CONTENT PICTURES TO THE EDITOR .......................................................... 4 RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................... 18 Music and other media recommended by Chris Bohn, Andy Butler, Drew Daniel, Heatsick, Alfred Hilsberg, Arto Lindsay, Pantha du Prince; featuring new releases by Lee Gamble, Palais Schaumburg, Schneider TM, To Rococo Rot, Vatican Shadow, Scott Walker, Jessie Ware and more ABC The alphabet according to Laurel Halo .................................... 32 MR. STYLE ICON Gary Numan on Trent Reznor ............................ 36 COUNTING WITH . . . Karin Park ................................................. 38
“It’s liberating” Max Dax talks to GRIMES ............................................................... 42 “Beta and Gamma tested comprehensively” A.J. Samuels interviews GERALD DONALD ...................................... 48 “What am I seeing?” Max Dax interviews ARMIN LINKE ................................................. 56
“A kind of hybrid” MOSTLY ROBOT & NATIVE INSTRUMENTS & !K7 ..................... 68 “You got to pay your dues” MADLIB talks to THOMAS FEHLMANN......................................... 72 “Sounds like Prince!” ALEXIS TAYLOR in conversation with JUSTUS KÖHNCKE ............. 78 DEPECHE MODE in east(ern) Germany......................................... 84 NEU – SOUND OF SCIENCE: Neutrino Programme .......................... 98
Three of our featured contributors: Elena Panouli
Madlib
(* 1983) grew up in the former Soviet Union and Athens, Greece before eventually settling down in Berlin. For this issue she traveled all over eastern Germany to photograph Depeche Mode fans in their natural habitat. Photo: Max Dax
(* 1973) is one of the most celebrated producers in hip hop history. Known as a man of few words, for this issue he agreed to talk to regular magazine contributor Thomas Fehlmann (right) of The Orb and Palais Schaumburg. Photo: Michael Lutz
Steven Warwick aka Heatsick (* 1981) is a British-born musician and visual artist interested in “ersatz” notions of dance music. His latest album Convergence is out now on Rush Hour. In this issue he recommends Lee Gamble’s Diversions 1994 - 1996. Photo: Traianos Pakioufakis
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