What makes New Wave New Wave? It s the catchall name of punk s poppy offshoot, born in the 70s simultaneously in the United States and United Kingdom. But how would you describe New Wave s context in the zeitgeist of the time, or explain how this new electro-rock made people feel? Well, that s precisely...

Lost Transmissions weaves amongst brambled pathways to take in the haunted soundscapes of electronica, the rise of the occult in the 1970s, cinema and television s dystopian dreamscapes and hauntological work which creates and gives a glimpse into parallel worlds. It is a recording of a personal journey...

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influences...

David Stubbs is a British author and music journalist. Alongside Simon Reynolds , he was one of the co-founders of the Oxford magazine Monitor before going on to join the staff at Melody Maker . He later worked for NME , Uncut and Vox , as well as the Wire . His work has appeared in The Times , Sunday...

Electronic Sound's final cover star of 2024 is the legendary Jean-Michel Jarre and we are bundling the issue with a limited edition green vinyl seven-inch featuring live versions of 'Oxygène 4' and 'Équinoxe 7', two of the synth superstar's biggest and best-known tracks. Jean-Michel Jarre's impact on...

The city of Sheffield stars on our cover this issue. Through the eyes of The Human League s Philip Oakey and Martyn Ware, Clock DVA s Adi Newton, Cabaret Voltaire s Richard H Kirk and Stephen Singleton and Mark White from Vice Versa/ABC, our Made In Sheffield feature tells the story of how, between 1973...

Issue 62 Magazine & Vinyl Bundle This month s cover feature tells the astonishing story of Joe Meek, the king of space age pop. Using peculiar electronic instruments like the Clavioline and wonky sounds made with tape effects, Joe Meek s late 1950s and early 1960s productions heralded a new era in music....

Issue 71 Magazine & Vinyl Bundle We re celebrating the return of Cabaret Voltaire in this month s Electronic Sound. And to accompany the issue, we have an exclusive Cabaret Voltaire seven-inch, which is a limited edition pressing on purple vinyl. Our cover star is Richard H Kirk , who is now the sole...

An expanded edition of the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground--with the first biography of Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound. This newly expanded edition of England's Hidden Reverse, the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground that includes the...

Efficient Space publication ENTHUSIASMS revives with Issue #03. 92 pages covering Aotearoa DIY folk proliferator Maxine Funke, the vocal magick of Cucina Povera, Australian devotional jazz mystery Singing Dust, Osaka portal EM Records, unsung dub specialist Sheriff Lindo and the living practice of e...

Core members of the legendary British experimental band Coil tell its story in the present-tense, as events unfold across their twenty-year history. Between 1983 and 2004 the legendary British experimental band Coil established themselves as shape-shifting doyens of esoteric music whose influence has...