The Vision Quest Of Hans Edler
Released in 1971, Hans Edler’s ‘Elektron Kukéso’ album step-programmed its way into the future, at a time when computer pop was still a sci-fi pipe dream. And it’s an enduring delight to this day
Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers
Four months later than originally planned, the Design Museum in London hosted ‘Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers’, a remarkable retrospective of electronic music
Brian Griffin: Trip The Light Fantastic
You will know the iconic work of photographer Brian Griffin from a raft of classic 1980s album sleeves, including the cover of Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’, the inspiration for which lay in the pages of business magazines
Belbury Poly: Where The Wild Things Are
Ghost Box Records founder Jim Jupp is returning to his otherworldly roots with ‘The Gone Away’, his first solo album as Belbury Poly in four years. It’s not about ghosts this time, though. It’s about fairies
Rachel Aggs
Afropop/DIY electronica in isolation
Leah Kardos
Academic’s experimental classical licks
Hiro Ama
Lockdown diary from art-pop drummer
Barry Ashworth
Dub Pistols’ Barry Ashworth reflects on the formative influences that have shaped his life and career
Hawkwind: Space Ritual Tour, 1972
We’re setting the dials for 1972 and the futuristic multimedia explosion of Hawkwind’s Space Ritual tour
Denise Johnson
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Denise Johnson