The odds were stacked against Tricky. Born Adrian Thaws in Bristol in January 1968, he grew up in Knowle West, one of city’s most deprived
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British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield has announced a new special edition of his 1990 album Amarok, in celebration of its 35th anniversary. The double-LP reissue features
In 1992, poet and LGBTQ activist Essex Hemphill wrote of being Black and openly gay, “we are a wandering tribe that needs to go home
It’s 1977. Brian Eno and David Bowie are busy making Heroes in Berlin. One day Eno dashes into the studio excitedly brandishing a newly released
It took a long time for dance music to recover from 1979’s notorious disco demolition event. It wasn’t until the late 80s, and the UK’s
Following 1995’s Exit Planet Dust and 1997’s Dig Your Own Hole, all eyes were on crossover UK dance act The Chemical Brothers. Surrender, released on
Featuring the band’s signature hit “Don’t You Want Me,” 1981’s multi-platinum-selling Dare will forever be the album most closely associated with Sheffield synth-pop pioneers The
After spending decades bringing a soulful, spectral presence to Portishead records, Beth Gibbons’ voice has now haunted the Tiny Desk. Gibbons and her band recently
Empire Of The Sun’s 2008 track “We Are The People” had a big resurgence on TikTok in the past year, and musician Lord Littlemore thinks
In 1974, Mike Oldfield followed up his hit 1973 debut full-length Tubular Bells with the chart-topping Hergest Ridge. Five decades later, the English prog rocker