MAGNETOPHONE Live & Let Live
Interview with Matt Saunders
Formed in Birmingham at the end of the nineties by John Hanson and Matt Saunders, Magnétophone presented, with their first EPs and album, a rather unusual and captivating musical vision, rooted as much in indie rock and obscure pop and it was in contemporary electronica. Five years on, the duo return a magnificent sophomore effort, just in time to take part in the festivities for 4AD’s twenty-fifth anniversary. As they gear up to a unique live performance in London, we catch up with, Matt Saunders, one half of Magnétophone.

JACKSON See If I Care
Interview with Jackson Fougeraud
Paris-based Jackson Fougeraud is currently being tipped as one of the major talent to have come out recently. With a devastatingly clever and infectious first album, Smash, which follows a series of promising EPs, he explores a wide range of genres, ranging from classic techno to funk and electro. Here, he talks about how Smash was patiently assembled, working with his mother and four-year-old niece and creating definitive music.

BROADCAST The Noise Made By People
Broadcast live, Koko, London, Wednesday 28 September
Following the release of their third and most intimate album, Tender Buttons, Broadcast return to the live environment to offer a fired-up version of their gritty space electro pop. The beautiful rococo Camdem theatre played host to the band’s feisty London performance at the end of September.

SUPERSILENT 7
For this latest output, Supersilent were captured in their natural environment, at their rawest, most unpredictable and visceral, improvising live in front of a crowd.

AFX Hangable Auto Bulb
Originally published as two extremely limited EPs then years ago, Hangable Auto Bulb part one and two have now been compiled onto one essential album.

CHRISTOPHER BISSONNETTE Periphery
The debut album from Christopher Bissonnette is a striking dark and dramatic piece of work that combines stark electronics and minimal orchestral structures.

VASHTI BUNYAN Lookaftering
Thirty-five years in the making, Vashti Bunyan’s second album is the perfect follow up to the amazing Just Another Diamond Day.

GREG DAVIS & SEBASTIEN ROUX Paquet Surprise
Third in a collaborations released this year, Paquet Surprise sees Greg Davis team up with IRCAM composer Sebastien Roux for a stunning journey through sound and atmospheres.

VLADISLAV DELAY The Four Quarters / THE DOLLS The Dolls
On his latest solo project, Vladislav Delay offers a rather clinical vision of his usual sound, while his collaboration with AGF and Craig Armstrong, as The Dolls, often proves no more than a juxtaposition of characters.

MAGNETOPHONE The Man Who Ate The Man
Over four years after they introduced their highly deconstructed form of electronica, Magnéphone return with their sophomore album on which their flirt with rock structures through a series of collaborations.

BRIAN MCBRIDE When The Detail Lost Its Freedom
When The Detail Lost Its Freedom is the debut solo album from Stars Of The Lid’s Brian McBride on which he explore a wider sonic range than with his band.

THE ORB Orbsessions / Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt
While Orbsessions Vol. 1 collects some previously unreleased material spanning fifteen years, Okie Dokie… sees Alex Paterson and Thomas Felhmann produce The Orb’s most pertinent material to date.

SUTEKH Born Again
Born Again offers an interesting retrospective of various remixes by Sutekh, spanning over six years and spread over two volumes.

TRANSISTOR Relief
Relief is the debut album from Mexican-based artist Edgar Medina, yet nothing here betrays the origin of this work. Instead, the music on this album is clearly the product of a global digital culture.

TUSSLE Kling Klang
On this, their debut album, San Francisco’s Tussle get all groovy and offer an updated version of the Cabaret Voltaire and A Certain Ratio of the early eighties.

THE VILLAGE ORCHESTRA Et In Arcadia Ego
Best known for his involvement with Scottish electronic trio The Marcia Blaine School For Girls, Ruaridh Law presents his debut album as The Village Orchestra.

V/A Check The Water: Selections From The Leaf Label’s First Ten Years
V/A The Electric Institute
V/A Mercury Scales: A Boltfish Recordings Compilation
V/A SubVaritrax