MW: Our first major gig was also at the CMJ festival in NYC in 1997 which was a good way to get us off the starting blocks! MC: The first album ( Surrounded by Glass 1998 on Ochre records) got a few tracks played on John Peel’s Radio1 show too and we also got a couple of plays on Radio3’s Mixing It which helped get Longstone out to a couple of different audiences. MW: We had some pretty early breaks in our Longstone career which really got us off to a good start – the first of which was Sonic Boom playing our initial release ( Convex Structure – a split 10” with Stylus released on Ochre records in 1997) as part of his featured mix on Mary Anne Hobbs’ Radio1 show. TSP: What have been some of the milestones/defining points in your 20 years of work?

The following interview followed on from said event, features the group’s core duo of Mike Ward (MW) and Mike Cross (MC), and took place via email. Longstone have lately been celebrating their longevity, with a 20-track, 20th anniversary anthology and an evening of performances in their hometown of Cheltenham in August 2017, featuring friends from along the way.

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