James Ford, the producer of the Klaxons' Mercury prize-winning album, on his - and the band's - reaction to them being given the prestigious award, and why they can only get better.
The agony and the ecstasy
How can you possibly choose just one winner from 233 albums? Mercury prize panellist Jude Rogers lifts the lid on the judging for the music industry's most prestigious award.
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Race fur the prize
August 2007
Odd ones out
Mix Bartok, lush strings and jazz riffs, and what do you get? The most unusual band on this year's Mercury shortlist. John Lewis meets them.
July 2007
'Bat for Lashes are beyond a trend ... she has an ancient power; like Bjork or Patti Smith, she is in part shamanic ...'