Electronic Sound July 2015 (Club Edition) | Page 4
FE ATUR E S
CONTENTS
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DJ Shadow
From the abandoned mills
of his Lanchashire home to
the glass and steel at the
heart of London, our cover
star has long been one of
the most respected figures
in electronic music. These
days, he’s also one of the
most prolific
Curiosity got the better of
us when we heard the latest
release from Shadow’s superb
Liquid Amber label. “Who are
the shady characters behind
Nite School Klik?” we asked.
Yeah, yeah, should’ve seen it
coming...
Peter Zinovieff
A name synonymous with
some of the finest monents
in synth history thanks to his
world-famous EMS company
and the almost mythical
VCS3. The great man’s tale
is as extraordinary as the
instruments he made
Suicide
Ahead of their “Punk Mass”
show at the Barbican in
London, Suicide biographer
Kris Needs talks to Alan
Vega and Martin Rev about
the earliest days of the
Karin Park
ALBUM R EV I EWS
The Scandinavian electropopster stops off in the UK
and invites us backstage to
see what goes behind the
scenes of her exciting live
show. Which is just about the
straightest line we’ve ever
written for a content’s page.
HERBERT, HUDSON MOHAWKE, THE ORB, BUREAU B
BY RICHARD FEARLESS, EVERYTHING EVERYTHING,
JENNY HVAL, GARETH WHITEHEAD, JAGA JAZZIST,
UNITS, RP BOO... and a whole load more
TECH
PLOytec
PI L Squared
Synth
What on earth is this tiny
little thing then? No bigger
than a matchbox, it’s a teenyweeny German-made synth.
We put it through its paces.
Did it measure up?
Readers’ Synths
Will you look at the dials
on that? We’re going to
ask if we can touch them.
Are they real? Original, you
say. Well, well. This month,
our reader’s choice is the
ROLAND JUPITER 4
iVCS3
REVIEW
Struggling to scrape together
the readies for a real EMS VCS3?
We’ve been saving up for a while,
but kept raiding the fund for chocolate. Thank goodness th