Hannah Peel: Star Turn
From Holst’s ‘The Planets’ to galactic explorer Mary Casio, Hannah Peel has drawn much inspiration from the mysteries…
Moon Shot
Charting NASA’s extraordinary eight-day mission in July 1969 that saw the first Moon landing, the new ‘Apollo 11’ documentary is not just a visual feast, but an audio one too. Director Todd Douglas Miller, composer Matt Morton and sound designer Eric Milano explain how they brought this remarkable achievement to life
Lunar Tunes
Andrew Smith details the musical backdrop to his best-selling book ‘Moondust’, a fascinating journey to find and interview the surviving moonwalkers, and explains how the Apollo missions and the counter-culture of the 1960s were flip sides of the same coin
Jeremy Dutcher: Mind Your Language
Taking it upon himself to preserve the almost lost language of his Canadian ancestors, Jeremy Dutcher has created a singularly important record in the award-winning ‘Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa’
Ian Boddy: Boddy Talk
Ian Boddy tells us about running his north east-based DiN label, a two-decade labour of love that has carved him a rightful place in the ambient hall of fame
Clint Mansell: Over The Moon
Soundtracking low-budget British film ‘Moon’ was an experience that combined Clint Mansell’s love of Bowie, modern morality and a lifetime of sci-fi into one of his most meaningful projects. The composer tells us how science fiction offers a mirror to mankind
Clark
Computer games, classical, crunchy techno and… Lucian Freud. Clark shares the influences that have contributed to his bristly electronic beats
Space Tourism
We’ve had 70 years of getting excited about Space Tourism, but we’re still waiting for the Lunar Hilton to open
Merz ‘Merz’ (Epic, 1999)
Back in the olden days, many music journalists had a nice sideline penning biogs, frothy one-pagers extolling the virtues of a major label’s next big thing. The money was more than you’d earn writing a cover feature, so understandably competition was fierce.
The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’
The Orb’s Alex Paterson talks us through the making of the stone-cold chill-out classic ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’