredible history – in 54 minutes

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5 minute read

You may know Carsten Nicolai, AKA Alva Noto, from his pioneering work as co-founder of glitch techno label Raster-Noton, or maybe from his collaborations with Ryuichi Sakamoto. Or there’s his work with Michael Nyman and a talking budgie…

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4 minute read

Gwenno

bySpenser Tomson

With debut ‘Y Dydd Olaf’ album bagging the Welsh Music Prize, you might think that chatting on the eve of Welsh Language Music Day is the ideal time to be discussing her new release, ‘Le Kov’… except this one is sung entirely in Cornish

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8 minute read

Boris Blank: Blank Expressions

byDavid Stubbs

The comparatively modest, unassuming half of Yello, Boris Blank finally takes centre stage with a new box set handpicked from more than four decades of unreleased work

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8 minute read

Nathan Fake: Diamond Geezer

byJeremy Allen

With guest appearances by Clark and Wizard Apprentice, Nathan Fake’s latest release is a euphoric rush of techno, house and even jungle hues. Get thee to a dancefloor!

Sound Deconstruction: Music Concrète From Pierre Schaeffer To Amon Tobin

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