Franz Kirmann
Composer/multi-instrumentalist Franz Kirmann on the first and last records he bought, and the one he always turns to in an emergency
XYLA
Genre-twisting Bay Area hitmaker
Faceless ‘Achievement’ (Noisebox, 1995)
Norfolk’s answer to The Chemical Brothers, Alistair Cormack and Thomas Albrighton were an ambient dub duo from Norwich.
Pink Shabab
Cross-channel school-disco funkster
Kincaid
Musical magpie keeps it in the family
Aux Luna
Attic conversions with cryptic Midlander
Betty Boo
Marking her first single in three decades with the ‘Love Action’-sampling ‘Get Me To The Weekend’, Betty Boo reveals her formative influences
Pirate Radio Ads
We travel back to the good old days of pirate radio and meet Luke Owen, the man behind a new collection of quirky between-song adverts that used to fill our illegal airwaves
Underground Resistance
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: Underground Resistance
Spacemen 3 ‘Big City’
Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember talks us through the making of Spacemen 3’s 1991 showstopper ‘Big City’