Jan Soutschek
German electronicist plays in nature
Matt Board
Pale Blue Eyes’ Matt Board on the first and last albums he bought, and a go-to record
Mary Lovett
Channelling electronic music’s matriarchs
Cold Spring
Location: Manchester, UK Est: 1987
Richard D James
Global Communication’s Tom Middleton remembers meeting a teenage Richard D James, who looked like a member of Bros and was conducting “binaural neuroscience experiments” in his bedroom
Frankie Rose
New York art-popster Frankie Rose reflects on Brooklyn venues, synth epiphanies and her love of film
AR Kane: Ark Welding
AR Kane came up with the term “dreampop” to describe the mind-blowing fusion of musical styles on their late 1980s albums. And as the new ‘AR Kive’ boxset confirms, their records remain every bit as strange, beautiful and irresistible as they were 35 years ago
Belbury Poly: The Fairy Hikers
For his latest release as Belbury Poly, Jim Jupp has assembled a Ghost Box supergroup with a mid-Atlantic feel. Gathered together for the first time, they discuss ‘The Twilight Zone’, flat-roofed pubs and the fairy folklore that inspired the new record
Beverly Glenn-Copeland: All You Need Is Love
On his first studio album since 2004, revered American singer/composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland exudes warmth and optimism. He talks about the inspiration behind the record, his late-career resurgence and the inordinate power of love
Das Koolies: Playing It Kool
As the future-facing Das Koolies, Super Furry Animals’ Huw Bunford, Cian Ciarán, Dafydd Ieuan and Guto Pryce explore a range of new sounds, concepts and artistic possibilities. Set the controls for a genre-bending vortex of electronic experimentalism