Under The Influence

Drink, drugs, libraries and gardening… dub maestro Jah Wobble shares a few of his formative influences

The pioneering former Cabaret Voltaire frontman and Creep Show and Wrangler maverick, Stephen Mallinder ponders a few of his influences, past and present

Horse whispering, mbira music, Buchla and electricity, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith reveals her formative influences

Ghostpoet – Obaro Ejimiwe to his friends – reflects on the influences that have shaped his life and career

Producer and XL Recordings big chief Richard Russell shares a few of the influences that have shaped his life

The man behind the mega hit ‘Killer’, Adamski talks LEGO, lederhosen and Lee “Scratch” Perry

Graham Fellows, the man behind Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, talks us through his formative influences

BBC broadcaster and one half of UNE with remixer and DJ Paul Langley, Mark Radcliffe talks us through his formative influences

The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon discusses some of the influences that have shaped him and his spiffing and surprisingly synth-heavy album ‘Office Politics’

Lancashire electropopper Victoria Hesketh explains how grit, glamour and Joe Goddard helped her to take control of her multi-faceted creation, Little Boots