Social Climbers
Resident archivist Jack Dangers revisits the New York no wave scene to explore Social Climbers and their one-off, self-titled 1981 album
Demise Of Love: Love Unlimited
Producer Daniel Avery, Ghost Culture’s James Greenwood and Working Men’s Club frontman Syd Minsky-Sargeant join forces as Demise Of Love – a synth-powered supergroup with a dark heart
O Yuki Conjugate
O Yuki Conjugate have just released a superb vault of “early works of charming insignificance”. So it’s about time we returned to the roots of Nottingham’s “dirty ambient” pioneers
Editions Mego: Mega Mego
Marking their 30th anniversary, pioneering Austrian label Editions Mego – formerly Mego – continue to thrive, carrying forward the fearless sonic legacy of visionary founder Peter Rehberg, who passed away in 2021
Max Cooper
From the power of aesthetics to techno epiphanies, producer and multidisciplinary artist Max Cooper reveals his formative influences
Peter Baumann: After Dark
Tangerine Dream legend Peter Baumann knows a thing or two about cosmic voyages. The synth maestro’s latest solo album, ‘Nightfall’, is a masterwork of transcendent atmospherics, shapeshifting soundscapes and an eerie “sense of the beyond”
Disiniblud
Underground power duo are kindred spirits
Ultramarine : From Mundane To Magical
The “pastoral techno”, genre-blurring sound of Ultramarine has spanned 36 years. With the release of ‘Routine’, a newly……
Marina Moore
In-demand violinist with Roxy links
Saint Etienne: When The Saints Go Marching Out
After 35 years, Saint Etienne have made their final album. The upbeat new collection ‘International’ will be the last instalment in a recording career that has been both thrillingly eclectic and warmly indebted to their love of classic pop. Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs look back on three decades’ worth of highlights