Robert Margouleff

byBen Murphy
August 13, 2026

Robert Margouleff, Tonto mega-synth inventor, Stevie Wonder collaborator and Devo producer, remembers how synthesisers changed his life – and, to be frank, a fair few of ours

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Delia Derbyshire

byJo Hutton

Recollections of a very special day early in the new millennium when Delia Derbyshire came to tea

TTime Machine

4 minute read

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’

TTime Machine

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Wavemaker

byBob Fischer

Having left the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1973, Brian Hodgson formed the prog-tinged synth duo Wavemaker with Canadian composer John Lewis. Their two albums are underappreciated 1970s gems

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Mike Oldfield ‘Blue Peter’

byNeil Mason

The theme to BBC children’s show ‘Blue Peter’ is instantly recognisable, but did you know the version used from 1979 to 1989 was recorded by prog godhead Mike Oldfield?

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

TTime Machine

4 minute read

Del Shannon

byMark Brend

We set the dial to 1961 where the unmistakable sound of Del Shannon’s Number One smash hit ‘Runaway’ rules the airwaves… but what is that flute-like sound that drives it along? Prepare yourself for a lesson in electronic music instrument history.