Chris and Cosey ‘October (Love Song)’

byIan Berriman
December 7, 2023

Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti look back on ‘October (Love Song)’, a track they made in 1983 to document the dawn of their love affair

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Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

byIan Berriman

Soho’s Timothy London reflects on their 1990 hit, ‘Hippychick’, which fuses the central riff from The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’ to a Soul II Soul beat

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French producer extraordinaire Marc Cerrone Tells the tale behind the making of his stone-cold 1977 Space DISCO smash hit ‘Supernature’ (or for those of a certain age, the theme to the ‘Kenny Everett Video Show’)

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4 minute read

Freeez ‘IOU’

byRob Harris

Freeez’s John Rocca talks us through the making of the electro-funk mega hit ‘IOU’

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4 minute read

Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

byBob Fischer

In 1977, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Peter Howell recorded ‘Through A Glass Darkly’, a stunning album of synth-heavy prog rock. The jewel in the crown? ‘A Lyrical Adventure’, the 19-minute epic sprawling across the entirety of Side One

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5 minute read

Paul Hardcastle ’19’

byJo Kendall

A Vietnam documentary, revolutionary sampling kit and a young musician who needed to kickstart a new career. In 1985, Paul Hardcastle shook up electronic pop with ‘19’

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4 minute read

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

byPush

Rick Foster recalls the making of Chicory Tip’s 1972 hit ‘Son Of My Father’, the first UK Number One record to feature a synthesiser as the lead instrument