Davies Roberts, Flare Audio
We road test Flare Audio’s next generation E-Prototype earphones and meet their maker, Davies Roberts, who explains exactly why they sound so damn goodÂ
Waxing Crescent
Location: Bishop Auckland, UK Est: 2021
Tom Ellard
Severed Heads’ Tom Ellard reveals the first and last records he bought… although a favourite proved tricky
Prop ‘Small Craft Rough Sea’ (Silent, 2001)
If, like me, you were a teenager in Australia in the early 2000s, the album everyone was listening to at house parties, on the radio, and on swapped burned CDs was the debut record by The Avalanches.
Chris Dooks
Sound artist and ‘Project OO’ mastermind Chris Dooks takes on the quick-fire question machine
Cancel Culture
With some inevitability, cancel culture has finally caught up with our so-called columnist. What took so long?
Bonobo ‘Fragments’ (Ninja Tune)
Aped Crusader
Tim Hecker: Ice Breaker
His score for the TV series ‘The North Water’ is a high point in an already impressive career. Canadian ambient maestro Tim Hecker extols the joys of the cello, outlines the perils of the soundtrack composer, and explains why he prefers to make music in the winter
Telefis: Town to Town
First meeting in Dublin during the 1980s, Microdisney’s Cathal Coughlan and uber-producer Jacknife Lee have recently reconnected. Working via a musical trans-Atlantic hook-up their new album as TelefÃs is a real cracker
Nightmares On Wax: Freedom Of Speech
On ‘Shout Out! To Freedom…’, the latest musical adventure from Nightmares On Wax, George Evelyn explores the human spirit’s need for liberty. The process led to deep conversations with both others and himselfÂ