David Thomas
Pere Ubu’s infamous frontman David Thomas takes his turn to share some of the building blocks behind his groundbreaking work
801, The Supergroup That Lasted Six Weeks
We’re heading back to the sizzling summer of 1976, where one-time Roxy Music colleagues Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno are heading up the intense but brief experiment they called 801
Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)
Synth master Richard Barbieri remembers the heady days of 1980 and gives us the full skinny on Japan’s first single for Virgin Records
Money Mark, ‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’
Thick as thieves Beastie Boys’ compatriot Money Mark is perhaps best known for his eclectic 1998 album ‘Push The Button’, but his earlier debut, ‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’, was really where it’s at
Lloyd Cole: Dimensional Shift
If you still think of Lloyd Cole as a jangly popster, you’re in need of some re-education. His latest album, ‘1D’, follows on from his 2013 collaboration with krautrock pioneer Roedelius and finds him walking a fine line all the way to the future
Death In Vegas On ‘MTV Fashionably Loud’
It’s 1997 and guess who’s been invited to play on MTV’s leading catwalk-cum-rock concert crossover show? Only psychedelic big beat electro-grunge pioneers, Death In Vegas…
Nicolas Godin
Ex-Air man Nicolas Godin talks us through the often refined inspirations for ‘Contrepoint’, his new solo album
OMD ‘Enola Gay’
Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all
‘Voices From The Dust Bowl’
The late 1990s and early 2000s threw up a slew of Air-style ambient masterpieces – but Fragile State’s 2004 classic ‘Voices From The Dust Bowl’ was criminally overlooked. It may just well be the UK’s ‘Premiers Symptômes’ of the era
Taking The Trans Europe Express
From Paris to Vienna to Düsseldorf, our very own man on the train follows the route laid out on ‘Trans-Europe Express’ for a unique Tour De Kraftwerk