First coming to prominence with hugely-acclaimed 2012 LP The Ghosts Of Bush, Howlround is a quintet (four slightly battered machines, one slightly battered operator) that creates recordings and performances entirely from manipulating field recordings, tape delay and feedback on vintage reel-to-reel machines, with all electronic effects or artificial reverb strictly forbidden. In an age where one can create all manner of electronic music with a simple swipe of a mouse, Howlround prove not only how much fun is to be had making things complicated again, but also how little effort is sometimes needed to create genuinely uncanny and beguiling soundworlds: the rough underbelly to our pristine digital era or ‘conjuring magic’ as Electronic Sound Magazine describe it. A Howlround live show is always a spectacle, with tape loops stretched and balanced precariously around the venue, while we try desperately to prevent them becoming entangled – part sound design, part chaotic performance art. So far we’ve taken our loops all over Europe and to the US, playing churches, basements, industrial shafts and secret nuclear bunkers to name a few. Ninth album ‘A Loop Where Time Becomes’ is out now on Castles In Space and a new release is planned for the autumn.