A band from Blackgang Chine from the Isle of Wight, a place that I haven't been to since I was a child. I feel inspired to return there this year after learning that they have such a cool band from their town.
28 February 2015
elvis perkins - 'hogus pogus'
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He's the son of actor Anthony Perkins, he's got a great Christian name and e does a great line in lo-fi, DIT folk music. The new album was out this week and it's incredibly engaging, very funny and leftfield yet there's a deadly serious piece of music here. It's a very tough balancing act to do well and Perkins has done it with aplomb.
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Elvis Perkins
moon duo - 'animal'
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I love the darkness that the San Francisco duo bring to their music and the frenetic tempo with the lyrics on reverb, very reminiscent of Suicide. Can't wait to hear the new album.
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Moon Duo
lonelady - 'bunkerpop'
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This should wake everyone up. Imagine a very funky, stripped back St Vincent and you won't be too far off this sound. It's bloody brilliant!
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Lonelady
27 February 2015
roy orbison, carl perkins, johnny cash, jerry lee lewis - 'this train'
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Now that is one hell of a line-up. 3/4 of the million-dollar session together with the Big O who, of course, used to be on the same circuit around Southern USA when Elvis was just starting out.
dalton - 'bedford and grand'
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The opening track to the new Dalton (aka Nate Harrar) eponymously titled album is one that certainly grabs the attention and keeps it focused. Great stuff.
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Dalton
26 February 2015
warpaint - 'no way out (redux)'
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This is apparently the brand new Warpaint track, the first in a series to be released later this year. It's a corker!
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Warpaint
misterwives - 'not your way'
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Ooh! I like this a lot. It reminds me very much of the Pipettes first album and that's an album I'd happily describe as a classic. Great pop!
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Misterwives
25 February 2015
alcoholic faith mission - 'orbiter'
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Oh my, could this be the next big thing from Denmark? What a tune this is, the title track from their new album out last week. It reminds me in part of the very sadly defunct band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool and I mean that in the very best possible way.
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Alcoholic Faith Mission
the districts - '6 am'
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Possibly my favourite track from their new album and one that certainly pushes through all sorts of emotions. What a voice!
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The Districts
kyrstyn pixton - 'i alone (lubdub remix)'
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This is taken from a great little remix EP of a track of Ms Pixton's and is available to buy from her Bandcamp site. I love dub remixes generally and this is no exception. Top work from Temple Step Project.
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Kyrstyn Pixton
thomy yorke and robert del naja - 'soundtrack from the uk gold'
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What a collaboration this is together with Jonny Greenwood and Euan Dickinson this is the entire soundtrack streamed for free from the new film 'The UK Gold". First listen appears to be very much in the same ballpark as Danny The Dog and Atoms For Peace. I like this a lot.
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Robert Del Naja,
Thom Yorke
daniel knox - 'blue car'
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This is the album that I wanted Scott Walker's Bish Bosch to sound like. He sounds a dead ringer for Scott Walker with rich, operatic tones over a piano-led band and his humour is offbeat and the music is in parts sounding a little like experimental musical theatre but he always manages to have one foot on the ground. The songs are beautifully produced and deceptive in that classic Scott Walker way of sounding at first listen like it's cheesy but then revealing a sharp, satirical and extremely clever song. I've had it on loop for 2 days solid now and still not tired of it, except for the faint car alarm sound in the first track, Blue Car but even that's not really that annoying. Beautiful stuff.
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Daniel Knox
24 February 2015
will butler - 'take my side'
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Currently part listening to Brighton and Hove Albion on the radio in one ear and this the first track from Will Butler's upcoming album. I'm winning in both ears at the moment!
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Will Butler
21 February 2015
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18 February 2015
krill - 'torturer'
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Can I recommend an album to you? Krill's new long player is called 'A Distant Fist Unclenching' and it's superb.
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Krill
17 February 2015
grasscut - 'curlews'
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This is the first track from a debut album by Brightonians, Grasscut. I'll definitely look out for it, they play quite a traditional folk but it has a slight baroque sound to it as well. Quite beguiling.
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Grasscut
dengue fever - 'taxi dancer'
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I'm really enjoying their new album. It's classic Dengue Fever and that's a very good thing indeed.
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Dengue Fever
unkle - 'every single prayer (feat. gavin clarke)
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Sad to read that long-time Unkle collaborator and fellow Brightonian, Gavin Clark has died. This tune is a fitting tribute, I think.
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UNKLE
dj dusty - 'jungle nights'
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A friend recommended this Bandcamp artist to me last night and I've got to say I've been enjoying the album 'Oceans' immensely. It's light techno that you can lose yourself in quite happily and enjoy as background music but the real fun is when you put some headphones on and catch all the little nuances this album has to offer.
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DJ Dusty
16 February 2015
two gallants - 'my man go'
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I've been listening to their latest album quite a bit over the last few days and it's definitely growing on me. At first I thought it was a little too 'metal' for my tastes but I've begun to notice the nuances now and there's a lot hidden under the bonnet. I think this is my favourite tune so far.
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Two Gallants
15 February 2015
new documentary of bronx 79 tells the definitive story of the birth of hip-hop
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Via FactMag and Egotrip
The birth of hip hop culture recounted by those who were there.
After more than 40 years, what many thought might only be a fad as proven to be one of the defining cultures of the 20th century. Bronx 79, a new documentary by PMISH Films, details hip hop’s first steps in what it claims to be “the definitive story” of the culture.
There’s little information on when and how the documentary will be released yet but there is an enticing trailer, featuring legends DJ Disco Wiz and Joe Conzo alongside author Jeff Chang, who also documented the birth and growth of the culture in his classic book Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop.
Bronx 79 will tell the story by “employing first-person interviews of the people that were there at the beginning, original footage and photographs of that era, and unique recreations through stylized animation and live-action we will finally see the untold story of the pioneers, the fans and the world of the South Bronx in 1979.”
hundred waters - 'innocent'
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My video of the week from Hundred Waters. A sort of opening sequence to 2001 A Space Odyssey theme that works rather well with the music.
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Hundred Waters
the amazing - 'safe island'
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Now this is pushing a lot of my buttons, what a great tune with lots of influences here. There's shoe-gazing, new wave, indie jangly and post-rock aplenty. The result is quite beautiful and uplifting. It's taken from their new album 'Picture You' out next week and from what I've heard so far it's going to be one that's spoken about often when people come to pick their best of the year.
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The Amazing
14 February 2015
soft cell - 'tainted love/where did our love go'
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This was a big favourite on student nights at the local nightclubs up and down the length of Britain back in the 80s. I still love it now.
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Soft Cell
ibeyi - 'mama says'
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French Cuban twins who, I believe, are the daughters of a member of the Buena Vista Social Club so come with a rich musical heritage. They've a debut album out next week and I for one, can't wait to hear it. In the meantime here's a track from it. Class!
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Ibeyi
13 February 2015
edit - 'ceilings'
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This is one of the bonus tracks taken from the deluxe tenth anniversary edition of edIT's classic and groundbreaking album. What a tune.
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edIT
12 February 2015
thea hjelmeland - 'feathery'
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Norwegian singer, Ms Hjelmeland had an album out last year that bobbled along without causing any great waves which is a real shame as she's got a lot of talent and undoubtedly deserves a wider audience. There's big comparisons, to my ears at least, with Emiliana Torrini and I mean that with the highest praise.
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Thea Hjelmeland
darren hayman - 'down among the dead men'
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He was the singer/songwriter of perennial John Peel favourites Hefner but of late he's ploughed a lonely furrow as a folk singer. I came across his new album and it's quite a beauty. It's a concept album called "Chants for Socialists" and the title should more or less give away the idea but don't think that it's a ponderous and worthy affair, the result is actually quite ethereal with plenty of light moments and the overall effect is quite uplifting even for those of us who don't share his politics.
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Darren Hayman
hotep - 'just negotiate feat. simeon jones'
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Ah, this is quite lovely in a soulful way. Released this week and available from Bandcamp (follow the link on the embed).
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HoTep
gza and tom morello - 'the mexican'
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GZA has a new album out later in the year but here's a non-album track collaboration. The title comes form the sampled Babe Ruth's song of 1972.
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GZA,
Tom Morello
them bird things - 'city on the hill'
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I discovered this Finnish band randomly on Bandcamp earlier and their new album 'The Bride Who Came To Yellow Sky' has enchanted me from the first track. This tune in particular really grabbed my attention, very lovely with a Mazzy Star alt-country feel to it.
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Them Bird Things
the decemberists - 'carolina low'
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I've been listening this morning to the new Decemberists album and it's quite simply blown me away. Over the last couple of albums they've gone a transformation musically and have done away with the extended story-telling ballads in favour of the shorter 3 to 6 minute tunes and it's divided opinion amongst their fans. They even acknowledge this in the first track on the new album where they explain that they had to change even if the fans didn't want them to.
I like the new Decemberists a lot. They continue to be very geeky, very folky but there's still a rock edge when they want to and they can still do love songs like nobody's business. This song is a case in point.
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The Decemberists
the smiths - 'that joke isn't funny anymore'
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The album 'Meat Is Murder' was released 30 years ago yesterday. That fact makes me feel very, very old but glad I was there when it was released. As with a lot of working-class British teenagers I felt that The Smiths were the first band that actually understood what it was to be me. Looking at the tracklisting of the album, I'm not sure it dates as well as The Queen Is Dead or Strangeways Here I Come but there's still some great tracks on there, few better than this classic.
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The Smiths
10 February 2015
ella ronen - 'two roses/let it fall'
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Israeli singer Ella Rosen is here in session singing two lovely tracks, the first is a traditional Jewish tune and the second is one of her early tracks.
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Ella Ronen
the districts - 'peaches'
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Another album to look out for is The Districts' 'A Flourish And A Spoil'. This track reminds me quite a bit of the Killers, it's going to be interesting to see which direction the rest of the album goes.
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The Districts
tal national - 'claire'
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I'd never heard of the genre before but apparently it's called trance rock and Niger band Tal National are a big noise in the scene. My ignorance has been my misfortune because I certainly have missed out here, this tune is a monster! They've a new album out soon, 'Zoy Zoy' on Fat Cat Records so this will be my chance to catch up.
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Tal National
lana del ray - 'brooklyn baby (richard x remix)'
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It's quite an unlikely candidate for a remix especially a full on bells and whistles one. Not sure about it to be honest but this is the man who remixed Foxbase Alpha so brilliantly so I'll have no bad words said!
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Lana Del Ray
the blueflowers - 'grey matter'
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This video doesn't do the tune justice but it's the best you'll get as far as I can find so apologies about that. Possibly their best hit from the 2014 album 'At The Edge of Disaster'.
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The Blueflowers
09 February 2015
fela kuti's long-lost debut recording
of montreal - 'empyrean abbatoir'
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I really like this track from the new album but the lyrics are completely unfathomable! It's a great return to their punk-funk days and a n instant party favourite. Love it!
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Of Montreal
tigercats - 'laura and cesar'
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This is a great Saint Etienne-inspired track from East Londoners, Tigercats. I've just been listening to their new album tonight and it's an instant hit. Very fresh sounding with lots of crisp, clean songs but still keeping an edgy punk-pop feel. I think they're going to be a massive hit with the festival crowds.
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Tigercats
08 February 2015
radiohead - 'weird fishes/arpeggi'
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Continuing the chillout feel to this Sunday afternoon here's a wonderful track from the ever-reliable Radiohead.
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Radiohead
dísa - 'cure'
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Described as electro-pop with a dark twist, it's a fair description and I'm glad to see that she avoids turning it into a power-pop tune in the same vein as Lykke Li. Great stuff as ever from the Reykjavik music scene.
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Dísa
duke garwood - 'heavy love'
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Ah, now this is beautiful British blues singer Duke Garwood has collaborated with the likes of Mark Lanegan for some time now but I think he's really come of age with his latest album. Reminiscent of Jim White or very bluesy John Martyn it straddles the blues/Americana genres with ease. Perfect for a Sunday morning.
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Duke Garwood
07 February 2015
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05 February 2015
15 hours of old school rave and jungle mixes
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Oh my goodness! Imaginary Forces aka Anthony J Hart has uploaded a whole load of old rave and jungle mixes onto Mixcloud dating from 1991 right up to 1998. Talk about a trip down memory lane. There's over 15 hours of the stuff and I'm already loving this one, mix 1 from 1991.
You can listen to them all here: http://www.mixcloud.com/entropyandenergy/
the stranglers - 'strange little girl'
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I've no idea why but this tune has been playing in my head for the last few days, I've not heard it for ages so I can't explain why. Ah well, no worries; it's a fantastic tune and provides a great excuse for me to play it.
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The Stranglers
public service broadcasting - 'gagarin'
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I've heard a sneak preview of their new concept album all featured around the late 50s space race and it's an absolute belter. I think it could well feature in a lot of album charts at the end of the year, it's that good.
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Public Service Broadcasting
andrew combs - 'nothing to lose'
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I didn't think 70s style troubadours still existed but Andrew Combs is keeping the genre well and truly alive with this great track that is so 70s retro it could be one of the tracks on a Smokey and the Bandit film. Great!
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Andrew Combs
the wands - 'sound of the machine'
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I've read great reviews of their upcoming album so I'm hoping it's all as good as this track from it. Psychedelic rock with Suede-esque vocals and a Doors-ish feel to the instrumentation it's a big thumbs up from me.
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The Wands
04 February 2015
dan mangan + blacksmith - 'xvi'
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I urge everyone to go out and buy Dan Mangan's new album 'Club Meds'. It's a tad melancholy but all the better for it. It reminds me in part of Frank Turner and in others Radiohead and in other brief moments of Woodkid and you can't go too wrong with that mix!
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Dan Mangan
josé gonzález - 'leaf off/the cave'
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I've not heard much from him for a while but Jose is back with a very summer-y feeling tune to warm us all up in the bitter February chill. Not sure about the video to be honest, it's trying a bit too hard to be ironic. I think I would prefer a simpler approach.
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José González
jonathan - 'maggie'
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Croatian band Jonathan are big Interpol fans and it shows. Maybe a bit too much perhaps but this is still a great tune.
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Jonathan
02 February 2015
buddy holly - 'love is strange'
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He gave his last ever performance this day 56 years ago. What a loss to music his death was, it still saddens me to think of it.
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Buddy Holly
cracker - 'king of bakersfield'
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This is from their new long player and probably my favourite track on the album. This is how country music should sound. Edgy, humorous and some very tight guitar playing.
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Cracker
artisan loyalist - 'o chamelon (teen daze remix)'
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Here's a tune to make the Monday blues a little bit more bearable. The tune doesn't really go anywhere but the place it stays occupied is a rather lovely soothing ambient electronic haven. Just what the doctor ordered.
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Artisan Loyalist
01 February 2015
all we are - 'ebb/flow'
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Liverpool band All We Are have their eponymously named album out and it's certainly growing on me. Reminiscent of the Sundays in parts. This is a cracking tune from it.
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All We Are
coffee break cookies - 'the silence of a candle'
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I've fallen in love with this tune from 2013 that I discovered earlier today. It's a downtempo/trip-hop band from Greece and if you like Wax Tailor and music of that ilk then this will be right up your street.
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Coffee Break Cookies
empathy test - 'losing touch'
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Now this is right up my street, electro/synth pop with a great indie feel to it. Actually, it reminds me in large parts of Sparks.
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Empathy Test
pink floyd - 'if'
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This day in 1967, Pink Floyd signed to EMI Records. It looks like they were asked to pose 'A Level' style for the pictures!
Here's a tune from them in their pomp.
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Pink Floyd
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