Ultramarine ‘Stella’

byRob Harris
February 11, 2021

Paul Hammond talks us through Ultramarine’s 1990 folktronic classic, ‘Stella’

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Martha And The Muffins ‘Echo Beach’

byDavid Pollock

Singer Martha Johnson and songwriter Mark Gane of Martha And The Muffins discuss the making of their influential 1980 new wave classic, ‘Echo Beach’

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Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all

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Lush ‘Sweetness And Light’

byBob Fischer

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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Scanner ‘Runaway Train’

byES Staff

‘Runaway Train’, a stark live recording of radio communication between the driver of derailing Canadian train and his controller, appeared on vinyl in 1993, uncredited on the Ash International label. It was of course an early Scanner release. Robin Rimbaud talks us through the extraordinary release…

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