Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Horse whispering, mbira music, Buchla and electricity, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith reveals her formative influences
Test Dept Miners’ Benefit Concert
It’s September 1984 and UK industrial pioneers Test Dept are flexing their political muscles as they throw their musical weight behind the increasingly bitter miners’ strike, beginning with a now legendary benefit concert in south London
Isolation Projects
Keeping two metres social distance at all times, Kris Needs continues his adventures in audio. This month: Isolation projects
The Beloved ‘The Sun Rising’
The Beloved’s Steve Waddington talks us through their club crossover classic, ‘The Sun Rising’
Suzanne Ciani: Riding The Waves
Suzanne Ciani is now one of the world’s most respected electronic music composers. It’s been one hell of a battle to get there, thoughÂ
The Human League ‘The Dignity of Labour’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers on The Human League’s 1979 EP ‘The Dignity Of Labour’, a record he holds in high esteem
Sonic Boom: The Avant-Gardener
Former Spacemen 3 big wheel Pete Kemper discusses his collaborations with everyone from Delia Derbyshire to Silver Apples and explains why he’s resurrected his Sonic Boom alias after a gap of 30 years
Nightmares On Wax: Groove Is In The Heart
While it hardly seems possible, Nightmares On Wax’s ‘Smokers Delight’ is 25 years old. As the album gets a welcome reissue, we talk to big chief George Evelyn about his labour of love, and where it all came from…
Thou Shalt Not Twist Thy Neighbours Melon
We think he might have started having lockdown fever dreams. Get a priest…