Lola Dutronic and Donna Summer
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Lola Dutronic and Donna Summer
Tape Loops: Reel History
Snipped, spliced and looped, magnetic tape became a radical creative tool that sparked a sonic revolution. From the avant-garde’s very earliest experiments through to pop visionaries and fearless underground adventurers...
Martin Carr
Fresh from releasing a terrific new solo album of “distracted beats and messy electronics”, one-time Boo Radleys man Martin Carr talks through his defining influences
Tape Loops: 30 Current Loopers
Think tape loops are a thing of the past? Think again. From familiar names to under-the-radar innovators, here are 30 contemporary artists pushing tape loops into new, strange and unexpected places
Robert Margouleff
Robert Margouleff, Tonto mega-synth inventor, Stevie Wonder collaborator and Devo producer, remembers how synthesisers changed his life – and, to be frank, a fair few of ours
Tape Loops: 20 Essential Listens
Finders Keepers co-founder and DJ Doug Shipton hand-picks 20 indispensable tape music albums, charting the medium’s extraordinary journey from studio novelty to revolutionary instrument
‘Canaxis 5’ Holger Czukay
Resident archivist Jack Dangers scans the heavens and spots Holger Czukay in pre-Can activity on the 1969 album, ‘Canaxis 5’
Bathing Suits
Leeds electro-noisers reap havoc
Martin Brugger
Producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger on his first and last albums, and one he always returns to
Mouse On Mars & Lee “Scratch” Perry: Spatial Awareness
What happens when the playful IDM of Mouse On Mars collides with the cosmic dub of Lee “Scratch” Perry? A freewheeling brew of krautrock propulsion, avant-jazz and burbling electronics. Prepare for total immersion