Conversations

In this interview taken from the Summer 2011 issue of Electronic Beats Magazine, EB’s editor-in-chief Max Dax speaks to Dan Snaith, the artist behind sonic collagist Caribou and more recently, the techno-flavored Daphni project. – more

In a conversation between EB’s editor-in-chief and The Wire‘s editor, the two respected journalists contemplate Depeche Mode’s new album together. – more

Artist and provocateur Martin Kippenberger is remembered by five of his associates and peers—plus his sister Susanne Kippenberger. Conversations collected by Max Dax. – more

Like wordsmith H.P. Baxxter, Modeselektor also have a special place in their hearts for challenging lyrics, as shown on “Shipwreck” from last year’s Monkeytown. The song was co-written and sung by Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, himself no stranger to crypticness. – more

Modeselektor’s Sebastian Szary narrowly escaped death recently after dancing on top of what he thought was a spotlight during a performance in Austria. It turned out to be a massive flamethrower. – more

Modeselektor’s Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary share H.P. Baxxter’s love of the Roland Space Echo, as they recently discovered in conversation with the peroxide frontman in Hamburg. Read Part One today! – more

Explore the textured, personal electronics of Blackest Ever Black’s Dalhous, and find out what drove them from the arcane funeral-pyre sounds of their previous work as Young Hunting. – more

Leading up to Kraftwerk’s Düsseldorf performance in 2013, we present you in-depth stories from MoMA’s Kraftwerk retrospective earlier this year – today featuring Alexis Taylor, multiinstrumentalist and vocalist of Hot Chip. – more