Ben Frost: Nature’s Requiem
Drawing on the ultrasonic sounds of the Amazon rainforest, the new album by Australian-Icelandic producer Ben Frost sees him collaging environmental recordings and complex electronics to stunning cinematic effect
Clock DVA: Back To The Future
The first new Clock DVA studio album in 30 years explores a dystopian world where “machines of intimidation” rule. Founder Adi Newton muses on technology overload, the importance and influence of artistic experimentation, and how a 1970s Sheffield theatre workshop first turned him onto electronic music
Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer: The Weird Dream Team
Stephen James Buckley and Mark Burford are Polypores and Field Lines Cartographer respectively. Holed up together in a remote Lancashire church, their minds frequently wander to cosmic vibrations, pixelated dream states and chain-smoking ghosts…
Young Fathers ‘Heavy Heavy’ (Ninja Tune)
Weight Lifters
The World of Foppish Dukes
Codpieces, pointy bras, Kraftwerk with muskets… he thinks he’s in a period drama. Don’t worry, it’ll pass. Just try not to look him in the eye
Jeremy Greenspan
Aquascapes, best mates and horror films of a certain age – Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan reveals his foremost influences
Suzi and Lewis Cook
Glasgow’s Free Love couple, Suzi and Lewis Cook, team up for our quick-fire questions
Fred Deakin ‘The Staunton Lick’
Fred Deakin remembers the making of the infectious and influential Lemon Jelly cut ‘The Staunton Lick’, from 1999’s ‘The Yellow EP’
Eyeless In Gaza ‘Photographs As Memories’ (Cherry Red, 1981)
Eyeless In Gaza were formed in Nuneaton in 1980 by hospital worker Martyn Bates and lab assistant Pete Becker.
Dynamax Roberts
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Dynamax Roberts