Rural Tapes – ‘Oneiric’ album review: Pleasant electronics to provide soothing dreams
The stuff of dreams.
Electronic
Homer Dudley’s Invention: The weird way a 1930s science project transformed modern pop music
Almost 100 years later, it’s everywhere.
‘Boyface’: PVA return emphatically with trip-hop inspired cut
A delightful first taste of new material.
Saint Etienne – ‘International’ album review: a middle-aged night out in a nutshell
It’s not the ’90s anymore.
Roland TR-808: the drum machine that changed music forever
Favoured by everyone from Run-DMC to Marvin Gaye.
What is the only instrumental song to top the charts in the 21st century?
You’ve probably danced to it…
Emmanuel Macron wants French electronic music to have UNESCO heritage status
The president wants the country’s pioneering music to be recognised.
Matmos – ‘Metallic Life Review’ album review: about as metal as it gets
Predictably out there, even for them.
Nitzer Ebb frontman Douglas McCarthy dead at 58
The singer had suffered with liver cirrhosis for some time.
Bass, Spirits, and UFO: The intergalactic tale of Ammar 808’s musical journey
The supernatural origins of the artist.