Sun Ra
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his wild adventures in sound. This month: Sun Ra
‘Anar Band’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers shows us ‘Anar Band’, the sole album from an experimental Iberian outfit of the late 1970s
Ghoulies
Oz synth-punkers in the mood for a fight
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke ‘Tall Tales’ (Warp)
Global Heads
Philippe Doray / Asociaux Associés ‘Nouveaux Modes Industriels’ (Invisible / Scopa, 1980)
“This album is an intergalactic ambush!”
The Electronic Sound Seven-Inch Single ES7124
ES seven-inch ES7124 presents six pieces composed by Barry Gray for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic television shows, including ‘Captain Scarlet’ and ‘Thunderbirds’
Hi-NRG Heaven
An essential new compilation of queer club classics featuring Pet Shop Boys, Sylvester, New Order, Grace Jones and more reflects the vibrant Hi-NRG scene of the 1980s and the associated tracks that set the decade alight
Barry Gray: Scoring Position
With their promise of exhilarating retro-futuristic adventures, Barry Gray’s defining soundtracks for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson fizz with bombastic brass, sweeping strings and daring electronic innovation
Krautrock: Golden Years
Having released a plethora of krautrock reissues and a stack of experimental/contemporary German music over the last two decades, Bureau B founder Gunther Buskies looks back at some of the key labels from krautrock’s formative era
Krautrock: In Good Hans
Cluster and Harmonia co-founder Hans-Joachim Roedelius reflects on his early life experiences and momentous 1970s work, which featured the input of a certain Brian Eno