65DaysofStatic: Day Trippers
Sheffield’s 65daysofstatic have rejected their old ways of working, and yet new album, ‘replicr, 2019’, is totally informed by their past. Any questions? Oh yes…
Wayne Coyne
The Flaming Lips’ dreamer-in-chief Wayne Coyne serves up his formative influences, which take in painters going punk, communal rainbows and the power of wigging out
Suicide, Brussels, 1978
You join us in Brussels, it’s 1978 and Elvis Costello is in town. His hand-picked support act? Alan Vega and Martin Rev’s Suicide. What could possibly go wrong?
808 State ‘Pacific State’
Graham Massey on the making of 808 State’s ‘Pacific State’, the record that both defined and reflected the blithe spirit of the summer of 1989 better than any other
EMS: The Composer
Tristram Cary, avant-garde exponent of all things EMS
Haiku Salut: General Knowledge
Creating a live soundtrack to a silent Buster Keaton classic has been quite the learning curve for Derbyshire’s Haiku Salut, who are also adapting to life as a duo, for a little while at least…
Eric Random: Totally Wired
Manchester post-punk innovator and electronic music adventurer Eric Random has seen a surge of interest recently in his classic material, and he’s returned with one of his best albums, the analogue synth-driven ‘Wire Me Up’
EMS: The Ambassador
Robin Wood, from teaboy to salesman to CEO
EMS: A Very British Synthesiser
In early 1969, you could count the world’s synthesiser companies on the fingers of one hand after an unfortunate fireworks accident...
Paranoid London: Clear The Decks
With just a few rickety machines, Paranoid London are taking a new broom to the DIY spirit of acid house. On their latest album, abetted by Alan Vega and Arthur Baker, they’re bringing sleaze back to dance music