Martin Rev
Suicide’s Martin Rev on the first and last records he bought and the, erm, one he turns to in an emergency
Merz ‘Merz’ (Epic, 1999)
Back in the olden days, many music journalists had a nice sideline penning biogs, frothy one-pagers extolling the virtues of a major label’s next big thing. The money was more than you’d earn writing a cover feature, so understandably competition was fierce.
Brian Dougans
Humanoid/Future Sound Of London’s Brian Dougans faces down the quick-fire question machine
Emotion Wave
Location: Liverpool Est: 2015
Neil Arthur
Him off Blancmange and now near future, Neil Arthur, reveals the first and last records he bought and the one he turns to in an emergency
Charlotte Hatherley
Our new favourite synth convert, Charlotte Hatherley faces the rat-a-tat of quick questions
David Sylvian: When Can Met Japan
In 1986, Holger Czukay and David Sylvian met up at Holger’s converted cinema home/studio in Weilerswist, near Cologne. totally by accident they conjured up Aural magic. In a rare interview, David Sylvian discusses The fruit of the sessions, which are collected in a new boxset to be released later this month
Near Future: Not Tomorrow, the Next Day
In a further bid for musical world domination, Blancmange’s Neil Arthur enlists musician, sculptor and film-maker Jez Bernholz to create the sumptuously minimal Near Future. the pair’s superb debut album is ‘ideal home’.What’s it all about? We ask the questions….
Apostille
Disco dancing, electropop scot
DiN
Location: Middlesbrough, UK Est: 1999