Latest articles by Roy Spencer
A classic work of Berlin techno that helped inspire the creation of Ableton Live
“I probably made some of the hardest tracks I ever did”: The literal lightning strike behind Dimension Intrusion
The Californian artist on the live Buchla jams that created her breakthrough album
Flare (aka Ken Ishii), the techno god from Sapporo, tells us how about how the making of his 1994 techno classic was a personal game changer
Jimmy Tamborello, aka Dntel, on creating the seminal work of ‘indietronica’ with Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard
How Mark Potsic recovered from the demise of Jurassic 5 to record the 2012 hip-hop classic, Broken Sunlight
Peter Cunnah and Al Mackenzie on how things have only got better for the British pop and dance group
Mike Parker talks us through his 2001 minimal masterpiece track by track
Mr. Scruff takes us back to 2008 for the making of his eclectic, gloriously silly Ninja Tune debut
Connected was the sound of the Stereo MCs' summer, but it became the soundtrack to dance music's year
How the fusion of multiple genres and cultures helped inspire Juno Reactor's influential fourth album
Recently celebrating its 30th birthday, Speedy J tells us about the making of his 1993 Warp Records debut
Avery talks us through the making of his recently-reissued 2013 experimental electronica debut Drone Logic
Mo Kolours on crafting the electic melting pot of trip-hop/dub/jazz fusion that made up his 2014 debut
Hawtin talks us through the electrifying story behind the making of his 1993 ambient techno classic
Paul Roberts and Russ Morgan join us to pull a rewind on one of UK dance music's most influential LPs, Universal
Steve Cobby and David ‘Man’ McSherry talk us through the making of their sample-happy 1995 album Maim That Tune
Attica Blues' self-titled 1997 debut album coined a new sound in British Black music. We find out how it was made
Terre Thaemlitz's 2009 LP calls out house music for the old lie of ‘life, love and happiness’ and tells the stories of the marginalised communities from which it emerged
Fresh from Mo' Wax and signed to Virgin, Simon Richmond plundered the major-label coffers to produce his most daring release yet. Here's how the album was made
Om Unit unravels the non-conformist DnB of Threads, his 2013 album that fused dubstep, jungle, and garage rhythms with progressive beatmaking and grandiose sound design
"I was really skint at the time, basically eating cabbage and bean soup. But, I was the happiest I think I’ve ever been, because I just knew I had this album"
Back in 2010, Underworld’s production mainstay talked us through the band's seminal mid-’90s long player
