Dave Ball
Perry Como, Ken Dodd, Status Quo. Not names you’d expect to see on the same page, or come to that, on these pages at all. Soft Cell’s Dave Ball reveals the early influences that shaped him.
Rose Elinor Dougall
Rose Elinor Dougall picks a path through her very own musical journey from cradle to, well, right now…
Sparks: Heaven Sent
As Sparks mark the 40th anniversary of their disco opus ‘No 1 In Heaven’, Ron and Russell Mael wonder if it’s a disco record at all, explain how they bluffed their way to getting Giorgio Moroder on board, and reveal their Donna Summer epiphany
The Cinematic Orchestra: The Big Picture
The Cinematic Orchestra’s ‘To Believe’ is a love letter to the power of the album. We meet Jason Swinscoe and Dominic Smith to find out why the long-player still matters in an age of streaming and short attention spans...
Clark
Computer games, classical, crunchy techno and… Lucian Freud. Clark shares the influences that have contributed to his bristly electronic beats
Berlin After Bowie: Gudrun Gut
Gudrun Gut moved to West Berlin in 1975 and she’s been there ever since. Initially enticed by the smell of kebabs wafting through the air, which represented freedom to her, Gudrun Bredemann hunkered down in the political enclave and artistic demi-monde, gradually becoming punk’s answer to Marlene Dietrich.