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Making The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
A former roadie for Killing Joke supplied what tender partygoers most needed by artfully taking the beats out of techno for The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld… The idea seems…
Making Roxy Music: Avalon
With Avalon, Roxy Music regrouped to record a mature album far removed from the sleazy glam of their early work… In the 10 years since their breakthrough, Roxy Music had…
The story of 1981 in music
The music of 1981 unfolded with an explosion of creativity. synths took over the hit parade, the New Romantics enjoyed their last hurrah, funk, rap and retro opened new territory.…
Heaven 17: Glenn Gregory interview
When the Human League Mk.1 disintegrated, so began a race with big, big points at stake. Who would create the best album? Heaven 17’s singer shares his slant on the…
Making Electronic by Electronic
With Electronic, Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner shook off the shackles of being at the forefront of two of the most significant bands of the 80s and aimed straight for…
Bomb The Bass Interview: ‘All of a sudden I was in the job that I’d always dreamed about doing’
Tim Simenon, AKA Bomb The Bass, created one of the most important dance singles of the late 80s. Before he knew it, the young London DJ had become an accidental…
Heaven 17 albums: the complete guide
Taking politics to the dancefloor, the albums of Heaven 17 have given The Human League a run for their money as Sheffield’s biggest synth-pop act. By Steve Harnell Penthouse And…
This Month In Pop – March 1986
Depeche Mode release their fifth album, Prince releases his eighth and Pet Shop Boys drop their first, all in March 1986… 9 March After agreeing to collaborate with Run-DMC on…
Top 20 80s pop duos
In this list of the top 80s pop duos we look at how, in music, two is sometimes better than one… Contrary to De La Soul’s hip-hop classic, three isn’t…
Making KLF: The White Room
Subsidised with the proceeds of an 80s novelty hit, the eccentricities, the vision and ambition of KLF, combined with their taste for acid house and anarchy, resulted in The White…