Back catalogue: Coldwave/Synth

Review: Launched back in 2022 by former Muzik and Electronic Sound staffer (not to mention occasional Juno Daily contributor) Neil Mason and the Castles In Space label, Moon Building Magazine has quickly carved out a niche as an essential read for those interested in the DIY end of the electronic music spectrum. Each issue is bundled with a CD and the one accompanying this issue (summer 2024) is a cracker - a new, previously unheard album from sometime Polytechnic Youth contributor Polypores (real name Stephen Buckley). Brilliantly titled The Album I Would Have Released In An Alternate Universe, the set sees Buckley flit through trippy, Radiophonic Workshop-inspired dreamscapes ('Mystum'), hybrid electronic/acoustic kosmiche epics ('That Came From Nowhere'), nods to the nostalgic analogue explorations of late 90s outfit Plone ('Fucking Siiiiiick'), immersive weird-outs ('Hyperborea'), experimental electronic jazz ('Chaos Institute') and much more besides.