Short-Trousered Shakespeare Wannabe
Random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Chemistry
Benefits: Friends With Benefits
Kingsley Hall and Robbie Major are north-east duo Benefits. Combining poetic spoken word with slick retro beats, their second album seeks out beauty amid the “incessant barking” of the modern media landscape
DOM
Sweeping through the forgotten corridors of music, Scott Blixen sets his sights on the short-lived, but much-loved DOM
Soon: Time For Action
Adi Newton (Clock DVA) and Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto) are electronic royalty. Steeped in “spectral dimensions and psychedelic radiophonics”, their second collaborative project as Soon is the sort of ambitious tour de force we’ve come to expect
K-Klass ‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’
K-Klass’ Paul Roberts and Russ Morgan recall the making of their 1991 Number Three hit, ‘Rhythm Is A Mystery’
Cocorosie: Sister Act
Throughout their 20-year journey as CocoRosie, Bianca and Sierra Casady have been both revered and wilfully misunderstood. fully Embracing their “irrepressible artistic self-realisation”, they open up on creative freedom, sibling clashes and being “very witchy”
Dave Beer
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Dave Beer
Space Blanket: That’s A Wrap
Shimmering synths, hazy ambience and a spot of “space trumpet”… Space Blanket make warm, cosmic sounds you’ll want to cosy up to
Ernest Berk
We dig into the fascinating story behind a long-lost film soundtrack by Ernest Berk, one of the most influential yet mysterious electronic composers of the 20th century
The Residents: The Eyes Have It
Surreal and enigmatic, San Francisco avant-garde collective The Residents have been redefining art with their radical output for over five decades. Blending operatic form with macabre humour, their new work is another experimental triumph