Mark Hollis

byWill Stokes
August 11, 2022

Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis famously retreated from the limelight long before his untimely passing in 2019. But a recently unearthed mixtape given to producer Gareth Jones reveals the early musical influences behind this most reclusive of artists

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Will Stokes

Einstürzende Neubauten

byDave Simpson

In January 1984, German experimental noise pioneers Einstürzende Neubauten performed the Concerto For Voice And Machinery in all its spontaneous glory at the ICA in London. Art? Or demolition?

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

byPaul Clarke

Paul Hartnoll remembers Orbital’s era-defining Glastonbury headline performance of 1994, which thrust electronic dance music into the spotlight like never before

TTime Machine

4 minute read

14 Hour Technicolor Dream

byMark Roland

The 14 hour Technicolor Dream event at London’s Alexandra Palace 50 years ago heralded the arrival of counterculture and sowed the seeds of the modern multimedia music experience

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Alex From Tokyo

byDavid Pollock

Alex From Tokyo recalls the changing music scenes of 1980s and 90s Japan and their totemic influence on his career as a producer, DJ and label head

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Boccaccio Life, Ghent

byJeremy Allen

A new compilation celebrating Ghent’s Boccaccio Life club provides the perfect opportunity to look back on the makings of this unlikely electronic institution

TTime Machine

4 minute read

The Castlemorton Common Festival

byJoe Clay

The Castlemorton Common Festival took place 32 years ago. The week-long free party sent panic through British society and is recounted here in glorious technicolour