Electronic Sound July 2015 (Club Edition) | Page 4

FE ATUR E S CONTENTS XXX JOhn foxx 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