Under The Influence

Fresh from releasing a terrific new solo album of “distracted beats and messy electronics”, one-time Boo Radleys man Martin Carr talks through his defining influences

Hot on the heels of two key Heldon reissues, founder and guitarist Richard Pinhas pinpoints the sounds and inspirations that powered the band’s mind-expanding prog/early synth experiments

Valentina Magaletti is a drummer of rare versatility. Fresh from the release of her fabulously trippy new album with Upsammy, she shares her key inspirations – from coffee and mycology to ping-pong

With The Utopia Strong gearing up for another tour, Steve Davis traces the people, cultural touchstones and sounds that have shaped his sonic adventures

With BBC Radio’s annual 6 Music Festival just around the corner, presenter Deb Grant reveals the formative influences that led her to a life on the airwaves

Hot on the heels of his recent ‘Selenites, Selenites!’ album, Finnish composer and musician Jimi Tenor traces the key inspirations behind his very singular sonic universe

In the wake of his recent release, ‘Manzana’, Planet Mu label founder and IDM veteran Mike Paradinas – aka µ-Ziq – reflects on the influences that shape how he makes music 

Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug) has fused dub, drone, hip hop, grime, metal and isolationist ambient into confrontational, yet beautiful music. As a new album with Ghost Dubs drops, he shares his main influences

As 808 State’s Graham Massey prepares to tour 1991’s acid house/rave classic ‘Ex:el’, he revisits his various influences, from Hawkwind to jazz