Scritti Politti
Jack Dangers picks apart the world of difficult and expensive academic electronic music from the dawn of synth, and settles on Scritti Politti
Rafael Anton Irisarri: Behind The Mask
Rafael Anton Irisarri’s mournful and majestic new work – all complex ambient and drone heft – heaves with “simmering electric despondency”
Tangerine Dream ‘Oedipus Tyrannus’
Tangerine Dream had a big year in 1974 with the release of ‘Phaedra’ and their first UK tour. But let’s not forget their score for the Greek tragedy ‘Oedipus Tyrannus’ in Chichester
The Wolfgang Press: Back To The Future
With a sonic reinvigoration, former 4AD outfit The Wolfgang Press are making a surprise comeback with their first album in almost 30 years – a brooding and typically multidimensional return to form
Leonore Wheatley
Leonore Wheatley, singer with The Soundcarriers, Co-Pilot and International Teachers Of Pop, shares the key influences and inspirations that shaped her
Nídia And Valentina Magaletti: Opposites Attract
Afro-Portuguese producer Nídia and experimental percussionist Valentina Magaletti have teamed up for ‘Estradas’, a melodic and pulsating tour de force of eclectic rhythms and essential beats
Brokenchord
Trippy Lithuanian underground sounds
White Noise: Lightning Strikes
Dark, psychedelic, sensual and enticingly strange… with their trailblazing 1969 debut album ‘An Electric Storm’, White Noise – Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson and David Vorhaus – created visionary electronic music that has continued to resonate ever since. Vorhaus, Hodgson and others revisit the story behind this extraordinary record
Camera Picture
Black Midi man delves into ambience
Hemlock Ernst & Icky Reels
Future Islands crooner dons rap cap