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●Iggy & The Stooges - ‘Raw Power’ (1973)

“For me this is the greatest combination of thug and academic. Art, this is what the Stones, Bowie, Zep were meant to sound like to me at age 13. Every track had something mysterious going on, but the music just kept pulsating. I never worked out a word he sings!” Gareth Sager


●Sun Ra Quartet - ‘Other Voices, Other Blues’ (1978)

“‘Space Is The Place’ was the first thing I heard of Sun Ra with a 40-piece Arkestra, but this is just four players and they groove like a mother*cker, their feet in the mud their heads in space. The variety in the playing from just four guys is astonishing ? like John Gilmore, who was a big influence on Coltrane.” Gareth Sager


●Sleaford Mods - ‘Divide And Exit’ (2014)

“On zero-hours contracts, Sleaford Mods are austerity attack dogs in needle parks. [Jason] Williamson is spitting diamonds, demolishing the zombification of sink estate, pramface, Jeremy Kyle Britain. The underclass shall have their revenge. A broken society’s worst nightmare, we are, we are, we are the Mods.” Mark Stewart


●Cockney Rebel - ‘The Human Menagerie’ (1973)

“Back in the day life was a drag (queen). The nuclear winter was brightened by skinheads in satin, with blood red boots. Steve Harley served up a decadent existential feast and helped me taste the void. He was no glam toy, Pilot were his only peers. He Came Up And Saw Me And Made Me Smile (‘Judy Teen’) was the queen of the scene. Classic Sykomodo. In this holy city zoo we are the droogs.” Mark Stewart


●Dean Blunt - ‘Black Metal’ (2014)

“This is out next month. New guy on the scene, who seems to be breaking all the rules and taking an unpredictable take on things and coming up with the goods. Blunt just takes sound things and twists them to his bent.” Gareth Sager