’bout Sound & Vision

Using oscilloscopes and analogue synthesisers, the latest Simian Mobile Disco album and tour comes directly from the music itself

Warp: 25 years on

Warp Record’s Sheffield roots and rise to fame have been well documented – but 25 years on, how has the label evolved?

Let’s take it to the stage

With revenues from gigs increasingly important, the visuals are becoming works of art. Rachael Steven considers the future of immersive concert experiences

Dream Weaver

Creative director and festival visionary Josie da Bank tells Antonia Wilson what it takes to create Bestival, from stage illustration to a record-breaking giant disco ball

Lost in translation

Rather than homogenising visual communications across cultures, we should be inspired by differences. Paul Belford on a poster by Japanese designer Makoto Saito

For Mash get Shake ‘n’ Vac

Despite regular reposts of its demise, the art of the advertising jingle has never quite gone away – just ask Gio Compario. Then cover your ears

This are 2 Tone

With its stacked type and loafered ‘rude boy’, the identity for 2 Tone records, one of the UK’s most important labels, was packed with attitude

Let’s get physical

If the sound can be delivered digitally, what is the role of the physical object in music packaging? Tim Milne investigates some current desirable items

Play and display

Streaming audio has changed the way we listen to music, but how do the user experiences stack up? Alasdair Scott compares leading devices and services

Let’s Get Physical

Now that the sound can be delivered digitally, does that free the physical object to play a different role in our enjoyment of recorded music? asks Artomatic’s Tim Milne