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An end of summer smorgasbord featuring The Real Tuesday Weld, Future Conditional, Marisa Anderson, Apta, Whin and more
Gabe Gurnsey talks to Stewart Gardiner about early nineties DJ mixtapes, the continuation of Factory Floor and his new synth pop acid house LP
A summoning of new things from Polypores, Rupert Lally, Mark Peters, Concretism, Ogle and other creative souls
Fertile sonic fare ploughed-up from the creative fields of Aircooled, Pulselovers, Transient Visitor, Pye Corner Audio and others
Another mound of new and excavated artefacts from The Hardy Tree, Sam Prekop & John McEntire, Michael Tanner, Marine Research and others
Further electronically-seasoned audio dishes from Mücha, GLOK, Luke Requena, Polypores, A Certain Ratio and more face the taste test
Mat Handley explains all on the origins, operations and objectives of his much-loved little label with a big-hearted reach
A sifted slew of electronically-reared produce from Heron & Crane, The Voice of Saturn, Ben Winter, clocolon and Rupert Lally
Another electronic feast, featuring Polypores, Hawksmoor, Rupert Lally, Xylitol, Quiet Clapping, A Certain Ratio and Western Edges
Another broad set of electronics-framed creations – from Ffion, Salvatore Mercatante, Giants of Discovery and Concretism – undergo assessment
The rising star of the electronic scene lifts the lid on her alluring new album for Castles in Space and plenty more besides
A bumper load of releases from Polytechnic Youth, Woodford Halse, Castles in Space and Werra Foxma get pulled from the review pile
Another dig into the fertile synth scene soil, with more sonic blooming from Polypores, The Central Office of Information and Everyday Dust
A mix of wares from The Heartwood Institute & Hawksmoor, The Eccentronic Research Council, Polypores & Gareth E. Rees and The Home Current
Another electronic scene side round-up, featuring Kieran Mahon, The Heartwood Institute, The Home Current, Personal Bandana and Pulselovers
Plugged-in produce from Gabe Knox, Polytechnic Sound Archive, Concretism, Hawksmoor and Polypores goes under the critiquing eye
New Zealand’s Vanessa Worm discusses self-expression, Scottish vibes and her LP of existential disco punk for Optimo Music
A regular visitor to Concrete Islands, Preston’s Stephen James Buckley is finally brought in for questioning, at the apex of a very productive year
This second springtime column brings together a broad range of wares from Modern Studies, Textile Ranch, Bizarre Statue, Correlations and Rose City Band
Retro-futurists Plone return after two decades with Puzzlewood, a magical mechanical mystery record that couldn’t be more at home on Ghost Box
From the same restlessly imaginative brains behind Adderall Canyonly, comes another effervescent long-form electronic salvo from Oxykitten
This concluding part of a late-winter wander through our corner of the music world explores further enlightening and esoteric paths
A further seasonal sift through a warming pile of small, medium and off-piste wares, to help us see and hear out the winter period
The Modern Aviation label opens up its 2020 release schedule with a carefully curated mixtape of the familiar and unfamiliar
Winter is creeping in but the new releases still continue to appear, with Adrian making another bundled attempt to keep pace, prior to our yuletide pausing
The ever-enthusiastic Dom Martin explains all on the eclectic and eccentric operations of the pioneering Polytechnic Youth label
Dark Entries treat an undeserving world to Mechanical Fantasy Box, an archival collection of erotically charged experimental electronics by Patrick Cowley