Bayonne: In The Wild
From restaurant chatter to crunching leaves, field recordings add a widescreen quality to Bayonne’s off-kilter productions. It’s all about the subtle details he tells us
Sarah Cracknell
We asked Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell about her formative influences. She makes some rather inspired choices…
Tristram Cary
It’s June 1973 and Tristram Cary is about to debut ‘Divertimento’, a work that was commissioned by Olivetti and composed on a collection of their electronic typewriters and photocopiers
Big Yoga Muffin ‘Wherever You Go, There You Are’ (Echo, 2000)
You’d say that Big Yoga Muffin took the biscuit when it came to daft names, but saying that sort of thing only leads to further unnecessary confectionery puns
Scott Simon ‘Lawnchairs’
Scott Simon of Our Daughter’s Wedding recalls the heady early 80s days that sired their electropop classic ‘Lawnchairs’
The Pop Group: Agit-Future-Funkateers
Since reforming in 2010, The Pop Group have gone about reinventing themselves fit for a musical journey into the 21st century. We join Mark Stewart at the controls…
Giorgio By Moroder
He is the godfather of disco and so much more. We talk Munich, his Musicland Studios, The Rolling Stones, Queen and Led Zeppelin. temperamental Moogs, Kraftwerk and Donna Summer. David Bowie and Oscar-winning soundtracks. Daft Punk, Space in Ibiza and being a globe-trotting superstar DJ aged 76… It’s time to Say hello to the irrepressible Giorgio Moroder
Moby & The Void Pacific Choir: When The Machine Breaks Down
Lining up as Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, the latest adventure from rave’s first superstar stirs both sonically and morally. Who else can combine angry indignation with hands-in-the-air joy so successfully?
Lambchop: Never mind the barbecue chicken and shit
with a little help from potheads, car stereos and tinny supermarket speakers, Kurt Wagner flips the lid and peers into the inner workings of ‘FLOTUS’, the magnificent new Lambchop album
Düsseldorf: A Psycho-Geography Of Electri_City
Sleep-deprived – thanks to a flight that required getting out of bed at three in the morning – is probably the best way to discover a new city