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Orbital, Flying Lotus and Gary Numan to headline electronica weekend at the historic London Pleasure Gardens

Of any day of the week, ambient minimalism perhaps works best on a Monday. The noisy whirlwind of the start of the working week brought to a halt by its simple calm. Whilst Oren Ambarchi’s Monday performance at The Luminaire began as relaxed as we …

Having recently appeared live with Gravetemple and still on loan to us from Australia, experimental guitarist Oren Ambarchi will play a solo set on Monday 14 July at The Luminaire. Whilst Gravetemple specialises in doom metal, Oren’s solo material explores the more subtle tones of …

Look at that gorgeous building. What would it sound like? Head to the Laban centre in Deptford to find out this Thursday evening when artist-musicians Janek Schaefer, Jasper Leyland, Alexander Wendt and Douglas Benford will perform

“What is house? Technotronic, KLF or something you live in To me house is Phuture, Pierre, Fingers, Adonis The Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove Brian Eno, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and The Yellow Magic Orchestra” – LFO, “What Is House?” (Warp Records, 1991) Given …

A brief word of advice, should you ever wish to foray into the questionable profession of music journalism: it’s probably not the best idea to begin your busiest week of gig attendance with a rave. That said, the best ideas are generally the most boring, …

Never underestimate the power of bass. This is a lesson that the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall learned as pieces of aluminium cracked and began to break free from the ceiling on Tuesday night as The Dubstep Chronicles rumbled its way through Meltdown 2008. No …

As Thursday lurches towards an end, naturally thoughts turn to starting the weekend early. Rather than another tired trip to the pub, we can’t think of a better way to do so than with minimal techno at the ICA. Ghostly International’s Matthew Dear performs there …

If you like your beats broken and blunted, Warp Records has your Saturday night sorted. No, we’re not suggesting that you stay home and chill out to your old Artificial Intelligence records, quite the contrary in fact. The Sheffield label is hosting a party at …