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The Experimental Library: Organic Music
Jo Lawson-Tancred reflects on an inventive, eclectic tribute to experimental pioneers Organic Music at Cafe Oto in Dalston
Port x Superdry x Idris: Tiggs da Author
Port and Superdry celebrate the label’s AW/17 Idris Elba-designed collection with a shoot featuring emerging musician Tiggs da Author
The Making of ‘I Feel Love’
The pioneer of electronic dance music, Giorgio Moroder, reflects on his 1977 disco hit, working with Donna Summer and creating what Brian Eno dubbed ‘the sound of the future’
Ramsey Lewis on Jazz
From his early years to now, the three-time Grammy award winner reflects on his career as a jazz pianist, the transformation of the genre and what it means to him
The Revival of Slowdive
From being dropped by their label in 1995 to finding a new legion two decades later, Slowdive bassist Nick Chaplin speaks about the band’s unexpected comeback
Behind the Best Record Covers of the 70s
The album artwork that cemented design collective Hipgnosis as the visual arbiters of the progressive rock scene
Soundtrack: Yukimi Nagano
From Prince to D’Angelo, the Little Dragon singer shares the music that has shaped her songwriting
The Unsung Horns: Dick Cuthell
Horn player and record producer, Dick Cuthell, discusses the instruments that have influenced his life in music
Soundtrack: Maxi Jazz
Lead vocalist of British band Faithless reveals his obsession with Todd Rundgren’s album ‘Something/Anything’
Soundtrack: Esperanza Spalding
The Grammy-award winning bassist, cellist and singer recalls how a cult album by New York Duo Cibo Matto helped shape her music career
Soundtrack: Taylor McFerrin
The keyboardist and producer recalls discovering a life-changing album while searching through records owned by his father, Bobby McFerrin
Soundtrack: Oliver Spencer
Menswear designer Oliver Spencer reflects on the enduring influence of Talking Heads’ breakthrough album
Miles Davis, Modern Jazz & The Ivy Look
In an extract from Jazz Festival, a new photo book by ‘the Father of music photography’ Jim Marshall, writer Graham Marsh remembers the Ivy league-inspired style championed by Miles Davis
Soundtrack: Madness (Lee Thompson)
Saxophonist and founder of the English ska band Madness Lee Thompson remembers a personal introduction to the second album by dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson
Soundtrack: Soweto Kinch
Saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch reveals the tracks that influenced him while growing up in the West Midlands
Soundtrack: David Adjaye
Celebrated British architect, David Adjaye OBE, shares the classic songs that soundtracked his childhood
Soundtrack: Michael Kiwanuka
British soul musician Michael Kiwanuka on the risk-taking Funkadelic record that inspired his new album
Soundtrack: Barney Ales (Motown)
Ex-Motown president Barney Ales remembers the making of Marvin Gaye’s seminal 1971 album ‘What’s Going On’
Daydreaming With Stanley Kubrick
Musician and dj James Lavelle talks to PORT about curating a new exhibition at London’s Somerset House that celebrates the legacy of Stanley Kubrick