Eddy Grant ‘Electric Avenue’

byIan Berriman
May 16, 2024

Eddy Grant tells us why he has British Airways to thank for his 1983 mega-hit single ‘Electric Avenue’ – sort of

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Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

byMat Smith

Producer Richard X talks about his Girls On Top single ‘Being Scrubbed’, the pioneering 2001 mash-up of early Human League and TLC tracks

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The Flying Lizards ‘Money’

byNeil Mason

A Top Five smash hit in 1979, The Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’ is a song that stands out in a crowd. Head Lizard David Cunningham tells the tale of its making

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This Heat ‘24 Track Loop’

byIsaak Lewis-Smith

Charles Hayward and Charles Bullen of This Heat talk about ‘24 Track Loop’, an astonishing cut which anticipated jungle through sheer post-punk audacity

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Laraaji ‘Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance’

byRob Harris

American musician Laraaji recalls the making of 1980’s mesmeric new age classic ‘Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance’, produced by Brian Eno

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Mike Score ‘I ran (so far away)’

byJools Stone

A flock of seagulls’ Mike Score looks back at the making of their breakout 1982 hit and mtv smash, ‘I ran (so far away)’

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Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

byBob Fischer

In 1977, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Peter Howell recorded ‘Through A Glass Darkly’, a stunning album of synth-heavy prog rock. The jewel in the crown? ‘A Lyrical Adventure’, the 19-minute epic sprawling across the entirety of Side One

Eddy Grant ‘Electric Avenue’

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Ian Berriman

Richard X ‘Being Scrubbed’

The Flying Lizards ‘Money’

This Heat ‘24 Track Loop’

Laraaji ‘Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance’

Mike Score ‘I ran (so far away)’

Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

The Beloved ‘The Sun Rising’

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Gary Daly ‘Black Man Ray’

Arthur Baker: Quality Baked Goods

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Eddy Grant ‘Electric Avenue’

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