Hannah Peel ‘Rebox 2’ (My Own Pleasure)
A second collection of glorious covers from Our Lady of the Music Box
Gary Numan & Tubeway Army ‘Premier Hits’ (Beggars Banquet/Arkive)
Remember when ‘Cars’ was the music for a TV booze ad?
Empress Of ‘Me’ (Terrible/XL)
Brooklyn synthpop newcomer shows she’s already ruling over the competition
Die Krupps ‘V – Metal Machine Music’ (Sledgehammer/Oblivion)
Iconic industrial pioneers keep ploughing their thrash metal furrow
Dave Mccabe & The Ramifications ‘Church Of Miami’ (1965)
Former Zutons frontman unplugs the guitars and turns on the synths for his first solo album
Dam-Funk ‘Invite The Light’ (Stones Throw)
Funk’s chief physician is back with a star-studded surgical procedure
Blanck Mass & Associates ‘The Strange Colour Of Your Body’s Tears Re-Score’ (Death Waltz Originals)
Fuck Buttons man leads a powerfully dense electronic re-score for Italo-horror homage
Andrenachrome ‘New Beginnings’ (Silent Smile)
A sensual and seductive psychedelic voyage into electronic waters
The Orb: Moony Tunes
Alex Paterson has been Chief Space Cadet of The Orb for more than 25 years, piloting the chill-out pioneers to parts of the universe nobody else even knew existed. Following the release of their ‘Moonbuilding 2703 AD’ album, Paterson talks Ralf Hütter, Johnny Rotten, Chuck D, cosmic horizons, concrete slabs, dead drums, public toilets in the 1970s and a lot more besides
Lonelady: Mutual Electricity
Post-punky songstress Lonelady experienced a Zen-like moment when she hooked up with vintage electronic trio Wrangler during her week-long residency at the Barbican in London. The end result? Analogue heaven