Electronic

  • Klara Lewis & Simon Fisher Turner – Care

    Don’t be fooled by the soft pink-red cover, there isn’t much on this giant four-track album that is conventionally appealing. It is striking and it is ambitious and it is even a little bit beautiful. But its aesthetic is largely confrontational, both in terms of the subject matter it covers and the challenge it presents…

  • Kode9 and Burial – FABRICLIVE 100

    This latest contribution to the FABRICLIVE series from Kode9 and Burial has been greeted with surprisingly mixed reviews. One high-profile entry in particular, by respected journo Will Lynch on Resident Advisor, sums up the ambivalent reception. “A lot of the music here is amazing, from the slinky grooves in the opening stretch to the neon…

  • Jobanshi – SUPERBLOCK

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    Tokyo sound artist Jobanshi has delivered his fourth solo long-player. SUPERBLOCK is described as a study of “the borders of dreamland and the awoken.” It’s the kind of highfalutin description some musicians would steer clear of. Jobanshi has nothing to worry about. SUPERBLOCK is a major work. He pulls together samples, tape experiments, field recordings…

  • Oliver Coates – Shelley’s on Zenn-La

    Like a lot of the world’s great nightclubs, Shelley’s Laserdome came to an untimely end at the hands of the local constabulary. Staffordshire Police shut down the Stoke-on-Trent institution on Halloween night 1992. The house/rave culture hotspot featured sets by DJ Sasha, Carl Cox and a host of other groundbreakers. Oliver Coates’s latest, Shelley’s on…

  • Daniela Orvin Q&A

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    We’re a month away from the release of Daniela Orvin’s new album Home. Like her debut Untitled (2014-2016), it combines her classical training as a pianist with delicate, skillfully applied electronics. When she sings, hearts flutter. Orvin is emerging as an important talent in both her chosen fields: music and photography. Don’t be fooled by…

  • Map 71 – Void Axis

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    It is 1984 and I have been introduced to Anne Clark by our local college radio station. It is my first time. Her Croydon accent punches its way through stabs of analogue synthesizer. If I am her target (oh, if only), then her aim is true. I am transfixed. She sounds smart and beautiful and…