Features
Waves: The Electronic Music of Éliane Radigue
‘Music can be a mirror of the mind. There is an analogy with the body, too. The way…
Richard Barbieri: The Ghosts Of My Life
Apparitions, spectres, alternative realities… former Japan and Porcupine Tree synthesist Richard Barbieri returns with ‘Hauntings’, a spellbinding solo work steeped in memory and imagination
Speedy J: Click, Play, Repeat
Dutch techno veteran Speedy J returns with ‘Walkman’, his first solo offering in 20 years. Inspired by mix tapes and the fading role of the album in an era of instant gratification, it’s a freewheeling tour de force of innovation and unpredictable sonic twists
Rudolf Rocker: Revenge Is Sweet
Take brothers Mark and Steve Goodall, add BAFTA-winning screenwriter Jeremy Dyson, and you have the original line-up of Rudolf Rocker – purveyors of synth-fuelled Yorkshire pop
Hannah Peel: The Peel Deal
For acclaimed composer Hannah Peel, the momentum just keeps building. A superb new album with virtuoso percussionist Beibei Wang, her continuing ‘night tracks’ show on BBC radio 3, and an ambitious ballet inspired by her Mary Casio alter ego, all point to 2026 being the year she makes another major leap forward
Brandy Dalton Of Drance ‘Fallen Angel Music’ (Titan Studios, 1999)
“Nostalgia is like some mute serpent, slipping steadily north inside us, until it reaches a spot where it can constrict our hearts”
Reviews
News
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 10
In Episode 10 of the podcast from the makers of Electronic Sound magazine, Mark Roland and Isaak Lewis-Smith read out some viewers feedback…
KENTRONICA INCOMING…
One-day electronica festival on 16 May
Video Premiere: Danalogue – ‘Moebius Triptych‘
Comet is Coming’s Danalogue boldly goes
Live Sessions
ESLS018 – Sunda Arc
Electronica and woodwind – together at last Sunda Arc is an electronic project that seamlessly blends digital soundscapes…
ESLS017 – Bodega
Brooklyn’s post-punk art rock stylings hit the Electronic Sound studio
ESLS016 – Ultramarine
Electronica blends into a sound art experience in the Electronic Sound studio
Recent
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 09
In episode 09 of the podcast from Electronic Sound magazine, co-founder Mark Roland is joined by Isaak Lewis-Smith who edits the magazine’s front section.
Group A.D.
Meet sampledelic Leeds collective
Skilly & Bone ‘Comet Omelette’
Our resident archivist Jack Dangers is stumped by ‘Comet Omelette’, a pre-industrial enigma of an album by Skilly & Bone
Hannah Lew
San Fran synthpopper drops neon debut
Robert Hood
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Robert Hood
Rudimentary Records
Location: Belfast, Est: 2009
Shy One
London DJ, producer and radio host Shy One on her first and last albums, plus an all-time favourite
A Bunch Of Tories On The Lash
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is the Eurovision Song Contest
Steve Davis
With The Utopia Strong gearing up for another tour, Steve Davis traces the people, cultural touchstones and sounds that have shaped his sonic adventures
John Cornwell
Cosmic post-rock from planet Teesside
Birth Of The Minimoog
In 1971, the birth of the Minimoog was a happy accident that arguably saved the RA Moog Co from going under
The Grid ‘Swamp Thing’
Richard Norris of The Grid recalls the genesis of the band’s banjo-picking banger ‘Swamp Thing’, a Number Three hit in the summer of 1994