Talking Heads

The idea is that the 1980s are the decade when the liquid, telepathic grooves of funk and krautrock melt into dance music's sprawling electronic trip.

The latest Motion playlist is actually an adaptation of the original Motion mix from a few years ago. I'd forgotten all about the O.G. outing...

Throwing everything from "(Not Just) Knee Deep" to "Hit It And Quit It" into a blender of abstraction, War Babies comes up with the adrenaline rush of pure future shock.

What do I like about techno? For one, it's the frequency, the vibe... not to mention the sense of longing, that alien wonder running through its core.

"Once we get out of the 80s, the 90s are gonna make the 60s look like the 50s." There was a sense that the table had been set for the coming decade.

At the interzone between post-disco, new wave and boogie lies a tropical dancefloor sound embodied by no one quite so much as the Compass Point All Stars.

With Spring beginning to take flight, it was high time for the crew to get involved in some horticultural escapades at the Parallax Gardens.

Walking the same path as My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts, Snake Charmer takes post punk 80s electro boogie out for a walk in the desert.

Where does machine funk intersect with post punk?

Picking up where the original Parallax 100 left off, this list represents the next hundred entries in my top 200 records of all time.