THE BLACK DOG Hounds Of Love
Interview with Ken Downie, Martin & Richard Dust
The story of The Black Dog echoes that of the rise of the electronica movement in the UK. Originally the brainchild of Ken Downie, the project has seen many incarnations, the most recent with Richard and Martin Dust. The Dog recently released a couple of impressive EPs, and with the arrival of a new Black Dog album later this month, we caught up with the band to talk about everything from what’s Downie been up to in the last ten years to recording Silenced, the jubilation of giving a wobble to a vinyl test pressing and car MOTs.

BROADCAST Tender Buttons
Broadcast return with their third album. Now a duo following the departure of their guitarist, the band swap their lush soundscapes for a much grittier sound.

THE BLACK DOG Silenced
Over ten years after Ken Downie went his own way, The Black Dog is a trio again. Silenced builds on the Dog’s impressive legacy while introducing some new flavours. A welcome return.

CLUE TO KALO One Way, It's Every Way
For his second effort for Mush and Leaf, Clue To Kalo’s Mark Mitchell adds plush psychedelic orchestrations and vocals to his melancholic electronic tones.

GREG DAVIS & STEVEN HESS Decisions
Greg Davis and Steven Hess team up for a sonic experiment built entirely around Hess’s percussions and processed on Davis’s laptop.

EVGENIY DROOMOFF / SOUND MECCANO / DELRAY Volokno
Multi-media-based project, Volokno is the collaborative effort of sound artist Evgeniy Droomoff, electronic musician Rostislav Rekuta, AKA Sound Meccano and visual artist DelRay.

GOLDFRAPP Supernature
Pop-world upper-class darlings Goldfrapp return with a third album that finds them stalled.

THE HAFLER TRIO & AUTECHRE aeo3/3hae
Second collaboration between the legendary Hafler Trio and Autechre, this album explores once again the connections between drone and glitch in two monolithic compositions.

MARC HELLNER Marriages
A tireless activist of the Chicago experimental Pulseprogramming’s Marc Hellner finally collects for the first time his solo work on an album that constantly surprises and intrigues.

HIMURO Mild Fantasy Violence
Fourth album for Japanese musician Yoshiteru Himuro, Mild Fantasy Violence is quirky and hectic, yet shows enough control to retain the attention all the way through.

MURCOF Remembranza
With his second album as Murcof, Fernando Corona gets to work with real instruments and investigates more sombre musical territories.

ODD NOSDAM Burner
Best-known as one third of cLOUDDEAD, Odd Nosdam creates here a series of impressive atmospherics moments built around a vast array of sound sources.

PART 2 Live From The Breadline
After years spend in the shadow of others, Part 2 finally steps into the limelight. Announced as the UK’s urban music’s best kept secret, Part 2 delivers on all fronts. Do believe the hype!

AOKI TAKAMASA + TUJIKO NORIKO 28
Despite being dressed in clicks and glitch, this collaboration between Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko exults of humanity and proves to be one of the freshest things around.