Richard Barratt ‘Testone’

byRob Harris
November 10, 2022

Sweet Exorcist’s Richard Barratt – aka DJ Parrot/Crooked Man – recalls the making of 1990’s essential bleep techno cut, ‘Testone’, with Richard H Kirk

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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

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Nik Kershaw ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

byMat Smith

Synthpop legend Nik Kershaw talks us through his 1984 smash hit ‘I Won’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me’

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‘A Love From Outer Space’ AR Kane

byRobert Harris

Rudy Tambala tells the tale behind AR Kane’s crown jewel, ‘A Love From Outer Space’, the dreampop-induced house track from the duo’s 1989 album ‘i’, which still sounds totally out of this world

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Inner City ‘Good Life’

byDavid Pollock

Kevin Saunderson tells us why Inner City’s 1988 chart monster ‘Good Life’ was the right song for the right time

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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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