Features
Studio Electrophonique
The fascinating story of Studio Electrophonique and its owner Ken Patten, an unassuming Sheffield car mechanic who provided an essential launchpad for Martyn Ware, Jarvis Cocker and countless others
Budgie
Former Siouxsie And The Banshees drummer Budgie has just published his memoirs. He opens up on his primary influences – from the delights of birdsong to the Radiophonic Workshop
Kid606 ‘The Action Packed Mentallist Brings You The Fucking Jams’ (Violent Turd, 2002)
“…a hyper-paced stream of pinched music that Miguel Trost De Pedro reassembled into his glitched-out vision of the dancefloor.”
Automatic: Automatic For The People
Californian trio Automatic channel 21st century angst into brilliantly effervescent synth/post-punk nuggets – and somehow still find time……
Lucrecia Dalt: The Sensual World
Emerging from an “abyssal realm of erotic delirium”, the latest work from Lucrecia Dalt explores the nuanced complexities of human connection. Co-produced by Dalt and David Sylvian, it’s a charismatic and enigmatic ode to love and longing
The Allegorist: Live And Let Die
Anna Jordan, aka The Allegorist, conjures brooding synthscapes with cinematic flair. Her new project, a conceptual meditation on “the spectrum of life”, is a thoroughly scintillating tour de force
Reviews
John Maus ‘Later Than You Think’ (Young)
Gimme Some Truth
Lucrecia Dalt ‘A Danger To Ourselves’ (RVNG Intl)
Stranger Things
Cate Francesca Brooks ‘Lofoten’ (Clay Pipe Music)
Magnetic North
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
James K
New York producer and musician James K on her first and last albums, plus an all-time favourite
Matt Goodluck
Oz tinkerer takes serious strides
Milo Korbenski
Brighton’s masked musician Milo Korbenski takes on our quick-fire question machine
Sprechen
Location: Stockport Est: 2015
EX.SSES
Mysterious Londoner misfit is on a roll
Nadeem Din-Gabisi
South London savant’s moment has come
Montjuïc
Power duo give downtempo masterclass
Destin
Sweeping the forgotten corridors of music, this month Scott Blixen remembers Destin
Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe: 10 Selected Works
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe are far more than simple musicians. From ingenious and engaging sound art to thought-provoking exhibitions and installations, here is a potted guide to some of their works beyond music
Wevie Stonder: Stuck On Stupid
After a 16-year hiatus, glorious oddballs Wevie Stonder are back. Deploying a familiar melange of multi-hued electronics, eccentric humour, cartoonish sound effects and patently skewed storytelling, they’re still delightfully bonkers
‘Monza (Rauf Und Runter)’
Michael Rother dissects ‘Monza (Rauf Und Runter)’, an ethereal cut made with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius for Harmonia’s second album, 1975’s ‘Deluxe’
The Utopia Strong: United We Stand
What do you get if you combine Gong’s flamboyant guitarist, an internationally renowned bagpipe builder and a six-time world snooker champion? The joyous friendships behind The Utopia Strong, whose third studio album, ‘Doperider’, is an occult-flavoured delight