23 Skidoo ‘Coup’

byRob Harris
June 11, 2022

Alex Turnbull talks us through the making of ‘Coup’, the funkin’ great 1984 cut from 23 Skidoo

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Bauhaus ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’

byJools Stone

Bauhaus guitarist Daniel Ash takes us back to the dying days of 1978 and the genesis of ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’, a cornerstone track that launched an entire genre and subculture

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M, ‘Pop Muzik’ (MCA Records, 1979)

byMark Roland

Robin Scott remembers the genesis of ‘Pop Muzik’, his huge worldwide hit as M in 1979. New York, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talk about…

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Howard Jones ‘New Song’

byVel Ilic

Synthpop legend Howard Jones talks us through events that led to his 1983 breakthrough single, ‘New Song’

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Renegade Soundwave ‘Biting My Nails’

byMat Smith

Gary Asquith winds back to 1989 and recounts a tale about cocaine, cursed death masks and a somewhat informal business meeting with Robert Plant

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Way Out West ‘The Gift’

byFat Roland

Way Out West’s Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren talk through the making of their 1996 attention-grabbing single, ‘The Gift’

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Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’

byBen Gilbert

Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney discusses the evolution and impact of the titanic ‘Weekender’, the band’s 1992 post-rave anthem

23 Skidoo ‘Coup’

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Rob Harris

Bauhaus ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’

M, ‘Pop Muzik’ (MCA Records, 1979)

Howard Jones ‘New Song’

Renegade Soundwave ‘Biting My Nails’

Way Out West ‘The Gift’

Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’

Carl Cox

The Grid ‘Floatation’

Steve Cobby

Xeno & Oaklander: Working Overtime

Loula Yorke: Good Vibrations

Hattie Cooke: Hit or Bliss

Gary Numan: Down To Earth

Peter Strickland

23 Skidoo ‘Coup’

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