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London-based producer of exquisitely tripped-out techno Moiré is about to release his debut album Shelter through Actress' Werkdiscs label. In his first major interview, he tells Rob Heath about drawing influence from visual art and films, and using music as a means to leave reality behind
The recent announcement that the OED had made "GIF" its word of the year prompts Ryan Diduck to consider the similarities of that tiny looping file format to culture in 2012, and why, like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, being doomed to repeat ourselves might not be entirely a bad thing
From a love for choral music inspired by his grandmother, to discovering Steve Reich at school, setting up a label just to release SD Laika and seeing Cocteau Twins on Top Of The Pops 2, Visionist picks the thirteen albums that made him the artist he is today