Bern The Gurn and Nina Walsh
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues with his adventures in sound. This month: Bern The Gurn and Nina Walsh
Molchat Doma: This Is Not My Beautiful House
Having moved from their native Minsk to LA, the fourth album from Belarusian post-punk/synthpop outfit Molchat Doma also marks an expansive and propulsive “technicolour reinvention” of their sound. Taut, moody, imposing and typically brutalist, it’s one heck of a gut punch
Noël ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’
Written and produced by Ron and Russell Mael, but kiboshed by Richard Branson and the war on disco, Noël tells the story of her incredible lost classic, ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’
Unicorn Ship Explosion: Horn Of Plenty
A detuned mass of driving electronics, oblique kosmische vibes and out-there transmissions, the first album by Stroud duo Unicorn Ship Explosion is an almighty statement of left-field intent
Ron Geesin
Eccentric composer, sound architect and Pink Floyd collaborator Ron Geesin charts the origins of his eclectic life and career
Propaganda: Wishful Thinking
German synth supremo Ralf Dörper invited classical percussionist Michael Mertens to join Propaganda in 1983. Their debut album, ‘A Secret Wish’, is still a dark-hearted classic, but the reunited pair are now looking to the future with a fresh incarnation of the outfit that made their names
Arsenal Mikebe
Dapper drummers take on the world
Suzanne Ciani: Every Trick In The Buchla
With a recording from a live performance in New York surfacing 50 years after she made it, Suzanne Ciani reflects on playing with Beck, getting tear-gassed, parking karma and, of course, quadraphonic sound
Karl D’Silva
The new king of South Yorkshire
Alex Paterson’s Record Collection
Norwood, London, September 2022