Alex From Tokyo
Alex From Tokyo recalls the changing music scenes of 1980s and 90s Japan and their totemic influence on his career as a producer, DJ and label head
I Monster: Bugged Out
With a deluxe reissue of their gloriously quirky ‘Neveroddoreven’ album, their first live dates in nearly two decades and fresh material in the offing, I Monster – Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling – are back with a vengeance
Electribe 101: On Reflection
Influenced by Chicago deep house but with a discernible European and electro-soul twist, Electribe 101’s 1990 debut album wowed critics far and wide. With a definitive reissue just out, singer Billie Ray Martin looks back at how it all fell into place
Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’
Man Parrish tells the blistering story behind his futuristic and uncompromising 1982 floorfiller ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’ – barks and all
Dualist Inquiry: Double Vision
Incorporating house, dub, ambient and synthwave hues, Indian producer Sahej Bakshi – aka Dualist Inquiry – creates scintillating and gorgeously wonky sonic sketches
Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)
There wasn’t much room on the dancefloor for the version of Fingerprintz that released their ‘Distinguishing Marks’ LP in 1980...
Dorothy Moskowitz: California Scheming
In the 1960s, Dorothy Moskowitz voyaged through the heart of the US avant-garde, a journey culminating in the explosive psychedelia of her influential band, The United States Of America. Six decades on, the essence of that artistic revolution is emerging again
Bolis Pupul: Star Pupul
Rooted somewhere between Yellow Magic Orchestra, Chicago house, Detroit techno and Belgian new beat, the phat grooves and intimate reflections of Ghent producer Bolis Pupul are a joy to behold
Arushi Jain: Raga Time
Deploying contemporary electronics that riff on Indian classical idioms, modular synthesist Arushi Jain crafts potent and beguiling otherworldly sounds
101 Records of 1981
Have you all got something fizzy in your plastic glasses?