Galaxy Interview: The Making of ‘Visions’ in Bremen, 1978
Galaxy came together in Bremen in the mid-1970s, while the members were still at school. In 1978 they recorded their only album, 'Visions', at Bernd Steinhardt’s family home...
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Sweetpool Interview: “Misery Can Be Inspiring!”
Sweetpool’s third album, ‘3AM A Head of Snakes’, finds the Birmingham trio joined by saxophone, violin, flute, synths and guest vocals. It took a year and a half...
Zac Interview | The Story Behind ‘The Image Maker,’ Previously Known as Shuttah
Recorded at IBC Studios in 1971 and left unheard by most of its musicians for more than half a century, ‘The Image Maker’ has circulated as the work...
Jason Mazzotta on the making of ‘Jason To Jason’
Most of the songs on Jason Mazzotta’s ‘Jason To Jason’ were already fairly complete by the time he went into the studio. He recorded the main sessions with...
“We were living the dream” | Leo Lyons and Ric Lee on Ten Years After’s ‘Cricklewood Green’
Leo Lyons and Ric Lee remember the making of ‘Cricklewood Green’ and Ten Years After’s 1970 Fillmore East set. By the time Ten Years After began work on...
Nelson Pass on Pass Labs, First Watt and the Art of Simplicity
Nelson Pass has been designing amplifiers for more than half a century, but he still talks about them as if the interesting part is finding out what happens...
Simon Kirke on Free, Bad Company, Paul Kossoff and starting again
Free’s music depended on space, and Simon Kirke understood better than most drummers when not to fill it. Alongside Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser and Paul Kossoff, he helped...
“We Had to Put Swallow Away for Many Years”: Swallow on 4AD, ‘Blow’ and Finding Their Way Back
Louise Trehy and Mike Mason look back at Swallow, making ‘Blow’ for 4AD, reworking the album as ‘Blowback’, the years that followed and returning to the music more...
Simo Lazarov and the Birth of Electronic Music in Bulgaria
Simo Lazarov has spent more than half a century working where music and technology meet. Born in Sofia in 1948, he grew up at a time when electronic...
Jad Fair of Half Japanese | “David and I Just Wanted to Sound Like Ourselves”
In 1974, Jad and David Fair rented a house with no other houses close by. It was useful for two young men who wanted to make a lot...