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Never mind the moonshot, we're off to a far-flung galaxy with HANNAH PEEL – synthesist, composer, space geek and this month's Electronic Sound cover star.
We’ve been charting the rise of Hannah Peel for more than a decade, but she's shifted into another gear entirely in recent times – topping charts, winning awards and working with everyone from John Foxx to chamber music ensembles – and our cover story looks ahead to what could be her biggest year yet. She has a raft of exciting and ambitious projects coming up, including the imminent release of ’The Endless Dance’, a wonderful exploration of sound recorded with Beibei Wang. Incorporating ancient tonal chimes and futuristic psychedelic grooves, the album combines Hannah’s vocals, synths and piano with Beibei's textured percussion to forge a bold new musical language.
There’s plenty more stellar stuff elsewhere in the magazine, not least one-time Japan man RICHARD BARBIERI, Dutch techno pioneer SPEEDY J, snooker ace turned modular maverick STEVE DAVIS, and comedian turned podcast big cheese ADAM BUXTON. Add in THE GRID and LYR, an outfit with poet laureate Simon Armitage in the line-up, together with RUDOLF ROCKER and Beak> bass player BILLY FULLER, and you'll most probably still be reading this issue of Electronic Sound when the next one comes out.
