Shine On: Flood
The producer behind some of the most important records of the past four decades began studio life carrying cups of tea. Mark Ellis was a junior staffer at Morgan Studios…
The producer behind some of the most important records of the past four decades began studio life carrying cups of tea. Mark Ellis was a junior staffer at Morgan Studios…
Plenty of engineers have a room named after them. Eric Radcliffe has an album. Yazoo called their debut Upstairs at Eric’s, in reference to the space at Blackwing where they…
Slovenian collective Laibach has released their latest studio album, titled MUSICK, via Mute Records. The release marks the group’s first full-length, song-based studio album since 2014’s Spectre. The album features…
Mark Stewart never said “Goodbye.” The news came out one day that he had taken his leave quietly, without notice and without explanation. He had simply put on his jean…
Brian Griffin, the world-famous photographer, has announced a crowdfunding campaign for his new book, MODE. Gathering his pictures from the band’s first five albums and promotional materials — including some…
Dave Baker is preparing to take his Lonelyklown project live in London. The I Start Counting/Fortran 5/Komputer front man has been lined up to play the Black Heart in Camden…
Compared to the privileged founders of Kraftwerk, who were able to launch their project with family money, Robert Görl had it tough. Raised in an orphanage in Munich, he was…
I Start Counting should have been the next Depeche Mode. Recording for the same label (Mute), working with the same producer (Daniel Miller), and writing songs filled with melody and…
A live Wire performance is always an exciting prospect. In this video, taken in London in 1985, the band is in one of its transitional phases; recreating itself on stage…
Mark Stewart, The Pop Group vocalist and bard of conspiracy theories, is having one of his best solo LPs reissued with added materials from the archives. Learning to Cope with…