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Hugo Largo – ‘Drum’ (Relativity, 1987)

“We want to be perceived as a band that plays wild rock and roll, maybe even punk music but that happens to play it quietly.” – Tim Sommer (Hugo Largo)

adam peacock, art rock, drum, hahn rowe, hugo largo, michael stipe, mimi goese, R.E.M., tim sommer

Disco Inferno – ‘Summer’s Last Sound/Love Stepping Out’ (Cheree, 1992)

“For all this talk of Summer and love, there’s a worm in Disco Inferno’s apple that never really ever goes away.”

cheree, disco inferno, ian crause, paul wilmott, post-rock, rob whatley, rough trade records, sampler

Harold Budd – ‘The Pavilion Of Dreams’ (Obscure Records, 1978)

“I realized I had minimalized myself out of a career. It had taken 10 years to reduce my language to zero but I loved the process of seeing it occur and not knowing when the end would come.”

The Durutti Column – ‘Without Mercy’ (Factory Records, 1984/Factory Benelux, 2018)

“But wait! A drum machine in a modern classical piece? Only on Factory Records. I’ve never, to this day, heard anything so wrong be so right. “

1984, album, arcane delights, bruce mitchell, factory benelux, factory classical, factory records, john metcalfe, manchester, music, new order, review, the durutti column, tim kellett, tony wilson, vini reilly, without mercy

Heavenly Bodies – ‘Celestial’ (Third Mind Records/C’est La Mort, 1987)

“The ghost of early Dead Can Dance understandably lingers in the tribal percussion and heavily reverbed guitar work and Seaman’s voice is most definitely from the school of Lisa Gerrard, albeit via Alison Shaw.”

celestial, Dead Can Dance, ethereal, heavenly bodies, music, Third Mind Records, This Mortal Coil

Spoonfed Hybrid – ‘Spoonfed Hybrid’ (Guernica, 1993)

“…an album that’s both more varied and sonically untethered than any of their previous incarnations, the noisiness of their previous groups consigned to the corner, allowing a vast space for a plethora of electronic and acoustic instruments to interact, meander and contort…”

ac temple, chris trout, dreampop, guernica records, ian masters, kilgore trout, pale saints, spoonfed hybrid

Jane And Barton – ‘Jane And Barton’ (Cherry Red, 1983/Optic Nerve Recordings, 2016)

“…if you listen carefully, you can almost hear the sound of a gentle breeze in the rushes as you laze on a soft picnic blanket, staring up into the blissful blue.”

1983, album, cherry red records, edward barton, indie, jane and barton, Jane lancaster, music, record

The Wolfgang Press – ‘Queer’ (4AD/Time Warner, 1991/1992)

“The city is weird now, like all cities are weird now—but Queer still thrills; it still makes me want to move.”

4ad, 4ad records, aaron tilford, andrew gray, mark cox, michael allen, warner US, wolfgang press

Felt – ‘The Splendour Of Fear’ (Cherry Red, 1984)

“…for me, the best album is The Splendour Of Fear.  It’s like a complete atmosphere, a complete mood….”- Lawrence, Felt

Robin Saville & Oliver Cherer – ‘Sizewell’ (Modern Aviation, 2019)

“Given the historical propensity of both to dabble in burbling synths, drones and conceptualities, it’s often difficult here to identify where Saville stops and Cherer starts (and vice versa). “

cassette, modern aviation, music, oliver cherer, robin saville, sizewell, tape

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