The Haçienda

byMat Smith
January 13, 2022

Ben Kelly, the designer of The Haçienda, talks us through the club’s iconic design aesthetic

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The Haçienda Hair Salon

byPush

There were lots of strange things going on in the dark corners of The Haçienda in the 1980s, but the strangest thing of all was Swing, the hairdressing salon in the basement

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‘Under The Island: Experimental Music In Ireland 1960-1994’

byWill Simpson

A new album, ‘Under The Island: Experimental Music In Ireland 1960-1994’, focuses on an amazing bunch of late 20th century Irish bedroom producers and their early, lo-tech tinkerings

TTime Machine

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‘Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’

byMark Roland

When a mysterious album of nine experimental electronic trance mixes of the same tune was released in 1993, no one could quite believe who was responsible…

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With a penchant for cover versions, Laibach have subverted the likes of Queen, ‘The Sound Of Music’ and Bach, but their take on The Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ scaled new heights. Co-producer Bertrand Burgalat recalls the fun and games

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Von Südenfed

byNeil Mason

What to make of the musical mind-melt that saw The Fall’s Mark E Smith hook up with Düsseldorf experimentalists Mouse On Mars? Jan St Werner takes us behind the scenes with Von Südenfed

TTime Machine

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The ILLIAC II

byAnastasia Chernysheva

How were computers first used to make music? The ILLIAC II was used by both Lejaren Hiller and Salvatore Martirano to develop two different approaches to algorithmic composition

The Haçienda

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Mat Smith

The Haçienda Hair Salon

‘Under The Island: Experimental Music In Ireland 1960-1994’

‘Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest’

Laibach

Von Südenfed

The ILLIAC II

Carl Cox

Grauzone ‘Eisbär’

Jah Wobble ‘Bomba’

David M Allen: How Very Dare You

Tristram Cary: A Century In Sound

Michael Rother and Vittoria Maccabruni: The Light Fantastic

Hannah Peel

Ron Trent

The Haçienda

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