Long Reads

Berlin electronicists Ah! Kosmos and Hainbach conjure eerie, experimental music from old and obsolete machinery, transforming hum, noise and decay into haunting, hypnotic transmissions

Alan Oldham’s new Black Warhols project finds the detroit techno don veering sharply into dubby trip hop, spectral shoegaze and industrial- grade electro-punk. Compelling stuff

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

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

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

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

Instrumental trio Haiku Salut and pianist Meg Morley have ReimagineD the soundtrack to a 1930 German silent film with typically cinematic verve

All ghostly ambience, noir-ish drone and propulsive electronics, J Zunz conjures UP slow-burn soundscapes that shimmer with a creeping, otherworldly unease