Nick Rhodes on his top 5 synths: “I’ve got nothing against digital synths, but I just happen to prefer the real thing” By Danny Scott The Duran Duran man and Wendy Bevan discuss their brooding electronic project, Astronomia
Soft Cell’s Dave Ball: “To my mind, Kraftwerk are as influential as The Beatles” By Danny Scott The synth-pop veteran on synths, production and keeping things simple
Bruce Hornsby - the 10 albums that changed my life: “It’s amazing how much impact one song can have” By Danny Scott Best of 2020: “I am a big fan of the old, weird America!”
Zero 7: “Trip-hop became a dirty word for some people - they called it background music” By Danny Scott “For a while, we just kept asking, ‘Why us? How did we sell this many records?’”
Squeeze’s Chris Difford - 10 albums that changed my life: “C’mon… who wouldn’t want to be in a band like The Who?” By Danny Scott “Some people see songwriting as a technical process, constructing a song like an Airfix model. That doesn’t really interest me.”
Nik Kershaw - 10 songs that changed my life: “It suddenly occurred to me that I was listening to the perfect pop record” By Danny Scott “The One and Only wasn't written for anything specific… Ches happened to wander by and snapped it up”
Rick Wakeman on his top 5 synths: “I suddenly had an instrument that could give the guitar a run for its money” By Danny Scott “Without synths, I wouldn’t have been able to play the music I wanted to play”
Tangerine Dream’s Peter Baumann: “There was no preparation. We just switched on the synths, smoked a joint and made some noise!” By Danny Scott The electronic pioneer on the making of the band's classic 'Virgin Years' albums
Gene Simmons: the 10 tracks that blew my mind By Danny Scott The God of Thunder on the songs that changed his life forever
UB40's Ali Campbell: my top 10 crucial reggae albums By Danny Scott "I guess that's the thing about reggae; it's a never-ending story."
Wolfgang Flür talks Kraftwerk, his youth and debut album By Danny Scott Former Kraftwerk percussionist sees himself as a presenter of music rather than a DJ
