SP-1200 Sampler

byWill Stokes
March 10, 2022

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

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Will Stokes

Space Tourism

byPush

We’ve had 70 years of getting excited about Space Tourism, but we’re still waiting for the Lunar Hilton to open

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The 1990s Finnish Electro Scene

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A deep dive into the thrilling backstory to the 1990s Finnish Electro Scene, with key figures speaking about what made those years – and that music – so special

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Fat Roland’s Xmas 2021 Time Machine

byFat Roland

Getting in the office time machine for the traditional festive trip, our very own loose canon isn’t messing around… Jesus! he exclaimed. Jesus, we sighed

TTime Machine

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Mark Hollis

byWill Stokes

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

TTime Machine

5 minute read

801, The Supergroup That Lasted Six Weeks

byPush

We’re heading back to the sizzling summer of 1976, where one-time Roxy Music colleagues Phil Manzanera and Brian Eno are heading up the intense but brief experiment they called 801

TTime Machine

5 minute read

Noël ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

byJeremy Allen

Written and produced by Ron and Russell Mael, but kiboshed by Richard Branson and the war on disco, Noël tells the story of her incredible lost classic, ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

SP-1200 Sampler

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Will Stokes

Space Tourism

The 1990s Finnish Electro Scene

Fat Roland’s Xmas 2021 Time Machine

Mark Hollis

801, The Supergroup That Lasted Six Weeks

Noël ‘Is There More To Life Than Dancing?’

Wayne Coyne

Love Parade Music Festival

Barry Adamson

Benefits: Friends With Benefits

Brian Griffin: Trip The Light Fantastic

Miki Yui: Deep Listening

Gaister: Immersion Therapy

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SP-1200 Sampler

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