Craig Armstrong

byMat Smith
March 9, 2023

Revered Scottish composer Craig Armstrong recalls the excitement of working with Massive Attack on their influential second album, ‘Protection’, and releasing his own work on their Melankolic label

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In the weeks before his recent untimely death, Keith McIvor, aka JD Twitch, revisited the birth of Optimo Espacio, the celebrated Glasgow club night he helmed with Jonnie Wilkes, from 1997 to 2010 and beyond

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Laurent Garnier ‘Electrochoc’

byNeil Mason

Originally published in French in 2003, Laurent Garnier’s book ‘Electrochoc’ finally gets an English version. We talk to the author and, in an exclusive extract, he casts back to 1993 and recalls his very first visit to Detroit

TTime Machine

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Greg Wilson

byNeil Mason

We rewind to 1983 and find ourselves in a time when one record player seemed ample. And then along comes DJ godhead Greg Wilson and he’s live on the telly with two record players and they’re called “turntables”. Whatever next?

TTime Machine

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SP-1200 Sampler

byWill Stokes

When his iconic SP-1200 sampler received a 30th anniversary reissue, designer Dave Rossum took us through the moment he first tested its predecessor and realised he had changed music creation forever with an infinite pee

TTime Machine

5 minute read

The Haçienda

byMat Smith

Ben Kelly, the designer of The Haçienda, talks us through the club’s iconic design aesthetic

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4 minute read

Terry Riley

byJames Thornhill

In November 1964, a group of musicians, many who would go on to become key in the avant-Garde movement, took to a stage in San Francisco to perform a work that would change music FOREVER. We delve into the legacy of Terry Riley’s masterpiece, ‘In C’