Influences: Pye Corner Audio

So electronic, yet sounding completely human. Hazy, phasey euphoria!

I heard this on John Peel’s show years after it was first broadcast, and was taken aback by how raw it sounded. Real synthesis.
I was, and still am a fan of the Dare era, but this was something else entirely. It doesn’t hurt that Phil Oakey has one of the best voices in pop music.

The whole “Lite Music” EP is an important one for me, but this track stands out for its sheer warmth and depth of emotion. The combination of slow motion pads underneath the frenetic, delayed rhythm is wonderful and gets me every time.

I wouldn’t have heard this until a few years after it was released, probably around 1990. It sounded so ahead of its time and I think that’s down to it’s simplicity. It sounds contemporary today, and the bass line started my love affair with that Roland square wave.

So haunting. I love Led Zeppelin, especially when they take the dark path. It’s the string arrangement that makes this. Combining those strings with the incredibly low tuning on the guitar evoke a real sense of dread.

I started watching his films around the age of 14, and didn’t pay much attention to the scores at that point, if I’m honest. I started to realise that a huge part of my enjoyment came from the music. They are still unique, as film scores go.

I’m an avid fan of everything Demdike Stare have a hand in. The atmosphere and tone of their output is just pitch perfect. Beautiful, dark sound-worlds that no one else comes close to.

Again with the square wave bass. Hearing this always takes me back to when I first moved up to London. My flat mate had decks, and we’d spend most evenings DJ-ing to an empty front room…