Under The Influence

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?

DJ, producer and Death In Vegas mastermind Richard Fearless shares some of the main motivating forces behind his work

To mark the release of ‘Hairless Toys’, her first album for eight years, former Moloko singer Róisín Murphy maps out her journey from then to now via the people and places she’s encountered on the way

Steve Cobby, the Hull producer behind Fila Brazillia, The Solid Doctor and The Cutler, picks out some inspirational highlights

With the release of ’N.O.W. Is The Time’, an album featuring the finest moments of Nightmares On Wax’s 25-year career, Now big chief George Evelyn talks us through some of the people, places and sounds that have inspired him and his tuneage