Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

byMat Smith
March 21, 2021

Classix Nouveaux frontman Sal Solo talks us though the making of their UK smash hit ‘Is It A Dream’

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Kazuko Hohki

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Frank Chickens founder Kazuko Hohki tells the story behind 1984’s ‘We Are Ninja’, a theatrical subversion of racial and gender stereotypes through karaoke synth rap

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Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

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Mat Smith

Kazuko Hohki

Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

Fred Deakin ‘The Staunton Lick’

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

OMD ‘Enola Gay’

Kevin Godley ‘Cry’

Scott Simon ‘Lawnchairs’

Red Snapper ‘Hot Flush’

Graham Crabb ‘Def Con One’

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Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

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