Features
Own a Piece of Audio History
Born of a visionary partnership between acoustic designer Ojas and Klipsch, the limited edition kO-R2 two-way multisectoral loudspeaker represents the pinnacle of audio collaboration…
Saul Williams: Leap Of Faith
For his first solo offering in just over a decade, mercurial polymath Saul Williams unleashes an ambitious, post-genre “invocation” of spoken word, ghostly trip hop, abstract jazz and astral vibes – with tales OF Bowie, Prince and Massive Attack, to boot
Faust: Faust Forward
Fusing electronics, noise, drone and abstraction to startling effect, few bands have challenged the idea of Rock music quite like the German collective Faust…
EP-4 ‘Found Tapes’ (Telegraph, 1984)
“Spinning out of a scene centred around the Kyoto venue Club Modern, EP-4 were formed by local musician Kaoru Sato in 1980…”
Nick Nicely ‘Hilly Fields’
Electro-psych enigma Nick Nicely recounts the creation of 1982’s cult classic ‘Hilly Fields’, now widely considered a pivotal influence on the hypnagogic pop scene
Mira Aroyo of Ladytron
As Ladytron gear up for their last few UK live dates of the year, the band’s Mira Aroyo delves into her foremost influences
Reviews
Marina Herlop ‘Dja Dja’ (Bandcamp)
A Hero’s Journey
Gilroy Mere ‘Furlongs’ (Clay Pipe)
On The Right Track
End Of The Road: Review
The electronic highlights from this year’s End Of The Road festival
News
The Electronic Seven Inch Single ES7142
ES7142 seven-inch features Faust
FROST ‘Functional Language for Underlying Structure’ Video Premiere
FROST is a solo drums and electronics project built around a hybrid setup of live kit, triggered samples and synchronised AV.
Sound Of The Year Awards 2025: Tom Fisher
We caught up with Tom Fisher, a runner up in this year’s Sound Of The Year Awards, about his piece ‘Treehopper Songs Inside A Plant Stem’
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
Those Holy
Curtain-up for Celtic wavers
Hard Corps
Hard Corps’ Clive Pierce and Rob Doran take on this month’s quick-fire questions
Takeshi’s Cashew
“Psych medieval Nintendo Core” ahoy
Flaty
Hip hop enters new stratospheres
Larimae
Ambient braindance gets neurons firing
Ron Hardy ‘Sensation’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Ron Hardy’s ‘Sensation’
Fat Dog: Off The Leash
London’s Fat Dog return with their second album – a gleefully unruly mix of electro-punk, rave, pop and wonky balladry, Inspired by family dynamics and curious life encounters. Cue Elvis impersonators, Aliens and the penguins of ‘Madagascar
Maria Uzor: Fighting Fantasy
Maria Uzor found in-yer-face fame with Norwich electro-punk duo Sink Ya Teeth, but her second solo album ‘Fantasyland’ now looks inward – seeking magical, myth-inspired headspace as a refuge from contemporary tensions
McChunky and Kenneth Spatula
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) is Flash Animation
Names On Tapes
Duo pull the spool and find gold
Super Furry Animals’ FV433 Abbot Howitzer
A whole 30 years after they navigated the British summer festival circuit in an FV433 Abbot Howitzer, Super Furry Animals remember the carnage left behind by its brief tour of duty
Globo: Globo Warfare
As Globo’s defining 1995 album ‘Pro War’ gets the redux treatment, their powerful, anti-conflict messages feel eerily timely. The electronic agitators talk political chaos, exploding tyres and antagonising fans of The Fall