‘We wanted it to be a battlecry’: how Republica made 90s anthem Ready to Go

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: entertainment-sports · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:29 GMT

‘The day Saff came into the studio with red hair, I said, “We’re gonna be massive!” It was the missing link’We always had a vision of mixing acid house with indie rock, and we managed to rent a space and build our own studio in London’s Shoreditch area, long before it got trendy. I had a little vocal booth called Hattie Jacques, in honour of the Carry On films but also because it’s Cockney rhyming slang [for shakes]. We spent all our money rewiring it, and that’s where we wrote, recorded and produced Ready to Go – 100 mixes later! Continue reading...

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