Everyone remembers "Unbelievable" by EMF in the early 90s, they were at the forefront of the electro hip hop rock shift that just "happened" out of nowhere, with funky hats, hairstyles and synth pushing rock into new genres.

Bands like EMF were getting play everywhere, along with Jesus Jones, Pop Will Eat Itself, The Farm, this was a new take on alternative music that captured the zeitgeist of the time, the music captured the feel, and the anxiety and new freedom in the post cold war world.

I covered their gig in Salt Lake City over the summer with a band "Ecce Shnak" in tow, and had a quick chat with both bands. EMF was out having fun, and giving us new material, of an album they had released in 2024 "The Beauty and The Chaos". The gig was fantastic, and they played some new material from the EP they just released in November 2025, called "Reach For Something Higher".

I got to chat with Ian Dench the guitarist while he drove around London, we talked about some fun history of the band and their music, Motorhead, and James Atkin's love of football jerseys.

On this new EP there is a wonderful song that EMF recorded with Ecce Shnak called "LGBTQ+ LOVER". I filmed it during the soundcheck and it was incredible. This song gives the message that all are loved in "Gods' great plan", and showcases the mega talent of both bands. Yeah they are both that great.

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The Psychedelic Furs have been a staple in my musical diet for close to 40 years. I first met the guitarist John Ashton in 1992, then over the years at more gigs than I can count (*Really, it was all a blur).

John is one of those guitar gods, who has written some of the best musical compositions in the New Wave genre, so many of them have gone down in history.

In this conversation, John told so many rich stories of the Rock & Roll Circus, many of which I was there when these moments occurred. A lot of which, though funny, (Spinal Tap like funny) they were not to be spoken of in this interview.

John has released a total gem of an album with his solo side project "Satellite Paradiso" which is a supergroup of his friends, borrowing Gail Ann Dorsey from Bowie, half of the personnel from the Psychedelic Furs, and on vocals Fred Schreck from "Ancients". This album has so many powerful songs on it, with an all star cast playing. One that everyone who listened to New Wave over the last 40 years should just dive into. Satellite Paradiso

AND if you want to check out the all star cast of talent, here is a lovely rabbit hole to go down.

The Ancients, Fred Schreck's band

Light Of Eternity,

Frank Coleman

Jo Quail

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Translated from the Fremen language in the Dune books "She Is Eternal" , "Inama Nushif" was the song I first heard and fell in love with the voice and music of Azam Ali.

Azam Ali is a Persian (Iranian) born singer who migrated to the United States, bringing with her an amazing voice, and an "Other worldly" spirt to her singing.

She has had projects "Niyaz" as her world music project, then "VAS", she is releasing (in two days) her latest album "Synesthesia", a follow up to her album "Phantoms" in 2019.

We talk about the concept of synesthesia, her songwriting, her experience of getting to the united states, who her idols are, and how she got to working with them.

She has also modeled for countless renaissance paintings over the centuries.

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For fans of Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, Bauhaus , Kate Bush, Loreena Mckennit, Cocteau Twins, Liz Fraser

#azamali #worldmusic #persiansingers #synenthesia #bauhaus #petermurphy

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