Hello and welcome to Ion Engine, a fornightly newsletter dedicated to underground and experimental music from Scotland. I’m Stewart Smith, a Glasgow-based music journalist and cultural historian with bylines in The Wire, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily, Tribune, The List, Frieze and many more. I’m not too hung up on defining underground or experimental music, and I have no interest in nationalist gatekeeping or boosterism. Ion Engine is a celebration of community, and I want to make it as inclusive as possible.
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