Annie Nightingale
Bona fide radio legend Annie Nightingale on the people, products and punch-ups that shaped her career
Malcolm McLaren
Picture the scene. It’s 1979 and in a French library, Malcolm McLaren has unearthed a record that will shape the 1980s pop charts… or has he? We lift the lid on the origins of the Burundi beat sound
Jane In Palma: Phoenix Days
Julian Smith began his Jane In Palma project after a cataclysmic event turned his life upside down in an instant. Six years and two albums on, he’s producing some of the most inventive electronica around
Global Communication: Communication Restored
Ambient kings Global Communication have curated a new boxset of their most celebrated work, including their classic ’76:14’ album and their legendary Chapterhouse remixes. Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard give us the lowdown
ACR: 24-Hour Party People
Still going strong after four decades, A Certain Ratio modestly put their longevity down to lack of fame. Their new album, ‘ACR Loco’, which fuses many of their influences throughout those years, says otherwise
Red Snapper ‘Hot Flush’
Ali Friend talks us through the making of Red Snapper’s 1995 jazz hop classic, ‘Hot Flush’
Geinoh Yamashirogumi ‘Ecophony Rinne’ (Invitation, 1986)
Parliament-Funkadelic. Underground Resistance. Wu-Tang. When you’re thinking about the great musical collectives of the past 50 years, your mind may not jump to the Japanese outfit Geinoh Yamashirogumi.
Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers
Four months later than originally planned, the Design Museum in London hosted ‘Electronic: From Kraftwerk To The Chemical Brothers’, a remarkable retrospective of electronic music
Belbury Poly: Where The Wild Things Are
Ghost Box Records founder Jim Jupp is returning to his otherworldly roots with ‘The Gone Away’, his first solo album as Belbury Poly in four years. It’s not about ghosts this time, though. It’s about fairies
Barry Ashworth
Dub Pistols’ Barry Ashworth reflects on the formative influences that have shaped his life and career