Tag: Manchester
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W.H. Lung cover new wave/cosmic classic ‘High Pressure Days’ by The Units – with video nodding to Talking Heads and iconic ‘big suit’ era – ahead of tour
This is a fantastic cover and a superb video to boot – it is such a fine tribute to a great band and their synth favourite – and provides a taster of the sound that’s garnered W.H. Lung a reputation as one of the best live bands in the UK. Originally released in 1979 by…
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INTERVIEW: Andrew Odia – aka Slow Rotor, EBA, Faded Alien – an extraordinary and under-heard talent in techno, he remembers house, bleep & bass and new wave in 1980s Sheffield, he makes music today in MCR
Andrew Odia has numerous aliases and production guises, producing expansive and artistic techno compositions, inspired by the motor city. His creations skirt the idiosyncracies of Detroit’s forefathers, fusing sonic discovery from the roots of his Sheffield heritage – resulting in a vault of tracks that are altogether different. There’s a scholarly appreciation of techno, with…
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Liaisons Dangereuses – reissue of seminal LP.
Sheesh, imagine being/dancing in the Hacienda in Manchester in the early 1980s, listening to the industrial drone-tech of Liaisons Dangereuses many, many, many moons before dance music’s boom. The aggression/confusion/disorientation of hugely innovative and inspirational tracks like Los Niños Del Parque (a huge underground play in Detroit) must have felt so seminal in one’s life in 1982. Check…
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