When Author & Punisher first rose to prominence through its compelling mangle of abrasive, robotic electronica in the mid-’00s, few could’ve imagined that the project would still be breaking fresh ground almost two decades down the line. The metallic-industrial alter-ego of engineer, instrumentalist, vocalist and avant-garde sculptor Tristan Shone, A&P was an undertaking designed to meld man, machine and music with untold levels of intimacy and immersion, replicating the sounds of thrusting pistons and grinding gears via the construction of audacious new audio apparatus. Surely, the intrigue was more to do with the hyper-physical making of strange cyborg sounds rather than the songs themselves. Nine albums down the line, however, Tristan has proven himself an artist...
