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Tiga "I'm living out a fantasy." Dummy exclusive! Tiga talks to us about his upcoming second album Ciao.

A-Trak "I'm a bit of a workaholic." 
There’s more to Kanye West’s former tour DJ than just hip hop.

Rough Trade “We still try to follow our hearts”

 The BBC have made a documentary about 33 years of Rough Trade, but founder Geoff Travis is still looking to the future.

The Skream & Benga Show We managed to pin down Oliver ‘Skream’ Jones and Beni ‘Benga’ Adejumo before a high-voltage B2B especially for Watch The Ride. Skream and Benga get leaky as a sieve on their forthcoming album projects, crowd surfing and (sort of) calming down.

Liam Howlett “We’re grumpy bastards.” The brains behind The Prodigy tells how the band nearly fell apart.



Bloc Party “I feel like we could do anything” Kele Okereke on synths, heartbreak and crap rock bands.

Antony And The Johnsons "What d'you think of all this rubbish I'm talking?" On God, the environment and why old people can’t make bad art.

A Dummy Film About Justice. Dummy got Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge on a bed in a London hotel room in January to talk about their recent ‘rockumentary’ and their plans for the second Justice album. Contains images of American fans going loopy to their mutant techno and giddy close ups of Gaspard’s shoe.

La Roux "Why haven't I discovered synths before?" Hotly tipped synth pop duo. But it’s all about her.

Dummy archive: from our print era. Dummy started life as one of those magazines printed on paper. The last edition was published in Autumn 2007.

DMZ: It changed dubstep forever. 2006 was called ‘the year of dubstep’. But the three mysterious figures behind the scene’s pivotal club, DMZ, are just getting warm.

Dizzee Rascal "I’d just grab the mic off people.” Like the London grime scene from which he emerged, Dizzee Rascal’s first two albums were spiky, sometimes unapprochable affairs. But he’s lightened up for his third.

Andrew Weatherall "I love fruity word play." Andrew Weatherall’s East London studio is a smoke fugged den, replete with a dank courtyard “where no vegetation survives”. He operates from here with long time co-hort Keith Tenniswood as Two Lone Swordsmen.

Justice "Anyone can push the distortion button." French duo Justice make hard’n’heavy dance music. They also make pop tunes. If that sounds like Daft Punk, they’re flattered, but unconvinced. Anyone could have done it, they reckon. Don’t believe a word of it. Meet the future of dance music…

Bjork: Humorous electro-pagan thing. Were you to judge a book by its cover, or in this case a record by its sleeve, you might quickly come to the conclusion that Björk’s new album, Volta, is her most avant garde and downright bonkers yet. It features the 41-year-old Icelandic singer sprouting chicken feet and wearing what appears to be a multicoloured apple.

Bloc Party “This is all getting a bit heavy.” Bloc Party have survived the post punk fall out. Their second album, A Weekend In The City, is a success. Cause for celebration, you’d have thought? Apparently not. Front man Kele is “disgusted” with the world.

LCD Soundsystem "Really psyched!" He used to be the coolest scenster in town. But LCD Soundsystem front man James Murphy has put all that behind him. The result: a stunning album.

The Shins: Lovers of that pop format. A bit of a grower.

Good Shoes "Our first album may be our most naive." Their debut album is called Think Before You Speak. Here Good Shoes share their thoughts.