Electronic Sound
Issue 81: Faust - Freakatronica 1971-74
Viva freaktronica! For this edition of Electronic Sound cover stars are the legendary Faust, the wildest and weirdest of the 1970s krautrock outfits.
Issue 75: Hannah Peel - Rewiring the Radiophonic Workshop
This edition of Electronic Sound's cover star is Hannah Peel, whose latest album is a superb reimagining of 'Electrosonic', a 1972 library music collection on KPM Records featuring The Radiophonic Workshop.
Issue 87: Wolfgang Flür (Magazine + 7")
The new ES issue, with a superb Wolfgang Flür seven-inch to accompany this issue too. It's pressed on white vinyl and it features two versions of 'Electric Sheep' – a maddeningly catchy tune and a definite highlight of 'Magazine 1'. Wolfgang takes on the role of a friendly android on the track, which sounds like the theme music of a TV advert in some utopian alternative reality. To seal the deal, he winds up with some key facts about sheep. "Earworms, right?" he says. "You cannot get them out!" …
Issue 79: A Beginner's Guide To Field Recording (Magazine+2CD)
We are investigating the fine art of Field Recording in the latest issue of Electronic Sound and we have a superb double CD – more than two hours of brilliant music – to accompany the magazine.
Issue 79: A Beginner's Guide To Field Recording (Magazine)
We are investigating the fine art of Field Recording in the latest issue of Electronic Sound. So what's the allure of capturing the sounds of the world around us? Why do people do it? How do they go about it? And what do they do with their recordings? We've talked to many of our most innovative field recordists for this month's cover feature, including Haiku Salut, Erland Cooper and Langham Research Centre. We meet one-time Cabaret Voltaire man Chris Watson, a leading practitioner of the art for…
Issue 77: Can. Inside the Krautrock Kaleidoscope (Magazine)
We're heading for the dark side of the krautrock kaleidoscope with this month's Electronic Sound cover stars, the inimitable Can. Prompted by the release of 'Live In Stuttgart 1975', the first in a series of archive Can gig recordings, we speak to Irmin Schmidt about the band he created with Michael Karoli, Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit towards the end of the 1960s. As we try to deconstruct their wholly unique brand of sonic voodoo, Schmidt reveals the inner workings of Can, together with his…
Issue 76: Chris & Cosey (Magazine)
We're marking 40 years of the one and only Chris & Cosey in the new issue of Electronic Sound. Our cover story is an in-depth interview with Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti, who look back over the highs and lows of their incredible musical partnership, which they formed straight after Throbbing Gristle imploded. The fact that Chris and Cosey are a couple has always been central to everything the pair have done, including the 20-odd albums they have released under a range of different guises, …
Issue 80: Drive - Inside the Untimate Synthwave Soundtrack (Magazine)
This month's Electronic Sound cover feature tells the fascinating story of the soundtrack to 'Drive', one of the greatest movies of recent times.
Issue 86: Soft Cell (Magazine + 7")
Hang on to your black leather caps. Soft Cell are preparing to release a new studio album – their first since 2002 – and we're delighted to have Marc Almond and Dave Ball on the cover of this month's Electronic Sound. We have an awesome Soft Cell seven-inch to accompany the issue too. Marc and Dave have always been in a league of their own. Their take on the northern soul classic 'Tainted Love' is one of those tracks you recognise within seconds, but there is so much more to Soft Cell than this …
Issue 84: The best of 2021 (Magazine + 2CD)
This is the ES final issue of 2021 with the best releases of the last 12 months for your delectation and delight. Our cover star is LoneLady, the first artist to ever have two records in our Top Five Albums Of The Year, and our bundle edition includes a brilliant double CD featuring a bumper selection of the finest tracks of 2021.
We have reviewed 900 albums over the course of this year and deciding on our favourites has involved endless days of list scribbling, head scratching and pencil chewi…
Issue 63: Inside the Cosmic Underworld of The Orb (Magazine)
It’s been a long ride with the ever-pulsating brain at the centre of the Ultraworld we know as The Orb. Alex Paterson has steered his cosmic vehicle through several decades of sound, so much so that their ineffable mix of influences has become a genre unto itself.
Issue 68: Devo - The Birth of American Synthpop (Magazine)
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Devo’s ‘Freedom Of Choice’, the album that sparked the American synthpop revolution, in this edition of Electronic Sound.
Issue 67: The Electronic Evolution of Jarvis Cocker (Magazine)
Issue 67 has Jarv Is on the cover. Jarvis Cocker shares with us his 10 All-Time Favourite Electronic Tracks and an extensive interview.
Issue 66: Suzanne Ciani - Modular Pioneer (Magazine)
On the cover modular synth pioneer and legendary Buchla twiddler Suzanne Ciani.
Issue 70: One Hundred Years of the Theremin (Magazine)
Marking 100 years since the invention of The Theremin in this edition of Electronic Sound. Russian boffin Leon Theremin was meant to have been constructing a sonar system when he came up with his iconic electronic instrument.
Issue 71: The Return of Cabaret Voltaire (Magazine)
We're celebrating the return of Cabaret Voltaire in this edition of Electronic Sound.Our cover star is Richard H Kirk, who is now the sole member of Cabaret Voltaire.
Issue 60: Anna Meredith (Magazine + CD)
We look back at the highlights of 2019 in this issue of Electronic Sound. And what a great year it was. No wonder we had trouble choosing our favourite records of of the year.
Issue 53: Berlin After Bowie - From Lodger to the Fall of The Wall (Magazine + 7")
When is a Berlin album not a Berlin album? When it’s ‘Lodger’ by David Bowie. When we talk about Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, what we really mean is ‘Low’ and ‘Heroes’ and, erm, the other one… ‘Lodger’ was the afterthought, the wobbly third wheel, a series of “planned accidents” stitched together into an album.
Issue 62: The Out of This World Story of Joe Meek ( Magazine + 7")
This eidtion of Electronic Sound main feature tells the astonishing story of Joe Meek, the king of space age pop and one of the most extraordinary characters in British music history.
Issue 73: Steven Wilson - The Future Bites (Magazine + 7")
We've been talking to Steven Wilson about his new album for this issue of Electronic Sound and we have a special limited edition cover based on the artwork concept of the record for our subscribers and our webshop. To accompany the magazine, we also have a red vinyl seven-inch boasting exclusive edits of two tracks from the album.