Ashnymph
Psych-tinged electropoppers set to erupt
Cold War Electronica: Wired For War
The birth of electronic music carried the tensions of its age – Cold War anxiety, nuclear dread and divided ideologies. From Stockhausen’s post-war Germany to musique concrète, radio labs and tape experiments, an avant-garde soundtrack emerged, documenting decades of division, secrecy and a world permanently wired for fear
Bug Teeth
Leeds outfit aim high with debut album
Cold War Electronica: The Jingle At The End Of The World
In 1975, the Central Office of Information secretly produced the chilling ‘Protect And Survive’ series of public information films, to be broadcast on British TV in the event of an imminent nuclear war. And the composer of its jingle, potentially the final piece of music the country would ever hear? The BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Roger Limb
Spectacular Hallucinations
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell): Braaaains!
Bill Nelson ‘When The Birds Return’
Influenced by Afrika Bambaataa, West Yorkshire and a dusty old marimba bought from The Beatles, ‘When The Birds Return’ is a forgotten masterpiece by Bill Nelson
Underground Resistance
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Underground Resistance
Norman McLaren
Resident archivist Jack Dangers looks at a newly compiled collection of electronic works by Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren
Ata Kak
In 1994, Yaw Atta-Owusu released a stone-cold classic under the alias of Ata Kak, but fewer than 50 people ever heard it. Or so he thought
Emma-Jean Thackray
Fresh from performing at this year’s End Of The Road festival, visionary producer and multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray shares her influences, from the power of brass to accidentally finding Miles Davis