Firstborn ‘When It Hits You Feel No Pain’ (Independiente)
"Music moves in mysterious ways, as do, I’ve discovered over the years, the people who work in and around it"
‘Tomorrow’s World’
At the back end of 1969, a new music making machine has its debut on British TV. The show, unsurprisingly, is ‘Tomorrow’s World’, the machine is the Moog Modular…
Adrian Sherwood
The man behind the mighty On-U Sound label, dub kingpin Adrian Sherwood, shares a few of the formative influences that have shaped him and his considerable studio smarts
The Flying Lizards ‘Money’
A Top Five smash hit in 1979, The Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’ is a song that stands out in a crowd. Head Lizard David Cunningham tells the tale of its making
Philippe Besombes: Tour De Force
The 71-year-old Parisian composer Philippe Besombes is a man whose work should have been enjoyed alongside that of his pal Jean-Michel Jarre. The story of this undiscovered electronic pioneer is quite a tale…
We Are The Robots: Only Human
The irresistible draw of robot imagery and the idea of the Man-Machine is one that is firmly embedded in popular culture…
New Order: Expert Knob-Twiddlers
Collecting a dazzling array of New Order production jobs stretching back to the 80s, the scope and scale of Manchester’s finest when behind a mixing desk is laid bare on the ‘New Order Presents Be Music’ compilation
Thievery Corporation: Reggae Reggae Source
It was only a matter of time before the freewheeling dub-inflected sound of Thievery Corporation spawned a full-blown reggae album. Please say hello to ‘The Temple Of I & I’…made in Jamaica to boot
We Are The Robots: They Are The Robots
We visit the remarkable new ‘ROBOTS’ exhibition at London’s Science Museum and find ourselves asking what is our relationship with all these captivating human-like machines
Hauschka and Max Richter: “Music is a beautiful thing to spend your time doing”
When two of the world’s finest contemporary composers get together for a chat, best leave them to it