ESG ‘UFO’
Renee Scroggins of South Bronx avant-funkers ESG on how they created ‘UFO’, their much-sampled track of 1980, as “something fun to dance to”
Laurie Anderson ‘O Superman’
Laurie Anderson tells us about the very unassuming way her massive 1981 hit, ‘O Superman’, came to be
The RAH Band ‘The Crunch’
Richard Anthony Hewson – aka The RAH Band – remembers his 1977 Top 10 single ‘The Crunch’
Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’
Classix Nouveaux frontman Sal Solo talks us though the making of their UK smash hit ‘Is It A Dream’
Ultramarine ‘Stella’
Paul Hammond talks us through Ultramarine’s 1990 folktronic classic, ‘Stella’
Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’
Barry Smith tells the story of Add N To (X) and their 1999 robot sex anthem ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’
Ozric Tentacles ‘Sploosh’
Ed Wynne plugs himself into the making of Ozric Tentacles’ 1991 indie dance smash ‘Sploosh’
Red Snapper ‘Hot Flush’
Ali Friend talks us through the making of Red Snapper’s 1995 jazz hop classic, ‘Hot Flush’
Inner City ‘Good Life’
Kevin Saunderson tells us why Inner City’s 1988 chart monster ‘Good Life’ was the right song for the right time
Liquid Liquid ‘Optimo’
Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato tells us about their 1982 ’Optimo’ EP, which features the no wave classic ‘Cavern’, a track that caught Grandmaster Flash’s magpie ears