Issue 122 PDF

We're marking the return of The Art Of Noise with this month's Electronic Sound cover story. Or The Art Of This as they're now calling themselves.

More than 25 years on from The Art Of Noise's last studio album, three of the five founding members – JJ Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley – are rebooting the group as The Art Of This. They're in fantastic form for our interview, telling tales from their early days and talking about going back to their avant-garde roots. They discuss Morley's manifesto for the rejuvenated unit, which also includes former ZZT label manager Ian Peel, and describe themselves as "a sequel" to the original group. They claim there is another offshoot too, The Art Of That, which they say they'll use “in shadowy ways”. True to form for the oddball electronic maestros, you should expect the unexpected.   

While you're trying to get your head around this (and that), we should let you know we also have lots of other great reads elsewhere in this issue. There's Matt Berry, Bill Nelson, Marie Davidson, Vivien Goldman, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, Helen Ganya, Tunng, Moon Wiring Club and Ela Minus, just to get you started. Now that's what you call The Art Of Excellent Music Journalism.