Will Stokes – Page 3 – Electronic Sound

2 minute read

UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)

byWill Stokes

Generally speaking, listening to a self-aggrandising peer saying, “You like [influential band]? Well, you should really listen to [obscure band]” tends more towards an act of generosity and patience than an educational experience.

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Mark Hollis

byWill Stokes

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

PPulse

2 minute read

Wordcolour

byWill Stokes

TV composer goes underground

LLandmarks

4 minute read

Spacemen 3 ‘Big City’

byWill Stokes

Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember talks us through the making of Spacemen 3’s 1991 showstopper ‘Big City’

TTime Machine

4 minute read

SP-1200 Sampler

byWill Stokes

When his iconic SP-1200 sampler received a 30th anniversary reissue, designer Dave Rossum took us through the moment he first tested its predecessor and realised he had changed music creation forever with an infinite pee

QQ&As

3 minute read

Love Hultén

byWill Stokes

Like the mad machines he builds, Swedish designer Love Hultén is one of a kind. We got together to find out what inspires him to keep building