STEVE LAMACQ

I grew up in a tiny village called Colne Engaine near Colchester. I had a little gang of about five friends but really I had nothing particularly in common with any of them. There was a group of four of us at school who did lessons together because we were considered to be reasonably bright. And when you’re the supposedly bright kids, you often end up being slightly… not ostracised, but outsiders in a way. So it can make you feel awkward and I was already a very awkward, shy teenager. As a result, I ended up creating an interior world outside the real world. From the moment I finished my homework, I kind of unlocked a door into this other world, which for me was built entirely around music. Reading the music papers