Sun Rose
Heady electropop brewed in Scotland
Snapped Ankles
It’s in the trees… it’s coming
Káryyn
Celestial left-field sonic adventures
Crewdson
Squonky beats + toy instruments
Richard H Kirk
Cabaret Voltaire custodian and sonic lone ranger in his own right, Richard H Kirk guides us through a handful of his formative influences
Sheffield: Tales from The Steel City
The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Clock Dva, Vice Versa, and a whole lot more besides. What on earth was going on in Sheffield in the late 1970s? Was the electricity really better there? Six of the key players take us back to the early days of the Steel City’s pioneering electronic scene, with tales of groups like Musical Vomit, The Dead Daughters, The Studs and The Future…
‘Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’
When a mysterious album of nine experimental electronic trance mixes of the same tune was released in 1993, no one could quite believe who was responsible…
Stephen Mallinder: “Meet You at The Fish Tank at Half Eleven”
Cabaret Voltaire and Wrangler man Stephen Mallinder gives a hugely entertaining and highly personal account of life at the centre of the Sheffield music scene in the 1970s and beyond
‘The Voice Of America’
According to our resident archivist, the best album to come out of Sheffield is Cabaret Voltaire’s ‘The Voice Of America’, the 1980 classic of collage, noise, tape loops, samples and mess
Salman Gita
Salman Gita reveals the tale behind Loop Guru’s 1994 indie chart smasheroo ‘Sussan’