Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

byRichard Skinner
July 14, 2022

I heard rumours of this album’s existence – originally released privately as ‘Canaxis 5’ in 1969 and credited to Technical Space Composer’s Crew – in the days before the internet.

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It was overlooked when it came out in 1997. It remains overlooked now. But Sluts’n’Strings & 909’s ‘Carrera’ album is the musical equivalent of an enormous chest brimming with sparkly and glittery things

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Robyn Miller ‘Myst Soundtrack’ (Cyan, 1995)

byJoe Silva

It’s the mid-1990s and my daughter and I are sitting with our noses practically rammed up against the screen of our Power Mac 5200

BBuried Treasure

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WIN

byNeil Mason

A proper best-kept secret, 1980s Edinburgh outfit WIN are the greatest band most people have never heard of

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Shrift ‘Lost In A Moment’ (Six Degrees, 2006)

byRichard Skinner

“Remember ‘Underwater Love’, the gently lilting and effortlessly catchy trip hop track used on a Levi’s television advert in 1997?”

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Higher Intelligence Agency, ‘Colourform’, (Beyond, 1993)

byMat Smith

"Chris was the older brother of my high school best friend. He had the hippest taste in music, but he was also really intimidating."

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Tanning Salon ‘Dream Castle’ (PrismCorp, 2011)

bySpenser Tomson

Tumbling into YouTube holes can be a risky business. One minute you’re learning about dark matter or the Italian Futurists, the next you’re watching a pseudo Professor Denzil Dexter explain how the moon is, in fact, hollow and made out of toilet roll tubes