Taj Mahal Travellers
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to the Taj Mahal Travellers
Luke Vibert: Socket To Me
After almost 15 years, Luke Vibert revives his enigmatic Plug alias with ‘Variety Magic’, a curated stockpile of unreleased, mid-90s jungle and drum ’n’ bass – left-field cuts built for club pressure and deep listening
‘A Love From Outer Space’ AR Kane
Rudy Tambala tells the tale behind AR Kane’s crown jewel, ‘A Love From Outer Space’, the dreampop-induced house track from the duo’s 1989 album ‘i’, which still sounds totally out of this world
Mark Jenkin: The Analogue Auteur
Filmmaker Mark Jenkin takes a handmade approach to his features, shooting on clockwork cameras and creating his own electronic scores with a tape loop designed by Brian Eno
Pete Bingham
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Pete Bingham
Scritti Politti: The Beez Knees
As reissues of ‘Songs To Remember’ and ‘Cupid & Psyche 85’ drop, Green Gartside retraces Scritti Politti’s path from “scratchy-collapsy” post-punk through to slick 1980s electropop and beyond
Richard Pinhas
Hot on the heels of two key Heldon reissues, founder and guitarist Richard Pinhas pinpoints the sounds and inspirations that powered the band’s mind-expanding prog/early synth experiments
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ Charanjit Singh
‘Synthesizing: Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat’ was recorded by Charanjit Singh in 1982. Rana Ghose and Johanz Westerman describe how a long-lost classic of Indian electronica has been rediscovered
Chimp Hardy
Beastly beats from Berlin
Dealers Of God
Concept albums and conspiracies merge