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