Robert Görl
When Robert Görl embarked on the recording of ‘The Paris Tapes’ in 1987, it marked the end of a traumatic period in the DAF man’s life. This is his terrible tale…
Ariwo
Fusion music built with cuban links
Gogo Penguin: Unelectronic Sound
With just three instruments between them, how is that Manchester’s Gogo Penguin sound so familiar? We lift the lid on their jazz-like exterior and find out how they do live electronica… with no electronics
Ciccone Youth
When Ciccone Youth’s genius cover versions of Madonna’s ‘Into The Groove’ and ‘Burnin’ Up’ arrived in 1986, how long did it take to work out Sonic Youth were involved? Word soon got around…
Art Of Noise: Picture This
It seems fitting that one of the most inventive acts of the 1980s has a back story you couldn’t make up. On the eve of a live reboot, Anne Dudley, JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan tell the incredible tale of Art Of Noise. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin…
Fukiya & Miyagi: “We’ve never even been to Japan”
What’s in a name? Quite a lot it’d seem if you are as misunderstood as Fujiya & Miyagi, whose warm, thrumming tunes are… well, what? we do our best to get to the bottom of the whole thing
Vesce
Shuuush, it’s the new sound of Bristol
Henry Green
Shuuush, it’s the new sound of Bristol
James Holden: Animal Magic
From acclaimed prog house DJ to moroccan Gnawa music collaborator would seem a fairly expansive career arc for any musician, but for James Holden it was just the beginning…