The latest issue of Electronic Sound plunges deep into the dark, uncompromising world of Clock DVA, Sheffield's electro-industrial provocateurs, with an extensive cover feature retracing the group's explosive formative years. What begins with main man Adi Newton rubbing shoulders with future members of The Human League in The Future quickly escalates into a tale of banned venues, constructivist aesthetics, and fearsome live performances that rivalled those of Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire. The piece zeroes in on the first two DVA albums - released between late 1980 and early 1981 - and reads like a fever dream of fights, drugs, porn, cricket, a missing person, and a tragic death.

The issue comes bundled with an exclusive seven-inch on industrial grey vinyl, coupling the original version of 4 Hours - that signature blend of mutant pop, tribal funk and eerie jazz from the acclaimed 1981 album Thirst - with a brand new 2026 reworking of Sensorium, in which Newton pushes the track into more overtly electronic, acid-tinged territory. The reworked version is exclusive to this release.

Elsewhere in the issue, another standout feature revisits the legendary Futurama Festival, the brainchild of Leeds promoter John Keenan. Running from 1979 to 1983, the festival hosted an almost impossibly stacked roster of post-punk's finest - Joy Division, PiL, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Soft Cell, Gang Of Four, Simple Minds, Bauhaus, OMD, Killing Joke, The Sisters Of Mercy and Dead Or Alive among them - and Keenan's firsthand recollections are as wild as you'd expect.

The issue is rounded out with features on Alan Vega, Kim Gordon, Justin Robertson, Kayla Painter, Keith Seatman and Annie Hogan.