Audion Magazine
Issue 87 (Magazine)
Audion 87 arrives like a lovingly overstuffed mixtape passed between devotees, its 44 A4 pages packed with rabbit holes for anyone who still hears “progressive” as a verb, not a museum tag. At its core sit two major anchor features. The first is a deep excavation of choice German label classics, taking April and Schneeball as portals into a republic of small imprints, marginal bands and radical self‑organisation. Rather than recycling the usual Krautrock canon, the piece digs into catalogue corn…
Issue 86 (Magazine)
Audion 86 arrives as a concentrated blast of deep listening culture, a 44-page A4 issue that treats the margins of rock, jazz and experimental sound as its natural centre. First published on 6 February 2025 in simultaneous printed and pdf editions, the magazine continues Audion’s long-running refusal to follow fashion, pursuing instead what its editors call “explorations in sound and music” - the points where history gets strange, regional scenes bloom in isolation, and aesthetics mutate far fro…
Issue 85 (Magazine)
*50 copies limited edition* 40 page magazine printed as first edition of 50 copies. Absolutely full with articles and reviews. See image 2 for full contents. A great collector's item. Buying via Bandcamp you also get the option to download the multimedia content.Audion 85 contents... The interstellar cementmixers - 20 questions with Japanese oddities and curiosities, Norway - scandinavian fusion legends 12, Panzerpappa - unclassifiable music from Norway; choice french label classics: Gratte-Ciel…
Issue 82 (Magazine)
40 page magazine printed as an edition of 50 copies. Absolutely full with articles and reviews. See image 2 for contents. A great collector's item.
cover article: Captain Flapattak - French underground todayplus: Don Falcone (Spirits Burning) interview, Flasket Brinner - Scandinavian fusion legends 9, Mange Ferraille, Intermodulation (1970s avant-garde ensemble): Unlikely Connections, Choice French label classics: Atem, The Dr Space / ØSC & co. Sector, labels: Whitelabrecs, ReR Megacorp, PQR-Dis…
Issue 80 (Magazine)
Audion 80 (12/2024) 44 pages. Cover article: Dr Space - a chat with the pilot of the Øresund Space CollectiveCornelius Cardew Treatise (event), Mirthrandir - article & interview, Pekka Pohjola - Scandinavian fusion legends 7, Choice British label classics: Virgin part 2 (plus Caroline, and a round-up of other releases), Modulight & others - live at The Church of Sound (event), Alain Basso, labels: Bam Balam, Fou Records, Seelie Court Digital, reviews: Flasket Brinner, Lightwave, Moonseeds, Nurse…
Issue 47 (Magazine)
Audion 47 (12/2002) 40 pages. Cover article: A Little Bit Of Spaghetti: New Trolls, Nuova Idea, Osanna, Novaplus: Dweller At The Threshold (interview), Eleni Karaindrou - Film Music, Nurse With Wound (9 reviews), Cuneiform Records, Musea Records, Relics Revisited, Garden Of Delights, Some Choice Leicester Talent Volcano The Bear & others, Oöphoi, IQ In Concert - Sat 29th June 2002, Electroshock, etc.
Issue 40 (Magazine)
Audion 40 (11/1998) 44 pages. Cover article: 30 Years of Krautrock with Guru Guru, Mani Neumeier, Uli Trepteplus: Igor Wakhevitch "Donc...", Krautrock Reissues, RIO - Revisions And Additions: Bruniferd + Octavo, Gazul Records, Repertoire's Krautrock Archive, Rescued Relics, Hans-Joachim Roedelius - 30 Years On (interview), Brainville - Physio & Firkin, Leicester 19/6/98, Helmut Wenske - The Visionary Art Of, Cuneiform Records, Graham Bowers - Eternal Ghosts, articles & interviews, RIO - The Aft…
Issue 39 (Magazine)
Audion 39 (2/1998) 44 pages. Cover article: Space Explosion - The ultimate Krautrock Supergroup plus: Rock In Opposition - Part 5: Stormy Six, Burg Herzberg - Open Air Festival 1997, Silver Apples & Support,Crevice, Bondage Fruit, RLW, Premiata Forneria Marconi "10 Anni Live", Captain Trip, Space Dreams, Volcano The Bear - Physio & Firkin, Leicester, 5/9/97, Brian Barritt - Memoirs Of A Cosmic Joker, reviews, etc.
Issue 38 (Magazine)
Audion 38 (8/1997) 48 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition - Part 4: The French Connection (Etron Fou, ZNR, Albert Marcoeur, Art Zoyd)plus: NME at the NFT - Julian Cope Presents A Krautrocksampler, Sphere & IQ - The Palace Theatre, Newark, 11/5/97, Artemiy Artemiev, Cluster On Tour, Volcano The Bear - Physio & Firkin, Leicester 1997, SFF - An interview with Heinz Fröhling, Urban Sax - "Street Life" at the South Bank, London 18/7/97, The Deviants, King Crimson "Epitaph", Cunieform Records, Se…
Issue 33 (Magazine)
Audion 33 (10/1995) 44 pages. Cover article: Agitation Free - Roots Of The Berlin Krautrock Sceneplus: Fushitsusha , Chris Cutler - The Interview, Rescued Relics: Atlas, Fifty Foot Hose, Vita Nova, etc., Nuova Consonanza, Hoelderlin, U.K. Electronica 1995, Maureen Anderson / Shapeshifter, reviews: Boud Deun, Cranioclast, Cul De Sac, Groon, Heretic, Magma, Melting Euphoria, Mimir, Saddar Bazaar, etc.
Issue 31 (Magazine)
Audion 31 (4/1995) 40 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition, part 2 - the Henry Cow legacyplus: Cuneiform Records, Legend Music, Lost Vinyl, Discipline Global Mobile, Tony Conrad With Faust + AMM - QEH, London, 17/2/95, Art Gallery, Teru's Symphonia, Bi Kyo Ran: A Japanese Progressive Legend, Magical Power Mako, Jorge Reyes, plus: MIA, Grey Lady Down, Frei Zinger, reviews, etc.
Issue 30 (Magazine)
Audion 30 ((2/1995) 40 pages. Cover article: Rock In Opposition, part 1 - Univers Zero/Present/Daniel Denisplus: Made In Sweden 90s Style, Art Zoyd - Queen Elizabeth Hall, Electronic Music From Cologne: Stockhausen, Eimert, etc., Morphogenesis - Conway Hall 3/11/94, New Perspectives In Music, New Synth from Europe: Ron Boots, Frank Quasar, etc., 5uu's, The Hafler Trio, Rufus Zuphall - Avalon And On, etc.
Issue 29 (Magazine)
Audion 29 (10/1994) 40 pages. Cover article: French Special: Jean-François Pauvros / Jac Berrocal / Catalogue plus: UK Electronica 1994, Voiceprint - Radio Sessions, Byoung Duk Kim, Rhys Chatham + 101 Electric Guitars,John Etheridge Band, Mother Gong - Leicester 94, Klaus Schulze - Paris 94, Jacques Rémus: Mecamusique, The Urban Sax Experience, Richard Pinhas & John Livengood - interview, Odd Size, etc.
Issue 27 (Magazine)
Audion 27 ((3/1994) 40 pages. Cover article: Ozric Tentacles - A Psychedelic History plus: UK Electronica 1993: Land Of Yrx, Richard Pinhas, Geinoh Yamashiro Gumi, Carlo La Manna, Progressive Rock Worldwide, World Music Messenger Service, Progfest '93 Citadel, Änglagård, Quill, IQ, Man live, Klaus Schulze - Silver Edition, Bacillus Records - Classic labels #5, Happy Family - A Japanese Zeuhl Monster, etc.
Issue 26 (Magazine)
Audion 26 (11/1993) (11/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Arthur Brown - Still Crazy! plus: AMP Records - Electronic Evening 27/6/93, SI Music - Progressive & Melodic Rock, Peter Michael Hamel & Between, Jim O'Rourke - Industrial Soundscapes, Luigi Russolo - Father Of Noise, Prog & Psych Labels (Background, Aftermath, BGO, etc.), Arrival Music, Trettoåriga Kriget - Thirty Years War, Anekdoten, etc.rear cover: Instant Record Collection 4: The Rhythm Devils - The Apocalypse Now Sessions to "Sound Scu…
Issue 25 (Magazine)
Audion 25 (6/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Carpe Diem - Seize The Day! plus: Dome: Bruce Gilbert & Graham Lewis, Pat Metheny - live 93, Iannis Xenakis - Electronic music of..., Steve Hackett - live, Icebreaker - Phoenix Arts 93, Goblin - Music To Terrorise, Toru Takemitsu, Franco Battiato - Pollution, Änglagård - Hybris, John Mclaughlin Trio, The Rain Garden, Courtyard Moth (live reviews); Edition RZ, reviews, etc. rear cover: Instant Record Collection 3: Teddy Lasry - e=mc² to Jorge Reyes - Ek…
Issue 24 (Magazine)
Audion 24 (3/1993) 40 pages. Cover article: Gilbert Artman: Lard Free & Urban Sax - plus: Lightwave & Paul Haslinger interview, Iancu Dumitrescu, King Crimson - The Great Deceiver, Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass, Morphogenesis - An interview with, Roach/Reyes/Schulte - live in Paderborn, Germany 2/10/92, Supersister - Who Is Nancy?, Lovely Music, Miranda Sex Garden, UK Electronica, '92, Musea, etc. rear cover: Instant Record Collection 2: Paul Dolden - The Threshold Of Deafening Silence to Lar…
Issue 22 (Magazine)
Audion 22 (7/1992) 44 pages. Cover article: Sound Sculptures: Lasry Baschet, Jean Tinguely, Sonde, etc. plus: Caravan Of Dreams - Live 91, Ozric Tentacles - Live 92, Hawkwind - Live 92, Djam Karet & Atavism Of Twilight, Richard Pinhas (interview), Current 93 - Keeping Up With The Current..., Anckartsröm, Igra Staklenih Perli, Harry Partch, Mario Bertoncini, Sonde, Ian Boddy (interview), plus: Harmonium, Voiceprint, Alquimia, reviews, etc.
Issue 14 (Magazine)
Audion 14 (3/1990) 32 pages. cover article: Silence Records plus: Welcome Back Germany!, Jack Tamul, French Progressif, Musea Records, Lawrence Ball, Recommended Records, Gerard, GRRR! Un Drame Musical Instantane, Bernard Vitet, etc., Live In Leicester: Nexus, Amadinda, Shiva Nova, From The Archives Banco, East Of Eden, High Tide, Electronical Dreams, reviews, etc. rear cover: artist list, part 4 Pump to Zweistein
Issue 11 (Magazine)
Audion 11 (3/1989) 32 pages. Cover article: Brain 1000 Series - Classic labels, part #1 plus: David Torn!, Better Days Distribution, Peter Frohmader new releases, Friendsound, Behind The Iron Curtain -Part 3: East Germany, Due (interview), Eduardo Polonio (interview), Musea Records, Pierrot Lunaire - An Italian Rock Legend, Clonicos, Circadian Rhythm, Reviews: Tonspur Tapes, Jabir, reviews, etc.