‘I Can’t Stay Away’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: ‘I Can’t Stay Away’ by Ragtyme Featuring Byron Stingily
Pale Stranger
Prog rocker makes an electronic gem
Thomas Fehlmann
Thomas Fehlmann recounts how The Orb managed a surprise return to the top of the UK charts… by way of a rejection from Jean-Michel Jarre
Carl Cox
Having recently released ‘Electronic Generations’, his first album in over 10 years, veteran producer and house/techno DJ Carl Cox digs deep into his formative influences
Halina Rice: Divine Rice
Producer Halina Rice creates immersive, audiovisual environments where music, art and technology intersect. Her second long-player, ‘Elision’, takes you on a deep journey into abstract soundscapes
Joe Meek: No Ordinary Joe
Hidden away for decades, Joe Meek’s near-mythical “tea chest tapes” have finally seen the light of day, revealing much about the working practices of the legendary producer responsible for The Tornados’ pioneering, electronically hued 1962 single, ‘Telstar’
Lucrecia Dalt: Space Invader
Lucrecia Dalt’s latest album is a sumptuous and radiant sci-fi meditation in which the bolero, salsa, mambo and merengue influences she absorbed throughout her childhood are refracted through “machinic distortions”. But an alien presence is lurking…
Simple Minds: Natural High
Simple Minds have just put out a new album… and it’s their best since the band’s heyday in the 1980s. From the striking cover to the upbeat tunes and sometimes dark lyrics, Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill explain how ‘Direction Of The Heart’ came together, as well as reflecting on their enduring friendship and the 40th anniversary of their 1982 classic, ‘New Gold Dream’
The Umlauts: Umming and Ahhing
A self-proclaimed “uber-group/circus troupe”, London quartet The Umlauts dabble in wonky minimal synths, art-punk and industrial vibes. Thrillingly visceral it all is too, as their ‘Another Fact’ EP vividly attests
Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan: North by Northwest
Concrete dreams and brutalist ideals… Gordon Chapman-Fox is Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan. His third album, ‘Districts, Roads, Open Space’, has just been released and he’s here to talk about it. What’s more, he’s brought sandwiches