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We are venturing out of our concrete bunker to explore the strange and unsettling world of COLD WAR ELECTRONICA for this month's Electronic Sound cover story. Tin hats are recommended for this one.
Our lead feature consists of 10 connected pieces detailing how the nuclear age rewired our ears. We look at pioneering artists such as KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN and DANIEL MILLER in the West and GEORG KATZER and RODION ROSCA behind the Iron Curtain, while MARK REEDER lifts the lid on East Berlin's hidden "walled in" scene. We select some of the biggest Cold War hits too, with Paul Rutherford talking about FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD's 'Two Tribes', Midge Ure remembering ULTRAVOX's 'Dancing With Tears In My Eyes', and Martyn Ware on HEAVEN 17's 'Let's All Make A Bomb'. Plus 'When The Wind Blows', 'Threads', the crazy tale of Radiophonic legend ROGER LIMB's role in the UK government's Protect And Survive campaign, and a whole lot more.
Digging deeper, our other features in this issue include WILLIAM BASINSKI, CHICKS ON SPEED, GRAHAMMASSEY and JONNY SLUT. We also celebrate the life and work of EMS co-founder TRISTRAM CARY on the 100th anniversary of his birth, and pay tribute to Soft Cell and The Grid man DAVE BALL and Optimo DJ and producer KEITH McIVOR, who both died in the last few weeks. The electronic music scene is certainly a much poorer place without the two of them.
