Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

byBob Fischer
January 18, 2024

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

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Jim Jupp ‘Farmer’s Angle’

byBob Fischer

Jim Jupp mulls over ‘Farmer’s Angle’, his debut Belbury Poly EP from 2004 – the release which launched the iconic Ghost Box label and also kickstarted 21st century hauntology

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Tony James ‘Love Missile F1-11’

byPush

Sigue Sigue Sputnik founder Tony James casts his mind back to 1986 and ‘Love Missile F1-11’, a record that sounded – and still sounds – like nothing else

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Jah Wobble ‘Bomba’

byRob Harris

Jah Wobble talks us through his 1990 Invaders Of The Heart epic ‘Bomba’

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Andy Oppenheimer ‘The Devil’s Dancers’

byBen Murphy

Andy Oppenheimer of Oppenheimer Analysis recalls the creation of their self-released 1982 synthpop gem ‘The Devil’s Dancers’, which became a cult classic and dancefloor favourite when it was reissued on Veronica Vasicka’s Minimal Wave label

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