Photographer Eddie Otchere captured jungle and drum 'n' bass from the inside. On the eve of Velocity Press' publication of their oral history of the scene, Who Say Reload (which features Otchere's images extensively), Charlie Bird caught up with the photographer to discuss nights down the Blue Note, the hardcore continuum and why dancing is dangerous to conservativism
Since its original publication in 1997, Martin James' State Of Bass: The Origins of Jungle / Drum & Bass has only gained in stature. With its republication this month by Velocity Press, the author picks 20 tunes that defined the genre's thrilling first decade
40 years after it stormed to the UK number one, Wrongtom charts the history of ‘I Feel For You’, from an overlooked Prince album track to Chaka Khan’s smash hit, via Stevie Wonder, Patrice Rushen, glitching tape machines, the death of Sugar Hill Records and more
As Tom Tom Club hit the UK, Stephen Dalton sits down for a fascinating chat about Talking Heads, their relationship with David Byrne, their creative and romantic relationship, and why working with the Happy Mondays was even more difficult than you might have thought