The 1980s Madrid Electronic Music Scene
In 1980s Madrid, La Movida Madrileña, a hedonistic counterculture movement emerged in the wake of Franco’s death. With it came a wave of electronic music that is seeing a reappraisal four decades on
The Mick Jones Tape
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Eleanor Grant’s ‘(I Am Ready) Sexual Healing’
Laurie Anderson ‘O Superman’
Laurie Anderson tells us about the very unassuming way her massive 1981 hit, ‘O Superman’, came to be
Zdeněk Liška
Resident archivist Jack Dangers disappears down the rabbit hole of soundtracks by Czechoslovakian composer Zdeněk Liška
Louis Borlase
Squid’s Louis Borlase reveals the first and last albums he bought and the one he turns to in an emergency
Roddy Woomble
Roddy Woomble takes a seat as we plug in the quick-fire question machine and press the “Go” button
The United States of America
Big place, America. So big that if our so-called columnist ever visited he could easily get lost
KAMI-O
Trad Indian licks get bass makeover