The Art Of Noise ‘Close (To The Edit)’

Anne Dudley recalls the making of The Art Of Noise’s hugely influential 1985 hit ‘Close (To The Edit)’

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The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

The Orb’s Alex Paterson talks us through the making of the stone-cold chill-out classic ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

China Crisis’ Gary Daly looks back on the genesis of their 1985 hit ‘Black Man Ray’, which featured the late, great Walter Becker at the controls

Max Richter on the making of 2004’s ‘The Blue Notebooks’, his meditative masterwork of “quiet protest”

Laurie Anderson tells us about the very unassuming way her massive 1981 hit, ‘O Superman’, came to be

Scott Simon of Our Daughter’s Wedding recalls the heady early 80s days that sired their electropop classic ‘Lawnchairs’

The Future Sound Of London’s Brian Dougans talks us through the making of his breakthrough track, Humanoid’s 1988 acid classic ‘Stakker Humanoid’