Miles Davis
In 1985, Miles Davis was offered free reign by his new record label. Those sessions remain unreleased expect for one track, electro synth funker ‘Rubberband’. it’s one of those what could have been moments…
4,120 Words about Underworld
We visit the group’s remote rural HQ to talk about their exciting new World Of Underworld project and find out how they’re using sounds and words and pictures to carve out a unique role as 21st century storytellers
Sanae Yamada: Vive La Void
Usually found conjuring psychedlia as one half of moon duo, Sanae Yamada Tells us about the thinking behind her new solo side-project vive la void
Oneohtrix Point Never : Straw Dog
Films played quite a role in the making of the new Oneohtrix Point Never album, ‘Age Of’. Recording alone in a rented a house on the hill that freaked the bejesus out him at night, Daniel Lapotin talks Kubrick, harpsichords, alien regression and, erm, ‘The Great Whatsit’…
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….
Jon Hopkins: One-Track Mind
The inspiration behind Jon Hopkins’ new album ‘Singularity’ is quite surprising… we talk psychedelic trips in the desert, transcendental meditation on planes, bird watching and wild swimming, oh yes we do
Daniel Figgis: Meat and greet
Maybe he was in Virgin Prunes and the lynchpin of the Princess Tinymeat offshoot, or maybe he wasn’t. Discover how the enigmatic Daniel Figgis is still crafting beguiling music and bewildering audiences today, thank goodness
Clare Grogan
The Altered Images star, actor, presenter and all-round fine human, Clare Grogan reveals a few of her formative influences
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…
Cian Ciaran ‘Ice Hockey Hair’
Acid house, Black Uhuru and Spinal Tap… Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciaran marks the 20th anniversary of their epic ‘Ice Hockey Hair EP’