Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware

Today’s incredible guest on Electronically Yours is the incomparably talented and fascinating Cosey Fanni Tutti.  Best known for her time in the avant-garde groups  Throbbing Gristle  and  Chris & Cosey , she has become a very famous conceptual performance artist who has inspired a generation… be amazed and fascinated. Ladies and gentlemen, her life is her art and her...

Today's exceptional guest is world-famous  record producer  and  trance DJ Paul Oakenfold. Amongst his many successes he has been nominated three-times for a  Grammy Award  and twice for  World Music Awards . He was also voted the No. 1 DJ in the World twice in 1998 and 1999 by  DJ Magazine .  Oakenfold has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 ar...

Today’s epic Electronically Yours episode features the man who could now be Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn.  As a long serving and highly respected parliamentarian, he has led a life of service to world peace and social justice and remains a source of inspiration for socialists and for the young and oppressed everywhere. God knows we need a change in our country, and his Peace and Justice Proj...

Today’s exceptional Electronically Yours episode features national broadcasting treasure and electronic musician Mark Radcliffe.  His BBC shows Mark and Lard, and Radcliffe and Maconie have been part of the UK’s cultural fabric for decades, and his knowledge of music is second to none. His band UNE is performing regularly, and he continues to inspire and entertain in equal measure. Ladies and...

Today’s unique Electronically Yours episode features the sublime and unusual talents of singer/songwriter Polly Saccattergood. Polly released her first single on Mute Records in 2009 since then she has released three studio albums. She has been described as ethereal, dark, intense and quirky, while her musical style has been described as "early 21st century electro-dance-pop of London proper", and...

Today’s entertaining Electronically Yours episode features the original drummer of Joy Division and New Order, Stephen Morris. In addition, Stephen and his wife Gillian Gilbert formed The Other Two, a superb electro pop outfit, and also New Order spin-off Bad Lieutenant. He is now a published author, broadcaster, producer and all- round great guy! Ladies and gentlemen - welcome to the unknown plea...

Today’s episode of Electronically Yours features one of the most famous UK DJ’s to emerge during the techno boom in the 90’s – Dave Clarke.  Hip hop and post-punk were his initial major influences, including The Damned. He quickly became fascinated by electronic production, forming his first band Hardcore on XL, then released a series of albums, leading to John Peel him self dubbing him ‘the...

Today’s exciting Electronically Yours episode (unlocked from Electronically Ours) features the legendary Charlie Morrow.  Charlie (a native New Yorker) is a world-famous composer, sound artist, performer, and innovator whose goal over the past four decades has been to bring experimental sound and music to a wider audience. And, through avenues including concert performances and ad j...

Today’s exceptional episode of Electronically Yours features a true legend, Gary D. Hines.  He has led multi-Grammy award-winning collective Sounds of Blackness for 50 years, creating an inspiring hybrid of Pop, Hip-Hop, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, Latin, Rock, Blues, Reggae, Ragtime, Classical and Gospel. Gary has also worked with Quincy Jones, Jimmy “Jam” Harris & Terry Lewis, P...

Today’s exciting episode (originally exclusively released on the  Electronically Ours Patreon page) features the immense talents of Jonathan Barnbrook.  Jonathan is most famous for designing David Bowie’s album covers from Heathen onwards, including the magnificent Blackstar. He is one of the most popular contemporary British graphic designers, and is a world-leading typographer and film...

Today's epic podcast features another hilarious discussion the the great Richard Hawley.  Amongst many other things he is a fantastic singer/songwriter and arranger in the grand tradition, creating Sheffield-based emotional soundscapes. This time we talk more about his astounding guitar session playing career, and the many very famous artists he has played for. He’s my favourite for ‘who woul...

Today’s very special 100th episode features DJ and all-time legend of dance music, the one and only Norman Cooke AKA Fatboy Slim.  There is literally no-one who wouldn’t recognise his parade of massive mash-up hits, including ‘Right Here, Right Now’, ‘Praise You’, ‘Rockefeller Skank’. Emerging from The Housemartins, he has defined an entire genre of soul influenced sync-friendly creation...

Tomorrow’s eclectic episode of Electronically Yours features the multifarious talents of one of Martyn’s oldest friends, Chris Sullivan.  Since leaving Merthyr Tydfil as a teenager, he has become a DJ, author, band frontman, painter, style commentator, entrepreneur, script-writer, fashion designer, artist and all-round godfather of partying…  Ladies and gentlemen - the extremely entertai...

Today’s fascinating episode of Electronically Yours features one of the 80’s most recognisable and successful singer-songwriters – Lloyd Cole.  He had a string of big international hits as Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, and since then he has become a prolific and well-respected solo artist. Most interestingly, since his guitar-driven heyday, he has become more and more engaged in the world of...

This week’s exciting Electronically Yours episode features a truly iconic figure in the history of electronic pop music, David Vorhaus. David started his career as an early member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, where he met Delia Derbyshire. They went on to form White Noise, whose first album An Electric Storm was released at the peak of the psychedelic revolution in 1969 on Island Records. One...

Today’s fascinating guest on Electronically Yours is the hitmaker and producer Richard X. Richard X and Martyn met when he requested permission to put out a compilation of pre Human League/Future demos, which Martyn named The Golden Hour of the Future for his label Black Melody. Since then he has become a highly successful and innovative producer for artists like Erasure, MIA, Rachel Stevens, Rois...

Today’s exceptional episode of Electronically Yours features a superstar producer, DJ and artist William Orbit.  His dance, ambient and classical sensibilities and arrangements made him one of the world’s go-to producers for artists like Madonna (Ray Of Light), and a huge number of successful projects for the likes of Prince, Britney Spears, Mel C, Pink, U2, Katie Melua, Blur etc, etc. The da...

Today’s fascinating Electronically Yours episode features one of the 80’s most successful producers, Richard James Burgess.  He is also renowned for his electronic pop project, Landscape, and their seminal and much loved hit Einstein-A-Gogo. He has produced, recorded and performed on a multitude of gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums, and is known for his pioneering work with synthesiser...

Today’s exciting episode of Electronically Yours features one of the greatest contemporary electronic songwriters, John Grant.  After a successful career with The Czars, John started his stellar solo career in 2010 and has several Top 10 albums to his name. His increasing love-affair with an electronic sound palette has lead to an incredible hybrid of innovation and emotionally engaging, and...

Today’s exceptional guest is Richard Barbieri, the original synthesist for one of my favourite groups; Japan.  His other musical projects include Rain Tree Crow, Jensen/Barbieri/Karn and many solo albums, but most notably as a member of Porcupine Tree for over 10 years. He is the master of atmosphere and mystery; dream-inspired soundscapes, haunting and evocative. In a nutshell, an artist, a...

Today’s exciting episode of Electronically Yours features two of Martyn’s oldest friends, Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag from XPropaganda. As Propaganda in the 80’s, they created a series of seminal recordings with Trevor Horn and ZTT, and their current work with Steve Lipson Claudia also formed the electronic band Act with Thomas Leer, and later One Two with Paul Humphries. Their current alb...

Todays episode features Peter Coyle, lead singer of the Lotus Eaters who are responsible for one of the most beautiful songs of the 80’s - The First Picture Of You…  Peter was also a major player and promoter in the club scene in the 90’s and continues to create beautiful and innovative music to the present day - and he’s a lovely guy… He has also worked with me on BEF live… Ladies and gentle...

Today’s Electronically Yours episode features one of the world’s great synthesiser player/composers; Larry Fast.  He is best known for his 1975–1987 series of electronic albums as Synergy, and for his amazing studio work on hugely successful albums for Peter Gabriel, Foreigner, Nektar, Hall & Oates, Jim Steinman etc. He was also part of Gabriel’s touring band for over 10 years, and is close friend...

This exclusive episode of Electronically Ours (originally only available via our Patreon) is very special and features two old friends of Martyn, who are both luminaries at the top of their professions – Professor Malcolm Garrett, legendary graphic designer for an amazing range of artists including The Human League, Heaven 17, British Electric Foundation, The Buzzcocks, Simple Minds, Duran Duran,...

This now unlocked Patreon members episode features a very special and exclusive interview with Yuri Suzuki; legendary sound artist, designer and electronic musician. His practice explores the realms of sound through designed pieces that examine the relationship between people and their environments - questioning how both music and sound evolve to create personal experiences. He constantly pus...