At today’s genre-bending Glastonbury, it’s hard to imagine hard lines ever being drawn between electronic and rock music. But 30 years ago, when Orbital played their first-ever Pyramid stage set, thereby inching the “indie kids” towards techno, it represented a landmark moment for the festival and for British music culture.
Brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll were reflecting on how the festival has changed – and their own part in shifting it from a traditionally rockist event to the more accommodating one today – while in conversation with the Guardian’s chief pop music critic Alexis Petridis on Saturday morning.
