RIK FLYNN
Simon Le Bon with superfan and super-producer Mark Ronson at the Lovebox Weekender, 2009: “We knew there was more to his game than that vintage/retro thing.”
The world was certainly not ready for one, let alone two great albums to be made by Duran Duran in this decade… but that’s exactly what they’ve given us. Not only did they rejuvenate their vintage sound with hotshot producer Mark Ronson their ever-willing – and everintuitive – conduit, but only a few years later, they raced away into the future with a second, unusually collaborative and characteristically bold triumph that took them to even higher heights. It’s 2018, and Duran Duran are cool again.