Features
Danalogue: Beamed Up
After a decade as keyboard maestro with The Comet Is Coming, Danalogue is keen to embrace his destiny… as A cape-wearing “Synth Lord” finding salvation at the end of the universe
Loraine James: Worship The Glitch
Mercurial producer Loraine James embraces fractured IDM, lustrous pop and a sharp cast of collaborators for her latest solo venture – arguably her most assured and absorbing work to date
Midge Ure: Vox Pop
Returning with his first new material in 12 years, Midge Ure reflects on his punk adventures, synth epiphanies and five decades of highs and lows
Seefeel: Sol Good
Fifteen long years since their last full-length album, Seefeel present the magnificent ‘Sol.Hz’ – a richly atmospheric drift through dub-heavy bass, fragmented hooks and lustrous sound design
Squarepusher: Scarf Ace
For three decades, Squarepusher has warped expectations of electronic music. Now, with the release of his extraordinary ‘Kammerkonzert’, Tom Jenkinson delivers a one-man chamber opus…
‘In/Flux’ DJ Shadow And The Groove Robbers
Released in 1993 under the alias DJ Shadow And The Groove Robbers, ‘In/Flux’ is an early example of Josh Davis’ considered approach to sample-based music
Reviews
News
Maria Uzor announces new album ‘Fantasyland’
Former half of Sink Ya Teeth, genre-blending electronic artist Maria Uzor announces news of her forthcoming album Fantasyland, and shares the first single from the album titled Don’t Touch Me
The Return Of Laptop
Laptop’s ‘End Credits’, an almost forgotten 1990s synthpop earworm, is set for re-release thanks to an intervention from Vince Clarke and Neil Arthur
It’s All About Vinyl Episode 13
In this episode of the podcast from Electronic Sound magazine founders Mark Roland and Push have a look at issue 138 and discuss Squarepusher, Angine de Poitrine, Boards of Canada’s new album and the new one from Paul McCartney
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
The Electronic Sound Seven Inch Single ES7138
ES7138 seven-inch features Squarepusher
Bobby Ingham
Leeds artist and musician Bobby Ingham takes on this month’s quick-fire questions
Shaven Armadillos
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Madonna
‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ Squeeze
Squeeze’s ‘Take Me, I’m Yours’ is an unassuming electronic landmark which may never have existed had Jools Holland not written the C-word on John Cale’s forehead. Yup, you read that right
Actuel ‘Monuments’ (Actuel, 1984)
“I first came across Actuel when I heard their song ‘Day’s End’ beam out of the background noise provided by online radio…”
Serokolo 7
SA’s latest speed demon takes flight
Frost
Unexpected polyrhythms in bagging area
Tadi The Great
DJ swaps club bangers for tape loops
‘Leev Ur Mynd’ Larry Heard
Zipping through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Larry Heard’s new album ‘Leev Ur Mynd’
Alia
Belly dancer turned theremin queen
‘Studies For Player Piano’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers talks about ‘Studies For Player Piano’, an album of rapid- fire compositions produced decades before sequencers were a thing
Tomorrow Woman
Big beats with a punk attitude