Issue 108 – Electronic Sound

4 minute read

John Cage and Marcel Duchamp

byJeremy Allen

In 1968, John Cage and Marcel Duchamp played a game of chess involving pieces that generated electronic sounds and a very expensive bottle of wine. The details of what actually happened that night were pored over by historians for years after

FFirst and Last and Always

2 minute read

David Baron

byClaire Francis

Vintage synth guru David Baron on the first and last records he bought, and one he always returns to

TThe School of Electronic Music

2 minute read

‘Seven Songs’

byJack Dangers

Resident archivist Jack Dangers reaches for an old favourite – the foundational industrial output of 23 Skidoo from their 1982 album, ‘Seven Songs’

LLabel Profile

2 minute read

See Blue Audio

byClaire Francis

Location: Barcelona, Spain Est: 2019

PPulse

2 minute read

Echo Juliet

byImogen Bebb

Anna Meredith and Bonobo vibes

PPulse

2 minute read

Magnetic Skies

byMat Smith

London synthpoppers set for stadiums

PPulse

2 minute read

Maria BC

byWill Stokes

Deep, dark textures from Oakland singer

PPulse

1 minute read

Obelisk Ruins

byImogen Bebb

Boston collective tap into 80s DIY spirit

LLong Reads

4 minute read

Aho Ssan: Root Cause

byClaire Francis

French producer Aho Ssan makes stunning experimental music, drawing a host of zeitgeisty contributors into his orbit. No wonder his new work ‘Rhizomes’ reads like a who’s who of contemporary underground electronica

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Elizabeth Parker: Singing In The Wires

byBob Fischer

Elizabeth Parker was a BBC Radiophonic Workshop mainstay and one of Britain’s most in-demand composers of TV and film soundtracks. A new compilation, ‘Future Perfect’, gathers together previously unheard pieces from her own private archive. Expect ghostly nuns and clunky scaffolding