It features vocals by Philip Oakey of The Human League on what is essentially an update of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Elton John's "Rocket Man" The song was written by another Sheffield musician Jarvis Cocker of Pulp.
It was on this TV show that she interviewed some of the biggest international bands on tour, including co-hosting one programme with Jarvis Cocker of Pulp.
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Songs from the album have been played on BBC 6Music by Jarvis Cocker, Tom Ravenscroft and Gideon Coe.
According to them, their most significant influences are The Smiths and Morrissey, The Associates (the Mac in Eres PC eres Mac stands for their lead singer, Billy Mackenzie), Sparks, The Magnetic Fields, Saint Etienne, Pet Shop Boys and British eccentrics like Lawrence, Jarvis Cocker and Luke Haines.
He has worked together as producer and sound engineer with Ronan Chris Murphy, Steve Vai, Richard Ray Farrell, Black Crowes' Chris Robinson, Alan Vega, Jarvis Cocker, Gavin Friday, Caterina Caselli, Marco Pandolfi, Swamp Dogg, Davide Venco, Marco Fasolo, Verdena and many more, and produced records for Italian and international television and international publishing.
The lead singer of the Britpop band Pulp, Jarvis Cocker chose "Sailing By" as one of his Desert Island Discs, saying for many years he had used it "as an aid to restful sleep".
He is currently writing for the football magazine When Saturday Comes and The Quietus, a music and pop culture website, and presents a monthly feature for the radio programme Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service on BBC 6 Music.
Celebrities who have worn clothes from designers at The Laden Showroom include: Pixie Lott, Sarah Brown (wife of Gordon Brown), The Saturdays, Dawn Porter, Victoria Beckham, Sienna Miller, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Gail Porter, Helen McCrory, Liza Tarbuck, Pete Doherty, Jarvis Cocker, Noel Gallagher, Gisele Bündchen, Gok Wan, Romeo Gigli, Liz McClarnon and Dannii Minogue.
The label is known for its "Electronic Bible" series of compilation albums including artists such as Jarvis Cocker and Delia Derbyshire of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.