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Roslyn Kind, “The Shape of Things To Come” (US, 1969)
This short televised performance is an example of a mainstream interpretation of 1960s psychedelia, riding on the success, no doubt, of such musicals as Hair (1967) and later on Jesus Christ Superstar...
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, “Metroland” and “Atomic Ranch” (UK, 2013)
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, well known as OMD, were formed in the late 1970s in Liverpool, and their latest recording, English Electric, successfully bridges the synth pop of their origins to be...
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Kiyohiko Senba & His Haniwa All Stars: The grand-scale reinvention of Western...
Written by Christopher Laursen Listening to Japan’s avant-garde pop for many years, I am fascinated by how Western music enters the consciousness of its musicians and composers and is then altogether...
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Children’s music: A song about a girl who takes her llama to the dentist
How many of you remember the Sesame Street and how incredibly quirky the music was on that show? One of the strangest music videos – and yes, bambinos, this is before the MTV – that the Señora has seen...
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Diana Ross & Michael Jackson, “Upside Down” and “Rock With You” (US, 1981)
Diana Ross held a long-standing friendship with Michael Jackson since the formation of the Jackson 5, around the time that she went solo after a tremendously successful career with The Supremes. The...
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Susmit Bose & Karunesh: Stunning turns in Indian music
Our good friend Shabla Mathur from Faridabad, Haryana, India has recommended two further musicians from her home country. The first clip comes from the 2010 film I Am Kalam featuring original music by...
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Ennio Morricone, “Two Mules for Sister Sara (Main Title)” (Italy, 1974)
Revolution! Rescue! A nun and a drifter! And two mules! These are some of the keywords around the 1970 Don Siegel film Two Mules for Sister Sara starring Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine. Morricone...
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Liam Bailey, “Please Love Me” (UK, 2012)
Nottingham-born Liam Bailey draws inspiration from his parents’ 1970s soul and reggae collections, and what a sweet soul he spins from this audio lineage. “Please Love Me” is the second 7-inch single...
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Special Feature: The decade of cut-up sampling
“Turntablism,” Photograph by Hugo Leung. Written by Christopher Laursen Growing up in rural Alberta in the late 1980s with only a TV antenna and radio to connect me to the world at large, there could...
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