Way Out West ‘The Gift’
Way Out West’s Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren talk through the making of their 1996 attention-grabbing single, ‘The Gift’
400 Blows ‘…If I Kissed Her I’d Have To Kill Her First…’ (Illuminated ,1984)
Synder: “If you got outta here, there are a lot of people who think you’d start killing again.”
The Fairlight Era: The Dawn Of Sampling
It’s synonymous with the sleek sound of the 1980s, and while you might know its name, what actually is a Fairlight CMI?
Tangerine Dream: The Reims Cathedral Disaster
The inside story of Tangerine Dream’s infamous performance at Reims Cathedral in France in 1974
Simple Minds: Dont You Forget About Me
Smash hits? They’ve had ’em. Enormodomes? They’ve played the lot. Life? They’ve lived it. With a new album on the shelves, we catch Simple Minds’ founding members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill at their Glasgow HQ… forget about them? Not a chance
Poppy Ackroyd: Shock Of The Neo
Not content on resting on her classically-trained laurels, Poppy Ackroyd takes inspiration from nature and revels in an unconventional approach to tickling the ivories
Boyd Rice / Frank Tovey ‘Easy Listening For The Hard Of Hearing’ (Mute, 1984)
Originally recorded in 1981 at London’s Blackwing Studio, this brilliant maniacal fusion of weird soundscapes and fucked up noise ideology is one of the records that got away.
Trevor Horn: Clever Trevor
With the release of remastered versions of classic ZTT albums by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Propaganda, the label’s co-creator Trevor Horn discusses the controversial chart-topping smash hits, the law suits and some eye-wateringly expensive synths
Why does it hurt when my heart misses the beat?
As ‘A Secret Wish’ gets a welcome reissue this month, Propaganda founder Ralf Dörper retells the incredible tale behind one of the most striking acts of the 1980s
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith: Doing it by the Buchla
Appearing seemingly out of nowhere with her stop-you-in-your-tracks album ‘The Kid’, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith talks Buchla, the great outdoors, Buchla, why electronic music very much isn’t cold and uninviting… and Buchla