Under The Influence

Nik Colk Void of Factory Floor takes us on a trip through her formative influences, from her dad making concrete to a chance meeting with Sonic Youth’s manager and beyond. Strap yourself in, it’s quite a ride

From Wellington to Melbourne to Sydney to London to Los Angeles. Pip Brown, aka Ladyhawke, settles down for just about long enough to talk through some of the things that have shaped her along the way 

Krautrock aficionado and one-time Stereolab man Tim Gane takes time off from his Cavern of Anti-Matter project to tell us what makes his creative juices bubble

Musician, producer, long-time Andrew Weatherall cohort, catering wiz, open mic troubadourette and all-round techno legend, Nina Walsh offers up her thoughts on the people, places and events that shaped her

There was us thinking the Erasure frontman would be an open book when it came to his formative years. Not a bit of it… country & western and steam engines! Welcome to the wonderful world of Andy Bell

Superstar DJ and remixer extraordinaire, Paul Oakenfold reveals that, among other things, his dad’s skiffle band proved more than influential on his formative years…

Pere Ubu’s infamous frontman David Thomas takes his turn to share some of the building blocks behind his groundbreaking work

Ex-Air man Nicolas Godin talks us through the often refined inspirations for ‘Contrepoint’, his new solo album

Gerald Simpson, better known as A Guy Called Gerald, reveals the inspirations and influences behind his work going right back to his earliest days as a pioneering force of the UK acid house scene

Robin Guthrie blazed trails as one third of the truly unique Cocteau Twins. Now he blows the doors off our regular feature where all he has to talk about are his influences. Still, what did we expect from a man whose music has always defied description?