Under The Influence

Founder of the seminal Mo’Wax label, art curator and the man from UNKLE, James Lavelle shares a few of his favourite formative inspirations

Cabaret Voltaire custodian and sonic lone ranger in his own right, Richard H Kirk guides us through a handful of his formative influences

Tindersticks’ frontman Stuart Staples talks us through some of the influences that shape his life and work

A man who needs no introduction… Oh go on then. Visage linchpin, Ultravox frontman, Band Aid mastermind and solo artiste, Midge Ure shares a few formative influences

The US-born, Iceland-dwelling John Grant takes us on a journey through a few of the influences that have shaped his idiosyncratic world view

The man behind the mighty On-U Sound label, dub kingpin Adrian Sherwood, shares a few of the formative influences that have shaped him and his considerable studio smarts

Stars Of The Lid and A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie talks us through his formative influences

Blancmange/Near Future’s Neil Arthur shares the influences that shaped him. And yes, the sound of grouting is among them…

We asked Saint Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell about her formative influences. She makes some rather inspired choices…

Composer, pianist and sonic adventurer Max Richter talks us through a few of his formative influences