The Orb / Forever Ambient / NME
Piece from The NME in November 1989 on The Orb and what they were up to at that time. Nice description of recording ‘A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain…’. Written by Jack Barron. Thanks to Phil Mison.
Jocks / Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson / DJ Profile
This one comes from Jocks magazine in September 1989. Top top man.
The Face / D-Train / The Dance Express
Piece by Robert Elms with photography by Kate Simon. Taken from The Face, July 1983.
The Face / Into The Krush Groove / Yo! Homeboy
Take from The Face in February 1986 here’s a piece by David Toop on the Krush Groove party at Madison Square Gardens featuring LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, Davy DMX and Doug E Fresh. Photography by Steve Tynan.
The Face / Ecstasy / A Yuppie Way Of Knowledge
Peter Nasmyth reports on ‘E’ for The Face in October 1985, taking in stories about The Ranch, a gay club in Dallas, where you could apparently get the drug over the counter for $20 plus $1.23 sales tax. If you had a coupon you got $5 off. It then got banned. Which leads you to...
i-D / DJ Of The Month / Tony Humphries
Taken from i-D July 1992. We went to see Tony Humphries DJ at the Hacienda once. We were on the dancefloor and it all kicked off between some of Humphries crew and some of the Manc lot. “Hey man I’m with Tony Humphries” they said in a ‘you-can’t-touch-me-kind-of-way’. “I’ll blow your legs off pal” came...
NME / Real Wild Child / Raul Orellana Interview
From the NME 14th October 1989. I like the bit about him and Weatherall going record shopping… Thanks to Phil Mison.
The Face / The Age Of Plunder
Jon Savage (in a not always complimentary fashion) on the world of appropriation in design from The Face in January 1983.
The Face / Hard / Ray Petri
Classic buffalo spread from The Face in March 1985 with photography by Jamie Morgan and styling by the late Ray Petri. I’ll run the Warhol piece from this edition at a later date. [Apiento]
The Face / Keith Haring And Mario Testino Fashion Spread
More Keith Haring here, this time from The Face in the mid-80s. Here he collaborates with Mario Testino (early in his career) on a fashion spread and a self-portrait. Wish there was more of this in the current times… [Apiento]
The Face / Paradise Regained / House Post Acid / The New Club Sound
Great piece by David Toop from the December ’88 edition of The Face on the hose sound of New Jersey featuring interviews with Marshall Jefferson, Blaze, Larry Patterson, Jomanda, Phase II and Hippie Torales.
The Face / Jean Baptiste Mondino / Intro Piece / La Danse Des Mots
Anyone who has been reading Test Pressing for a while knows how much we love the work of Island Records. This piece comes from The Face in April ’84 and is about Jean Baptiste Mondino’s debut release for Island Records. Mondino, as most of you know, is the guy behind those iconic Grace Jones sleeves....
i-D / Jah Wobble / Boy’s Own Ad
While on the subject of Boy’s Own and all things related here’s another piece from the same i-D as the Rocky and Diesel piece with Jah Wobble talking about hooking up with Weatherall for ‘Bomba’ and a nice ad from the Boy’s Own crew. Sample quote – ‘Ream Italian house music at it’s pumping best.’...
i-D / DJs Of The Month / Rocky & Diesel
This one comes from i-D magazine November 1990. Good chart from the boys.
The Face / Philip Sallon Interview
This one is taken from the July 1984 edition of The Face. Philip Sallon talks about the Mud Club. Love the journalist, Fiona Russell Powell’s description of the music at the club.