The The ‘This Is The Day’

byRobert Harris
June 12, 2025

The The frontman Matt Johnson tells the tale of how the unforgettable ‘This Is The Day’ came to be

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With the release of their new album, ‘Touch’, Tortoise man John McEntire deconstructs the production of ‘Djed’, the Chicago band’s otherworldly defining track and blueprint for the mid-1990s post-rock scene

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Gary Daly ‘Black Man Ray’

byJools Stone

China Crisis’ Gary Daly looks back on the genesis of their 1985 hit ‘Black Man Ray’, which featured the late, great Walter Becker at the controls

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Josh Wink ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’

byJeremy Allen

Josh Wink talks use through the making of his floor-filling monster, ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’

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Oceanic ‘Insanity’

byIan Berriman

Oceanic’s David Harry and Jorinde Williams talk us through the making of ‘Insanity’, their 1991 dance mega-hit

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Trans-X, ‘Living On Video’

byIan Berriman

Trans-X’s Pascal Languirand transports us to a computer wonderland as he recalls the making of his 1985 hit, ‘Living On Video’

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Anne Clark ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’

byRobert Harris

Singer and poet Anne Clark outlines the making of ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’, her defining 1985 synthpop cut with producer David Harrow

The The ‘This Is The Day’

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Robert Harris

Tortoise ‘Djed’

Gary Daly ‘Black Man Ray’

Josh Wink ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’

Oceanic ‘Insanity’

Trans-X, ‘Living On Video’

Anne Clark ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’

Irmin Schmidt ‘SPOON’

Andy Oppenheimer ‘The Devil’s Dancers’

Humanoid ‘Stakker Humanoid’

Suzanne Ciani: Every Trick In The Buchla

Jim Coles

Richard Fearless: Facing Up

Krautrock: Bowie’s Krautrock Connection

Tristwch Y Fenywod: A Kind Of Magick

The The ‘This Is The Day’

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