Jodie Nicholson
Exquisite synthpop with north-east grit
Reunion Island
US synthsters are alt-stars in the making
Less-O
Nuclear productions from French artist
Andrew Wasylyk And Tommy Perman ‘Ash Grey And The Gull Glides On’ (Clay Pipe)
Beauty And The Beats
Nicholas Langley
Musician and Third Kind label boss Nicholas Langley takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
The Glove ‘Blue Sunshine’ (Wonderland/Polydor, 1983)
Side projects were everywhere in the 1980s. Talking Heads had Tom Tom Club, David Bowie had Tin Machine and Duran Duran managed to split into two rival factions as Arcadia and The Power Station
The First Electronic Demo Record In The World
Resident archivist Jack Dangers has found what may well be the first electronic demo record in the world
Keeley Forsyth: The Forsyth Saga
Keeley Forsyth’s latest offering is ‘The Hollow’, a bleakly beautiful and affecting symphony of operatic vocals and windswept soundscapes. Its inspirations? Scott Walker, a remarkable grandmother and an abandoned moorland mineshaft somewhere near HarrogateÂ
Orbital, Glastonbury 1994
Paul Hartnoll remembers Orbital’s era-defining Glastonbury headline performance of 1994, which thrust electronic dance music into the spotlight like never before
Wolfgang Tillmans: In The Frame
Not only is Wolfgang Tillmans an award-winning photographer, he’s a pretty nifty electronic artist too, as his expansive second album ‘Build From Here’ – all pulsing synths, lush instrumentals, wistful ballads and clubby peaks – so ably attests