Features
Keeley Forsyth: The Forsyth Saga
Keeley Forsyth’s latest offering is ‘The Hollow’, a bleakly beautiful and affecting symphony of operatic vocals and windswept soundscapes. Its inspirations? Scott Walker, a remarkable grandmother and an abandoned moorland mineshaft somewhere near Harrogate
Wolfgang Tillmans: In The Frame
Not only is Wolfgang Tillmans an award-winning photographer, he’s a pretty nifty electronic artist too, as his expansive second album ‘Build From Here’ – all pulsing synths, lush instrumentals, wistful ballads and clubby peaks – so ably attests
Low End Activist: Rave New World
Fancy a spot of “mutant grime” and “deprivation chamber dub”? You do? Then Oxford producer Low End Activist is most definitely your man
Suzanne Ciani
Suzanne Ciani describes the making of her groundbreaking effects track ‘Xenon’ for the first-ever talking pinball machine. High score!
Orbital, Glastonbury 1994
Paul Hartnoll remembers Orbital’s era-defining Glastonbury headline performance of 1994, which thrust electronic dance music into the spotlight like never before
Tom Ravenscroft
Outsider art, rave tapes and dancing like a lunatic have all shaped BBC Radio 6 Music presenter Tom Ravenscroft – aside from being the son of John Peel, of course
Reviews
‘Eno’ Documentary
Generative film exploring Brian Eno’s life creative life If there’s going to be a documentary about Brian Eno…
Actress ‘Statik’ (Smalltown Supersound)
Show Stopper
Live: Jean-Michel Jarre
Starmus Earth, Bratislava There are about 40 people in this car park in Bratislava. One of them is…
Live Sessions
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
ESLS015 – Hifi Sean & David McAlmont
Men and machines in perfect harmony in the ES studio
Recent
Dubmission
Label: DubmissionLocation: LondonEst: 1995 Potted History: “A friend had a dance label and asked me to put together…
Glast-ambient
Open-air ambient stage ready to take flight at Glastonbury 2024
Video: Rodney Cromwell – ‘Excercise Class’
Animated gym hell Electronic Sound favourite Rodney Cromwell returns with another catchy slice of lo-fi electronica in the…
DIMITRI
South Yorkshire synthpop maestro
The First Electronic Demo Record In The World
Resident archivist Jack Dangers has found what may well be the first electronic demo record in the world
Perdurabo
Epic and emotive synth workouts
George Clinton ‘Atomic Dog’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: George Clinton – ‘Atomic Dog’
KRM and KMRU
KRM (Kevin Richard Martin) and KMRU (Joseph Kamaru) answer this month’s quick-fire questions
Pimpled Herbert
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are Gig Flyers
Rosie Tee
Brum’s psych queen hits a home run