Liquid Liquid ‘Optimo’
Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato tells us about their 1982 ’Optimo’ EP, which features the no wave classic ‘Cavern’, a track that caught Grandmaster Flash’s magpie ears
The Grid ‘Floatation’
Richard Norris tells the story behind The Grid’s 1990 stone-cold ambient house classic ‘Flotation’
The Beloved ‘The Sun Rising’
The Beloved’s Steve Waddington talks us through their club crossover classic, ‘The Sun Rising’
A Certain Ratio ‘Shack Up’
Martin Moscrop talks us through A Certain Ratio’s cover version of Banbarra’s 1975 funk barnstormer, ‘Shack Up’
Berlin ‘The Metro’
Berlin’s Terri Nunn talks us through the making of 1981’s underground marker in the sand, ‘The Metro’
Freeez ‘IOU’
Freeez’s John Rocca talks us through the making of the electro-funk mega hit ‘IOU’
Hula ‘Freeze Out’
Ron Wright, from Sheffield’s second-wave industrial funkers Hula, talks us through the making of the 1986 Steel Town electro showstopper, ‘Freeze Out’
Josh Wink ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’
Josh Wink talks use through the making of his floor-filling monster, ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’
Thomas Leer ‘Private Plane’
Thomas Leer remembers Port Glasgow, friend and collaborator Robert Rental, and what led him to create ‘Private Plane’ and his “homemade” electronic sound
808 State ‘Pacific State’
Graham Massey on the making of 808 State’s ‘Pacific State’, the record that both defined and reflected the blithe spirit of the summer of 1989 better than any other