Tortoise ‘Djed’
With the release of their new album, ‘Touch’, Tortoise man John McEntire deconstructs the production of ‘Djed’, the Chicago band’s otherworldly defining track and blueprint for the mid-1990s post-rock scene
Lush ‘Sweetness And Light’
It’s 35 years since ‘Gala’ became Lush’s de facto debut album. Now available again as a deluxe reissue, songwriter and guitarist Emma Anderson looks back at the breakthrough track ‘Sweetness And Light’
The Cleaners From Venus ‘Corridor Of Dreams’
Professional Englishman Martin Newell recounts the story of 1982’s ‘Corridor Of Dreams’, a classic track by The Cleaners From Venus born out of industry disillusionment, fraught relationships and a love for the “damp, misty lands” of Essex
Bill Nelson ‘When The Birds Return’
Influenced by Afrika Bambaataa, West Yorkshire and a dusty old marimba bought from The Beatles, ‘When The Birds Return’ is a forgotten masterpiece by Bill Nelson
‘Monza (Rauf Und Runter)’
Michael Rother dissects ‘Monza (Rauf Und Runter)’, an ethereal cut made with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius for Harmonia’s second album, 1975’s ‘Deluxe’
The Sabres Of Paradise ‘Smokebelch II’
Jagz Kooner, who together with Andrew Weatherall and Gary Burns made up The Sabres Of Paradise, tells the story of the inimitable ‘Smokebelch II’
The Young Gods ‘Longue Route’
Franz Treichler talks us through The Young Gods’ 1989 single ‘Longue Route’, the Swiss group’s wired-up stormageddon of heavy metal samples. D’accoooord!
The The ‘This Is The Day’
The The frontman Matt Johnson tells the tale of how the unforgettable ‘This Is The Day’ came to be
Dubstar ‘Stars’
Dubstar’s Steve Hillier explains how a breaks album, dub reggae and a nightclub closure fed into their 1995 hit ‘Stars’
Swamp Children ‘You’ve Got Me Beat’
Swamp Children were a ragtag bunch of electro-jazz punksters from Manchester, featuring a fresh-faced Martin Moscrop and Ann Quigley. The two talk about the making of ‘You’ve Got Me Beat’, their groove-laden 1982 cut