Issue 133 – Electronic Sound

2 minute read

Various Artists ‘Blueprints For Modern (Techno)Logy Vol 1’ (Plus 8, 1991)

byCarl Griffin

"Our first mistake was wandering unprepared into that hip Atlanta boutique where they sold all that rave clobber, and asking for a recommendation on a hot local DJ."

LLabel Profile

2 minute read

Whitelabrecs

byClaire Francis

Location: Lincolnshire, UK Est: January 2016

FFirst and Last and Always

2 minute read

Antoni Maiovvi

byClaire Francis

British composer Antoni Maiovvi on his first and last records, plus an all-time favourite

BBanging On

2 minute read

Fizzy Water As A Treat

byFat Roland

More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Booze

LLong Reads

4 minute read

Crimewave: Long Arm Of The Loud

byFat Roland

Fresh from Manchester’s electronic underground, Crimewave twists warped loops, trip hop vibes and shoegazey fuzz into a blistering maelstrom of energy – with not a synth in sight

EEnigmas

2 minute read

Edip Akbayram

byScott Blixen

Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Edip Akbayram and his group Dostlar

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Charles Hayward and MC Dälek: Hot-Wired

byJeremy Allen

Legendary This Heat drummer Charles Hayward and avant-rap firebrand MC Dälek unite for a boundary-blurring, cross-generational exchange that maps thrilling new territory

LLandmarks

5 minute read

With the release of their new album, ‘Touch’, Tortoise man John McEntire deconstructs the production of ‘Djed’, the Chicago band’s otherworldly defining track and blueprint for the mid-1990s post-rock scene

LLong Reads

8 minute read

Oneohtrix Point Never: Pure And Sample

byDerek Walmsley

Constructed from 1990s sample CDs, the new album from Daniel Lopatin’s Oneohtrix Point Never is a vapour trail of media decay, ambient unease and salvaged sonic echoes

NNeeds Must

2 minute read

Darkroom Dubs

byKris Needs

Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Darkroom Dubs