With the imminent publication of his autobiography (co-authored with Paul Morley), Island Records founder Chris Blackwell talks to Matthew Ingram about recording sessions with Grace Jones, the importance of good cover art, and the trouble with U2
With the imminent publication of his autobiography (co-authored with Paul Morley), Island Records founder Chris Blackwell talks to Matthew Ingram about recording sessions with Grace Jones, the importance of good cover art, and the trouble with U2
As the polls close in the contest to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor, we publish an interview with Ken Livingstone on music, politics, the day Thatcher dies, and who would be better at running London: Boris or Boris?
Chris Watson is the Sibelius of the tape recorder. Ahead of his appearance with Felicia Atkinson at Kings Place next month, Luke Turner speaks to him about twelve key points in his career from early tape experiments to recording at Chernobyl, via a founding stint in Cabaret Voltaire
During the last two years, Loula Yorke has released six albums and a mixtape and she's only just getting started. Joe Muggs talks to the modular synthesist about a background in raving and activism, and why it's time to start thinking of herself as an artist
On new record Humanise, HAAi confronts a world where our relationships are increasingly controlled by algorithms, and finds a counterforce in the joy of real-life connection. She speaks to Karly Quadros about the volatility of technology, the record's found family of collaborators and the power of the human voice