Chris and Cosey ‘October (Love Song)’

byIan Berriman
December 7, 2023

Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti look back on ‘October (Love Song)’, a track they made in 1983 to document the dawn of their love affair

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Chris and Cosey ‘October (Love Song)’

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Ian Berriman

A Certain Ratio ‘Shack Up’

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Strafe ‘Set It Off’

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Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

808 State ‘Pacific State’

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Chris and Cosey ‘October (Love Song)’

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