WHAT’S
INSIDE
FEATURES
GARY NUMAN
‘Splinter’ is his most
anticipated LP for years. The
Numanoid gives us the inside
story on the new album, and
talks about his move to the US
and his film soundtrack
POLLY
SCATTERGOOD
It’s emotional, lump-in-the-throat
stuff. It’s also sparkly, life-isgreat pop music. “I have a big,
weird imagination,” says Polly.
Not ‘arf
ALEX PATERSON
JOHN FOXX
BOOM BOOM
SATELLITES
BORIS BLANK
ULTRAMARINE
FRONT LINE
ASSEMBLY
The huge, ever-growing,
pulsating brain behind The Orb
reveals the influences that have
shaped his world – from dub
reggae to ‘Blade Runner’ to
Alice Cooper
We’re in Tokyo, in a heatwave,
to speak to Japan’s top
electronic rockers. Not that
Michi and Masa do a whole
lot of speaking
The masters of chilled
electronica are back with their
first album in 15 years. Here’s
what happened when we
snuck into their Essex hideaway
and left a tape running
Foxxy reflects on his Ultravox
days and how he came to
make one of the best records of
2013. Oh, and what he learnt
from sitting in on Bob Marley’s
‘Exodus’ sessions
The one and only – and there
is no stopping the man from
Yello. “When I’m laying in
my coffin, I’ll be sampling
the sound of the nails being
hammered in,” he says
We meet V