Electronic Sound July 2015 (Regular Edition) | Page 5

CONTENTS

WHAT’S INSIDE
FE ATUR E
DJ Shadow

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...

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

ROB PAPEN’S EX’
PLORER III REVIEW

Says here this is “an awardwinning collection of virtual
instruments and critically
acclaimed effects plug-ins”.
Well, is it? We fire it up and
find out

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 then
for this iPad app

ALBUM R EV I EWS
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