Electronic Sound – Issue 78 – June 2021
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Welcome at Electronic Sound Magazine Issue 78 June 2021
There are special moments in our musical education, significant markers on our journey into sound, that stay with us. For many, the first time they heard Spiritualized is certain to
be among those occasions.
As Spiritualized front man Jason Pierce readily admits in this month’s cover feature, he wasn’t the guy everyone had down as the next big thing when he split from his Spacemen 3 partner Pete Kember. And yet here we are, almost 30 years since Spiritualize d’s first album, the magnificent ‘Lazer Guided Melodies’, and the band are one of the most respected noise manipulators of the last three decades.
When Jason announced the Spaceman Reissue Program, which sees the first four Spiritualized albums getting the VIP re-release treatment, there was no question he should grace our cover. He has always been a high-quality interviewee and we found him on fine form, happy to chat about pretty much whatever we threw at him. As ever, he’s engaging
company – and he serves up a cracking Kraftwerk tale too.
We’re nothing without brilliant stories, which is handy because our other interviews this issue include Moby, John Grant, Anni Hogan, Hattie Cooke and Peace Chord. To a man and woman, they’ve got stuff to say. We’re also marking the publication of the new Kris
Needs book – the snappily titled ‘Babble On An’ Ting: Alex Paterson’s Incredible Journey Beyond The Ultra world With The Orb’ – with an eye-raising extract. You knew Jimmy Cauty from the KLF was in The Orb for a while, didn’t you?
You want more? We’re happy to oblige. Up at the front of the magazine, we’ve rounded up some of the newest artists, the hottest gear and the latest books. Down at the back, we have our biggest album reviews section of 2021 so far. Somewhere in all that lot, you’ll also find Renee Scroggins remembering the making of ESG’s ‘UFO’, Penelope Trappes discussing her formative influences, and Andrew Hung talking about the first and last records he bought and the one he’s listened to the most in his life.
Oh, you must make sure you read this month’s Time Machine as well. We’ve set the dials for the summer of 1980, when a Swiss post-punk band called Grauzone found one of their records becoming an anthem for an uprising of angry youth. We’re always up for a good uprising of angry youth, right?
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