Features
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
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
Various Artists ‘Retro Techno / Detroit Definitive – Emotions Electric’ (Network, 1991)
The North in the late 1980s and early 90s was not a bad place to be if you were into left-field music and dancing…
Adrian Sherwood: All Fall Down
Thirteen years since his last solo outing, Adrian Sherwood’s new work finds the dub visionary pushing his indomitable, low-end sound into exhilarating new territory
Bruise Blood: Cuts Deep
The debut solo project from Teeth Of The Sea’s Mike Bourne, Bruise Blood deals in heaving electronics and dirty beats. Dancey yet abyssal, disorienting yet immersive, resistance is futile – prepare to be pulled under
Reviews
Maps ‘Welcome To The Tudor Gate’ (Mute)
Screen Dreams
Soho Electronic Festival Review
A new one-day festival of modular and associated noises in the heart of Swinging London Across four venues…
John Maus ‘Later Than You Think’ (Young)
Gimme Some Truth
Live Sessions
ESLS018 – Sunda Arc
Electronica and woodwind – together at last Sunda Arc is an electronic project that seamlessly blends digital soundscapes…
ESLS017 – Bodega
Brooklyn’s post-punk art rock stylings hit the Electronic Sound studio
ESLS016 – Ultramarine
Electronica blends into a sound art experience in the Electronic Sound studio
Recent
Eno In Space!
Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno beam their new album into the dark matter
The Birth and Life of Beggars Banquet
Gary Numan, The Fall, Bauhaus, Gene Loves Jezebel and more interviewed in depth in new podcast You won’t…
Spectacular Hallucinations
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell): Braaaains!
Chump Wrecker
Darlington’s answer to The Prodigy
Bricknasty
Irish experimentalists in their own world
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7130
ES7129 seven-inch features Gary Numan
Black Tempest
Synthesist strikes gold with new collab
Underground Resistance
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Underground Resistance
Helen Anahita Wilson
Nature calls for sonic researcher
Anton Witter
Journeyman returns with aplomb
Norman McLaren
Resident archivist Jack Dangers looks at a newly compiled collection of electronic works by Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren
Alan Hempsall and Dave Clarkson
Scissorgun’s Alan Hempsall and Dave Clarkson take on this month’s quick-fire questions