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30 minute read

Soft Cell: Dancing In The Dark

byNeil Mason

After Dave Ball’s passing last year, Soft Cell’s farewell album ‘Danceteria’ – an upbeat tribute to the glamour and grit of early 1980s New York – has become an unexpectedly emotional final statement...

EEnigmas

2 minute read

Stephin Merritt And The 6ths

byScott Blixen

Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen turns his attention to Stephin Merritt And The 6ths

LLandmarks

4 minute read

‘I Think Of You’ Little Annie

byRobert Harris

Mixing sardonic beat poetry with dub effects and an alt-dance outlook, Little Annie’s classic ‘I Think Of You’ is still one of the best records to emerge from the On-U Sound stable

BBrief Encounters

4 minute read

Frederik Meyer, aka Baychimo

byNeil Mason

Danish producer and composer Frederik Meyer, aka Baychimo, takes on this month’s quick-fire questions

LLong Reads

5 minute read

e.m.arson: Burning Down The House

byMark Roland

Field recordings, drones, tape loops, dreampop and mystery are the key ingredients for the startling debut album from sound artist e.m.arson. What is it that lights her fire?

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Brett Naucke ‘Electronic Hypnosis Program’ (Make Noise, 2019)

byJoe Silva

"Over on the west side of town, there’s a beer market where you can pick up pineapple vanilla IPAs, whiskey stouts or a gently used Minimoog Voyager..."

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Jah Wobble: Turn Off Jah Mind

byStephen Dalton

The Beatles, but not as you know them. On ‘Mystic Liverpool’, legendary bassist Jah Wobble teams up with Tian Qiyi to warp the Fab Four’s most psychedelic moments into a swirl of duB, tripped-out textures and Eastern instrumentation

LLabel Profile

2 minute read

Skupina

byClaire Francis

Location: Between Slovakia and Czechia Est: 2016

LLong Reads

9 minute read

Laptop: Not Fade Away

byFat Roland

Championed by the likes of John Peel and Steve Lamacq back in the late 1990s, Jesse Hartman makes an unexpected but very welcome return with his synthpop alter ego Laptop – all thanks to a Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur cover version

FFirst and Last and Always

2 minute read

Tyondai Braxton

byClaire Francis

American composer and producer Tyondai Braxton on his first and last albums, and an all-time favourite