John Fahey ‘Requia’ (Vanguard, 1968)

byKris Needs

“If you’re very good I’ll invite you for tea and play ‘The Death Of The Clayton Peacock’, which would be the nicest thing that could possibly happen, and then we’ll go and feed the ducks.”

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Nick Nicely ‘Psychotropia’ (Tenth Planet, 2003)

byImogen Bebb

Born on a transatlantic flight layover in 1959, from the moment he took his first breath there was always going to be something a little different about Nick Nicely.

BBuried Treasure

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Baffo Banfi ‘Ma, Dolce Vita’ (Innovative Communication, 1979)

byMat Smith

"Looking back, I see now that I spent my mid-90s university years in Colchester buying excessive amounts of music as a defence against a largely miserable existence"

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Hailu Mergia ‘Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye’ (Kaifa, 1985 / Awesome Tapes FROM Africa, 2013)

byLippy Kid

When searching for pioneers of electronic futurism, how many of us would consider the golden age of Ethiopian jazz-funk to be an obvious port of call?

BBuried Treasure

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Boyd Rice / Frank Tovey ‘Easy Listening For The Hard Of Hearing’ (Mute, 1984)

byIan Abraham

Originally recorded in 1981 at London’s Blackwing Studio, this brilliant maniacal fusion of weird soundscapes and fucked up noise ideology is one of the records that got away.

BBuried Treasure

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Robert Palmer ‘Pride’ (Island, 1983)

byRichard Skinner

Robert Palmer passed away in 2003 at the shockingly young age of 54. A massively underrated artist who wrote and produced so many great songs, the fact that he died without much comment or celebration of his life was a crying shame.

BBuried Treasure

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Carl Crack ‘Black Ark’ (DHR Limited, 1998)

byBen Willmott

"Berlin’s Digital Hardcore Recordings produced a whole host of amazing bands with one aim – to reimagine the anarchic, angry spirit of punk through electronica"

John Fahey ‘Requia’ (Vanguard, 1968)

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