Moonbuilding Issue 4

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On the cover of our Back To School issue, Issue 4, we have Maria Uzor whose debut solo album, ‘Soft Cuts’, fused itself to turntables upon release. You know Maria, right? From Sink Ya Teeth, the one lending her formidable pipes to Acid Klaus and Chk Chk Chk, that’s the one. We caught up with her in Norwich, her own back yard, for a freewheeling chat about everything from why art is magic to the new album and all points in between.

Elsewhere, we profile the quiet details label, there’s a frankly incredible interview with Captain Star creator Steven Appleby, and Ghost Box’s Jim Jupp gets busy with our There’s A First Time For Everything questions.

We review a big pile of the latest releases from labels including Castles In Space, Woodford Halse, Persistence Of Sound, Assai, Ahora, DiN, Werra Foxma, Ghost Box and many more as well as a look at new books by The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant, The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst, one about The Radiophonic Workshop and a brilliant bio of The Chemical Brothers by the excellent Robin Turner.

We’ve got a column from The Orb’s Alex Paterson and there’s the Captain Star cartoon strip, which you will know all about once you’ve read the incredible feature with creator Steven Appleby.

And don’t forget the CD. This issue’s disc is ‘The Moonbuilding Miscellany – Volume One’. We figured a compilation of the more interesting corners of our inbox wouldn’t go amiss. This first volume is put together by our Colin. He sweated bullets over this collection, and it shows as it’s a corker featuring tracks from the likes of Lo Five, Lone Bison, Twilight Sequence, Ojn, NCHX and more.