Luke Abbott: Country Life
With the release of his second album, the gorgeous ‘Wysing Forest’, Luke Abbott discusses the relationship between modular synthesis and the dramatic open spaces of rural East Anglia
Jochen Irmler: Dealing With The Devil
Electronic and experimental music legend Jochen Irmler talks about his work with pioneering krautrockers Faust in the 1970s and his recent series of collaborations, the latest of which is an astonishingly powerful album with Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit
Xeno & Oaklander
With their ‘Par Avion’ album, Brooklyn duo Xeno & Oaklander have dusted down decades of old kit and delivered a sparkling set of electronic fuelled pop
The Early Days Of The Minimoog
We’re spinning back to 1967, to the birth of Dr Bob’s Amazing Contraption, aka The Minimoog, arguably the most famous synth of all time
Herbie Hancock
Our resident archivist tells how jazz fusion genius Herbie Hancock out-Kraftwerked Kraftwerk – with a little help from synthesist and future Meat Beat Manifesto collaborator Patrick Gleeson
Nightmares On Wax’
With the release of ’N.O.W. Is The Time’, an album featuring the finest moments of Nightmares On Wax’s 25-year career, Now big chief George Evelyn talks us through some of the people, places and sounds that have inspired him and his tuneage
Mark Moore ‘Theme From S’express’
Mark Moore takes us on a trip – and it is a trip – through the making of the S’express 1987 Number One smash hit. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro…
Gazelle Twin
Meet John Foxx and Gary Numan collaborator Gazelle Twin, who Grimes has described as “Suicide meets Nine Inch Nails, but really feminine and modern”
Dolls
A Canadian girl with a smart synthpop sound, a strong DIY ethos, and a nod and a wink to Rimmel London