Richard X

byMat Smith

Producer Richard X talks about his Girls On Top single ‘Being Scrubbed’, the pioneering 2001 mash-up of early Human League and TLC tracks

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The Grid ‘Flotation’

byNeil Mason

Richard Norris tells the story behind The Grid’s 1990 stone-cold ambient house classic ‘Flotation’

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6 minute read

Japan, ‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’, (Virgin Records)

byRosie Morgan

Synth master Richard Barbieri remembers the heady days of 1980 and gives us the full skinny on Japan’s first single for Virgin Records

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4 minute read

Scott Simon

byJools Stone

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

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4 minute read

The Beatmasters ‘Rok Da House’

byIan Berriman

The Beatmasters’Paul Carter recalls the making of ‘Rok Da House’, their 1987 hit with The Cookie Crew – widely acknowledged as the first hip house record

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4 minute read

French producer extraordinaire Marc Cerrone Tells the tale behind the making of his stone-cold 1977 Space DISCO smash hit ‘Supernature’ (or for those of a certain age, the theme to the ‘Kenny Everett Video Show’)

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5 minute read

Age Of Chance, ‘Kisspower’

byNeil Mason

Recorded in November 1986, Age Of Chance’s ‘Kisspower’ was a cut ’n’ paste trailblazer based around Prince’s ‘Kiss’ and featuring a host of samples from Run DMC to Bruce Springsteen. Geoff Taylor, AOC’s bass dominator, talks us through its genesis

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