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Robin Guthrie blazed trails as one third of the truly unique Cocteau Twins. Now he blows the doors off our regular feature where all he has to talk about are his influences. Still, what did we expect from a man whose music has always defied description?

Computer games, classical, crunchy techno and… Lucian Freud. Clark shares the influences that have contributed to his bristly electronic beats

Esteemed producer and rebooted Record label boss, Howie B runs through a few of the people, places and philosophies that have shaped his life and work

Perry Como, Ken Dodd, Status Quo. Not names you’d expect to see on the same page, or come to that, on these pages at all. Soft Cell’s Dave Ball reveals the early influences that shaped him.

The pioneering former Cabaret Voltaire frontman and Creep Show and Wrangler maverick, Stephen Mallinder ponders a few of his influences, past and present