Famously described as “wreckers of civilisation”, Throbbing Gristle’s influence on counterculture music and arts has been immense. We speak to Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and others about the seismic impact of the industrial revolutionaries
Dark, psychedelic, sensual and enticingly strange… with their trailblazing 1969 debut album ‘An Electric Storm’, White Noise – Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson and David Vorhaus – created visionary electronic music that has continued to resonate ever since. Vorhaus, Hodgson and others revisit the story behind this extraordinary record
Since tracking down Suzanne Ciani, Finders Keepers have released more albums by the Buchla legend than in her entire career prior. Label boss Andy Votel gives us the rundown
In a recording rut at the age of 19, Adrian Sherwood called on reggae producer Dennis Bovell and the Creation Rebel masterpiece, ‘Dub From Creation’, was born
Retro-futuristic, gorgeously languid, utterly irresistible – Air changed the sonic landscape almost overnight with the release of ‘Moon Safari’ in 1998. Taking a break from performing the album in full on a mammoth world tour, Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin reflect on their robo-romantic masterpiece
Orbury Common’s records are fanciful delights, combining hazy hip hop beats and traditional folk trappings with the hallucinogenic imagery of a nightmarish parallel universe
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
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