Orange Juice ‘Rip It Up’

byMatt Parker

The excellent Edwyn Collins explains how Buzzcocks, new-fangled bass synths and music press tittle-tattle shaped Orange Juice’s TB-303 trailblazer, ‘Rip It Up’.

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The War Of The Worlds

byJo Kendall

With punk riding high, who knew a mix of Victorian sci-fi, disco and prog would have such an impact? Jeff Wayne on ‘The War Of The Worlds’ and the making of opening track ‘The Eve of the War’

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Barefoot In The Head

byNeil Mason

Sally Rodgers talks about the rise and rise of A Man Called Adam’s 1990 Balearic classic ‘Barefoot In The Head’

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The Orb ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

byMat Smith

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

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Laurie Anderson ‘O Superman’

byDave Simpson

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

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A huge hit on New York’s 80s club scene, Dominatrix’s ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’ was an irresistible combination of new wave and electro. Mastermind Stuart Argabright tells us how it all came about

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Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

byJoe Banks

Barry Smith tells the story of Add N To (X) and their 1999 robot sex anthem ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

Orange Juice ‘Rip It Up’

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