Mo Wax – Somewhere In Space

Mo Wax – Somewhere In Space

James Lavelle’s Mo’ Wax record label had a huge impact on me in the ’90s. Similar to Ninja Tune, but a bit grungier, darker and cooler. I’d switched on to them when they released the first Headz compilation, just before DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing dropped. Both records...
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos

And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos

What reconciles me to my own death more than anything else is the image of a place: a place where your bones and mine are buried, thrown, uncovered, together. They are strewn there pell-mell. One of your ribs leans against my skull. A metacarpal of my left hand lies...
My Name Is Red

My Name Is Red

I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. Although I drew my last breath long ago and my heart has stopped beating, no one, apart from that vile murderer, knows what’s happened to me. As for that wretch, he felt for my pulse and listened for...
Headz Still Ain’t Ready

Headz Still Ain’t Ready

As a kid growing up with my parents’ 10 piece record collection (Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals, Simply Red and Ken Dodd) getting my hands on Mo’Wax’s HEADZ compilation opened my eyes to the burgeoning 90s instrumental hip hop scene (aka trip hop). DJ...