Features
Arushi Jain: Raga Time
Deploying contemporary electronics that riff on Indian classical idioms, modular synthesist Arushi Jain crafts potent and beguiling otherworldly sounds
101 Records of 1981
Have you all got something fizzy in your plastic glasses?
I Monster: Bugged Out
With a deluxe reissue of their gloriously quirky ‘Neveroddoreven’ album, their first live dates in nearly two decades and fresh material in the offing, I Monster – Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling – are back with a vengeance
Electribe 101: On Reflection
Influenced by Chicago deep house but with a discernible European and electro-soul twist, Electribe 101’s 1990 debut album wowed critics far and wide. With a definitive reissue just out, singer Billie Ray Martin looks back at how it all fell into place
Dualist Inquiry: Double Vision
Incorporating house, dub, ambient and synthwave hues, Indian producer Sahej Bakshi – aka Dualist Inquiry – creates scintillating and gorgeously wonky sonic sketches
Dorothy Moskowitz: California Scheming
In the 1960s, Dorothy Moskowitz voyaged through the heart of the US avant-garde, a journey culminating in the explosive psychedelia of her influential band, The United States Of America. Six decades on, the essence of that artistic revolution is emerging again
Reviews
Pet Shop Boys ‘Nonetheless‘ (X2/Parlophone)
After Everything
Squarepusher ‘Dostrotime’ (Warp)
Shape Shifting
Synth East 2024, Norwich Arts Centre
Three days of electronic music fun curated by Electronic Sound and Molten Modular
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
Autobahn!
Watch a video about how Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk’s vintage VW Beetle ended up in Florida
Alex From Tokyo
Alex From Tokyo recalls the changing music scenes of 1980s and 90s Japan and their totemic influence on his career as a producer, DJ and label head
Eduardo Polonio ‘Cuenca’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers checks out ‘Cuenca’, an album by Spanish composer Eduardo Polonio
Moonpools
Five-piece serve shimmering shoegaze
Masaka Masaka
Ugandan electronicist to watch
Savage Pencil ‘Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul’ Cover Art
Edwin Pouncey, aka Savage Pencil, walks us through his iconic cover art for The Fall’s 1981 seven-inch, ‘Lie Dream Of A Casino Soul’
Bob Stanley
Saint Etienne man Bob Stanley’s recent compilation ‘Fantastic Voyage’ documents the “echo chamber” effect that David Bowie’s Berlin recordings had on European music. No surprise then that Bowie is one of his key influences…
Oompah Jazz Fusionists
More random musings from Fat Roland. On his mind this month (as far as we can tell) are Guest Rappers
Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’
Man Parrish tells the blistering story behind his futuristic and uncompromising 1982 floorfiller ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’ – barks and all
Nina’s Rare Early Electronic Diamonds
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Nina’s Rare Early Electronic Diamonds