The Haçienda Hair Salon
There were lots of strange things going on in the dark corners of The Haçienda in the 1980s, but the strangest thing of all was Swing, the hairdressing salon in the basement
Test Dept Miners’ Benefit Concert
It’s September 1984 and UK industrial pioneers Test Dept are flexing their political muscles as they throw their musical weight behind the increasingly bitter miners’ strike, beginning with a now legendary benefit concert in south London
Léon Theremin
The astonishing story of Léon Theremin goes far beyond his famous instrument, taking in war, espionage, kidnap and, ultimately, redemption
The Minimoog
We’re spinning back to 1967, to the birth of Dr Bob’s Amazing Contraption, aka The Minimoog, arguably the most famous synth of all time
Marvin Gaye ‘Sexual Healing’
With a palette of Jupiter-8 and Roland TR-808, Marvin Gaye’s ‘Sexual Healing’ is a true electronic trailblazer. The story behind its making isn’t what you’d expect
When Jacno Met Kraftwerk
His band Stinky Toys were forward-thinking French punk pioneers, but Jacno was so much more. A brush with Kraftwerk in 1977, a story you just couldn’t make up, changed his life
When Patrick Moraz met Bob Moog
Patrick Moraz muses on days out in the 70s with Bob Moog and his synthesisers
The Nurse With Wound List
In 1978, Nurse With Wound lynchpins Steve Stapleton and John Fothergill were unknown noise merchants. Then they made a list that would accidentally become the guiding light for experimental music creators
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?
Amnesia, Ibiza
Steeped in history, there’s more to Ibiza’s legendary Amnesia club than meets the eye