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Fusing electronics, noise, drone and abstraction to startling effect, few bands have challenged the idea of Rock music quite like the German collective Faust...

After Dave Ball’s passing last year, Soft Cell’s farewell album ‘Danceteria’ – an upbeat tribute to the glamour and grit of early 1980s New York – has become an unexpectedly emotional final statement...

Snipped, spliced and looped, magnetic tape became a radical creative tool that sparked a sonic revolution. From the avant-garde’s very earliest experiments through to pop visionaries and fearless underground adventurers...

As reissues of ‘Songs To Remember’ and ‘Cupid & Psyche 85’ drop, Green Gartside retraces Scritti Politti’s path from “scratchy-collapsy” post-punk through to slick 1980s electropop and beyond

For three decades, Squarepusher has warped expectations of electronic music. Now, with the release of his extraordinary ‘Kammerkonzert’, Tom Jenkinson delivers a one-man chamber opus...

Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge are bona fide synthpop royalty. Now they’ve united as Doublespeak – a supergroup reimagining the past with style and swagger

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 

Back in the shadows, sheffield’s visionary insurgents Cabaret Voltaire return to the stage with their brutalist electronics and razor-wired energy intact

They’re often mentioned alongside Cabaret Voltaire and the Human League, but their story isn’t as well known as those of their Sheffield contemporaries...welcome to the weird and wild world of Clock DVA 

As Propaganda unveil a definitive new boxset documenting their classic ZTT era, Ralf Dörper, Claudia Brücken, Susanne Freytag and Michael Mertens reflect on the tensions, triumphs and visionary studio craft behind ‘A Secret Wish’