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Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground

The UK rave scene of the early 1990s, was a seemingly endless ecstatic buzz built on beats, love, the floor being at one, fizzing with dayglo-splattered energy. And then, somewhat inevitably, after the high, the comedown. Chill.   Telepathic Fish: Trawling The Early 90s Ambient Underground is the first-ever illustrated compilation celebrating the seminal underground South […]

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The Mind-Bending World of Twist

Manchester’s World of Twist should have been huge. Co-founder Gordon King tries to explain why it didn’t happen in his biography When Does the Mind-Bending Start? Simon Dickinson, whose band toured with World of Twist, guest reviews for Even Butterflies Make A Sound.

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Remain in Love – Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth

From Bowery loft room home rehearsals to being ‘bigger than Rod Stewart in New Zealand’ and a career-high gig in Rome in 1980, on the ‘Remain in Light’ tour. Chris Frantz’s life story reads like many budding musician’s dream come true: form a band, convince the person you have just fallen emphatically in love with […]