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Ewan Pearson was the academic who became a remixer, the remixer who became a DJ, and the DJ who became a producer of some of the best-sounding records of recent years. But if it hadn't been for a ZX Spectrum he might still be listening to Rory Gallagher, says Michael Hann
To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.
A halo of coffee mugs? An impassable wall made from Kraftwerk box sets? The OST so frightening it can't be listened to in the dark? It can only be the return of Vinyl Staircase - John Doran's melancholy death march through this month's black wax