Mark Hollis

byWill Stokes
August 11, 2022

Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis famously retreated from the limelight long before his untimely passing in 2019. But a recently unearthed mixtape given to producer Gareth Jones reveals the early musical influences behind this most reclusive of artists

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Will Stokes

Telex Take On Eurovision Song Contest

byJools Stone

We backpedal to 19 April 1980 when leftfield Belgian electronic outfit TELEX took the stage at the Eurovision Song Contest in a bid to bag the legendary musical prize… or failing that, come last with null points

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Ride on Time

byFat Roland

labels said the vocals were “very aggressive” and it barely shifted a copy of its first pressing, so how the heck did Black Box’s ‘Ride on time’ become a global hit?

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Einstürzende Neubauten

byDave Simpson

In January 1984, German experimental noise pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten performed the Concerto For Voice And Machinery in all its spontaneous glory at the ICA in London. Art? Or demolition?

TTime Machine

5 minute read

When Heldon Met Kraftwerk

byJeremy Allen

Heldon guitarist and electronics innovator Richard Pinhas reflects on some memorable encounters with Kraftwerk

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Boccaccio Life, Ghent

byJeremy Allen

A new compilation celebrating Ghent’s Boccaccio Life club provides the perfect opportunity to look back on the makings of this unlikely electronic institution

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The Haçienda Hair Salon

byPush

There were lots of strange things going on in the dark corners of The Haçienda in the 1980s, but the strangest thing of all was Swing, the hairdressing salon in the basement