Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

byRobert Harris
April 11, 2024

Man Parrish tells the blistering story behind his futuristic and uncompromising 1982 floorfiller ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’ – barks and all

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Hula ‘Freeze Out’

byMat Smith

Ron Wright, from Sheffield’s second-wave industrial funkers Hula, talks us through the making of the 1986 Steel Town electro showstopper, ‘Freeze Out’

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4 minute read

The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

byMat Smith

The Orb’s Alex Paterson talks us through the making of the stone-cold chill-out classic ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

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3 minute read

Dominatrix ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’

byJoe Roberts

A huge hit on New York’s 80s club scene, Dominatrix’s ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’ was an irresistible combination of new wave and electro. Mastermind Stuart Argabright tells us how it all came about

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5 minute read

A Man Called Adam ‘Barefoot In The Head’

byNeil Mason

Sally Rodgers talks about the rise and rise of A Man Called Adam’s 1990 Balearic classic ‘Barefoot In The Head’

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4 minute read

Strafe ‘Set It Off’

byJoe Silva

Steve Standard recalls the making of his haunting electro classic ‘Set It Off’, released under the name Strafe, which took 1980s New York by storm

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4 minute read

Thomas Leer ‘Private Plane’

byMat Smith

Thomas Leer remembers Port Glasgow, friend and collaborator Robert Rental, and what led him to create ‘Private Plane’ and his “homemade” electronic sound

Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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Robert Harris

Hula ‘Freeze Out’

The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

Dominatrix ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’

A Man Called Adam ‘Barefoot In The Head’

Strafe ‘Set It Off’

Thomas Leer ‘Private Plane’

Malcolm McLaren

Steve Hovington ‘Remembrance Day’

Grauzone ‘Eisbär’

Shackleton: Most Haunted

Rusty Egan

Emil Schult: Updating The Man-Machine

Andy Votel: A Tribe Called Votel

Hannah Peel: Permanent Waves

Man Parrish ‘Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don’t Stop)’

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