You’ve always got an idea that The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett from is always pissed off at something, but when he answers the phone he’s well chipper, bordering on content. He admits he’s got “a right […]
Category: Interviews
Nick Curly interview: ‘I have house and techno inside me’
GERMAN DJ Nick Curly says he’s not really up for the house vs techno vs EDM vs real vs fake wars that have been turning the dance scene into a bitching session over the last […]
Tiga interview: No more hiding behind my records
You wait years for a Tiga live show and two gigs come along in the space of six months. The Montreal producer has already got a gold star for his final night showcase at Body […]
Jean-Michel Jarre interview: ‘We need to rebuild the future’
Electronic music was always supposed to be about looking to the future, but French pioneer Jean Michel Jarre worries that we’re getting blinded by misty-eyed nostalgia. Chatting about his new album Electronica, Jarre concedes that […]
Electric Dreams come true: Giorgio Moroder interview
Afew A Few years ago if you’d predicted Giorgio Moroder would be making music with Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears you would’ve been laughed out of town. The Italian’s legacy as one of the greats […]
Nile Rodgers interview: ‘Chic is a celebration of my life’
If you’re wondering how Nile Rodgers keeps on top of his endless collaborations and a to-do list as big as a phone book, the clue might be his early starts. We get a lunchtime interview […]
McAlmont and Butler interview: ‘We don’t take this lightly’
In the run-up to the marriage equality referendum earlier this year, there were many poignant speeches, online proclamations and status updates, and McAlmont & Butler’s single Yes started to become an unofficial anthem of affirmation. […]
‘Everything has radically changed’: Interview with Flashmob’s Alessandro Magani
THERE’S an extra day of partying over the bank holiday, and it’s turning into the busiest weekend of the year in Irish clubland. Milan DJ Alessandro Magani, aka Flashmob, has picked a good time to […]
Lines of Communication open: Tom Middleton interview
WITHIN a few minutes of chatting to Tom Middleton, he jokes that Pete Tong used to call him The Professor because of the way he talks in “musical scenarios”. It’s not long before I start thinking […]
Sven Väth: Of course I like to dance (2008 interview)
THE dreaded ‘technical difficulties’ have struck and I’ve missed a deadline for calling Sven Väth. After some last minute juggling, his people find a new slot and the interview starts with my apologies. No worries […]
House is still a Feeling: Todd Terry interview
Todd Terry is one of only a handful of producers who could call a track Real House and get away with it. His 2014 release budges up next to all those classic records about house […]
Oliver Cole: It’s a love album… like 80 per cent of albums
OLIVER Cole is telling me that his second solo album is part of his “late Beatles phase”. But before he’s accused of blasphemy on John Lennon’s ‘bigger than Jesus’ scale, he’s not pretending to walk in their […]
This turntable kills fascists: Buck 65 interview (2006)
“Anyone can talk shit and make it rhyme”, claims Buck 65 on the last line from his 1996 album, Language Arts / Part 1. You’ve heard this one before through dismissive indie-rock creationist dogma, or maybe your […]
‘Go with your instinct… the brain often gets in the way’: Neneh Cherry interview
I‘ve been on the phone to Neneh Cherry for nearly an hour before realising that I haven’t brought up gold discs, Manchild or Buffalo Stance. Generally, when 80s pop stars go ‘underground’, they’re on the […]
Still bringing the Noise: Dave Clarke interview
IT’S hard to single out anyone in the last 20 years who’s done more for underground techno’s onward march than Dave Clarke. While some veteran DJs coast along, dining out on their classics and releasing […]
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