The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

byBob Fischer
November 14, 2024

The Go! Team’s Ian Parton looks back on his complex relationship with ‘Ladyflash’, the breakthrough single from their debut album, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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Cian Ciaran ‘Ice Hockey Hair’

bySpenser Tomson

Acid house, Black Uhuru and Spinal Tap… Super Furry Animals’ Cian Ciaran marks the 20th anniversary of their epic ‘Ice Hockey Hair EP’

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5 minute read

Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

byIan Berriman

Soho’s Timothy London reflects on their 1990 hit, ‘Hippychick’, which fuses the central riff from The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’ to a Soul II Soul beat

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4 minute read

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

byPush

Rick Foster recalls the making of Chicory Tip’s 1972 hit ‘Son Of My Father’, the first UK Number One record to feature a synthesiser as the lead instrument

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5 minute read

The Grid ‘Floatation’

byNeil Mason

Richard Norris tells the story behind The Grid’s 1990 stone-cold ambient house classic ‘Flotation’

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5 minute read

It’s 35 years since ‘Gala’ became Lush’s de facto debut album. Now available again as a deluxe reissue, songwriter and guitarist Emma Anderson looks back at the breakthrough track ‘Sweetness And Light’

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5 minute read

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

The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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Bob Fischer

Cian Ciaran ‘Ice Hockey Hair’

Timothy London ‘Hippychick’

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

The Grid ‘Floatation’

Lush ‘Sweetness And Light’

Inner City ‘Good Life’

Nitin Sawhney

A Guy Called Gerald ‘Voodoo Ray’

Craig Armstrong

Teeth Of The Sea: Cosmic Thing

Rusty Egan: Mixing It Up

Tristwch Y Fenywod: A Kind Of Magick

Ben Frost: Nature’s Requiem

Arthur Baker: Quality Baked Goods

The Go! Team, ‘Thunder, Lightening, Strike’

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