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The Originators: Origin Of The Species
Think Altern-8, Unique 3, Forgemasters, LFO and Krush. The bleep sound of Sheffield spawned an entire genre, not to mention its own label, Warp. Now the makers of many of those original tunes have mobilised once again as The Originators…
The Brain, Wardour Street, London
Opening in the late 80s, The Brain on London’s Wardour Street championed pretty much an entire generation of DJs and electronic live acts. Co-founder Sean Mclusky tells the club’s incredible tale
Tiny Magnetic Pets: Pet Sounds
With friends in high places and a new album set to make waves, Irish synthpoppers Tiny Magnetic Pets look ready for the limelight
Baxter Dury
Sharing some of the influences that shaped the sound and the attitude of his new album, enter the fascinating world of Baxter Dury
Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)
Leila Arab was born in Iran, but moved to Britain at an early age, her family forced to flee the country’s Islamic Revolution because of her father’s ties with the ousted Shah
Fader: Great Minds Think Alike
Working remotely with little discussion of the music being passed between them, Fader aren’t your usual electronic outfit. You might recognise the pair of them too…
Underworld: Crazy, Crazy, Crazy, Crazy
In March, they played their biggest-ever headline show in front of 10,000 people at London’s Alexandra Palace. Entitled ‘The Surreal Carnival Experiment’, it blew the doors off any ideas of what a live show should be. But what did you expect? This is Underworld after all
Adrian Sherwood
The man behind the mighty On-U Sound label, dub kingpin Adrian Sherwood, shares a few of the formative influences that have shaped him and his considerable studio smarts
Noga Erez
Compelling Tel Aviv MC and partner in crime fuel future-facing mash-ups