Hard Corps
Hard Corps’ Clive Pierce and Rob Doran take on this month’s quick-fire questions
Maria Uzor: Fighting Fantasy
Maria Uzor found in-yer-face fame with Norwich electro-punk duo Sink Ya Teeth, but her second solo album ‘Fantasyland’ now looks inward – seeking magical, myth-inspired headspace as a refuge from contemporary tensions
EP-4 ‘Found Tapes’ (Telegraph, 1984)
"Spinning out of a scene centred around the Kyoto venue Club Modern, EP-4 were formed by local musician Kaoru Sato in 1980..."
Saul Williams: Leap Of Faith
For his first solo offering in just over a decade, mercurial polymath Saul Williams unleashes an ambitious, post-genre “invocation” of spoken word, ghostly trip hop, abstract jazz and astral vibes – with tales OF Bowie, Prince and Massive Attack, to boot
McChunky and Kenneth Spatula
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Flash Animation
Faust: Faust Forward
Fusing electronics, noise, drone and abstraction to startling effect, few bands have challenged the idea of Rock music quite like the German collective Faust...
Nick Nicely ‘Hilly Fields’
Electro-psych enigma Nick Nicely recounts the creation of 1982’s cult classic ‘Hilly Fields’, now widely considered a pivotal influence on the hypnagogic pop scene
Ron Hardy ‘Sensation’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Ron Hardy’s ‘Sensation’
Eric Random ‘That’s What I Like About Me’
This month, resident archivist Jack Dangers focuses on ‘That’s What I Like About Me’, a Cabaret Voltaire-adjacent album by Eric Random from 1980
Mira Aroyo of Ladytron
As Ladytron gear up for their last few UK live dates of the year, the band’s Mira Aroyo delves into her foremost influences