Over the last few years, MADMADMAD have built a steady reputation as one of the UK’s most

thrilling electronic acts through constant touring and an unbeatable live show that’s cemented

their status as true left-of-center innovators in their class. And the Tottenham-hailing trio is just

getting started: with a new EP set for release later in 2025 that finds Benji Bouton, Kevin

Toublant, and Matt Kelly reinventing their own sound and reflecting the chaos of the world

around them, it’s about to be a mad, mad, mad year for anyone who crosses their path—and all

the better, too.

MADMADMAD emerged in 2017 out of impromptu late night jam sessions in a North London

flat-turn-studio. The result of those DIY excursions was a self-released white-label EP that sold

like hotcakes and generated an instant level of buzz for the group along with their energetic

performances around the UK—a live presence that led to MADMADMAD opening for electronic

pop auteur Róisín Murphy in 2022 and eventually becoming her backing band.

Across three full-lengths albums, the trio have showcased a beguiling and constantly

shapeshifting sound inspired by Black Devil Disco Club and Parliament-Funkadelic’s

otherworldly looseness, as well as the early 2000’s electro and the rough-and-ready dance-punk

sonics of New York City circa the late 1970s and early 1980s—think Liquid Liquid, ESG, and

James Chance and the Contortions with a thoroughly modern coat of paint lovingly splattered

atop the framework those bands established. “The New York scene has definitely been a strong

influence for us,” the band explain. “It buzzes in all directions, and it’s pretty punk-y on every side of the spectrum.”

Their latest album, the krautrock-tastic Behavioural Sink Delirium from 2023, paired

MADMADMAD with producer Eddie Stevens (Zero 7, Moloko, Róisín Murphy) and—in true spirit

to their origins—was recorded in 10 days during the COVID-19 pandemic and fashioned out of

over 30 hours of improv sessions. “Everything was going to shambles, which made for a really

chaotic album,” Benji recalls, describing the record as “very experimental”—which quite literally

applies to the study that the album borrows its title from.

“Scientist John B. Calhoun did this experiment, called Universe 25, where he created a paradise

for mice - a community where they’d have everything they needed to thrive,” he explains. “There

was a tipping point where it became absolutely chaotic. The mice began getting depressed,

cannibalism started, and the fertility rate went down. It felt like what was happening with western

society. We’re offered more than we need, and yet some stuff seems to go not quite right.“

And the trio’s forthcoming EP finds MADMADMAD taking another left turn in their fascinating

discography, diving deep into the sounds of mutant disco and early electronic music to great

effect. “We wanted to go back to our dancier roots,” Matt states. “We strayed away from the

chaos of the last album and were looking to embrace simplicity—bringing it back to the essence

of just bass and drums. We wanted to embrace a pared-down version of what we’ve been doing

these past few years.”