The Twins ‘A Wild Romance’ (Hansa International, 1983)

byImogen Bebb
January 18, 2024

The Twins were a synthpop group formed in Berlin in 1980, and unlike the twins of the Thompson variety, there were just two of them. Rather disappointingly though, they weren’t actually twins.

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Tik and Tok ‘Intolerance’ (Survival, 1984)

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Big Yoga Muffin ‘Wherever You Go, There You Are’ (Echo, 2000)

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The Twins ‘A Wild Romance’ (Hansa International, 1983)

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Imogen Bebb

Tik and Tok ‘Intolerance’ (Survival, 1984)

Bashung ‘Play Blessures’ (Philips, 1982)

Boom Boom Satellites ‘7 Ignitions’ (R&S, 1998)

Charlie Tate ‘Alta Plana’ (OM, 2005)

Merz ‘Merz’ (Epic, 1999)

Big Yoga Muffin ‘Wherever You Go, There You Are’ (Echo, 2000)

Stuart Staples

The Minimoog

Salman Gita ‘Sussan’

Tom Middleton

David Holmes: Back In The Saddle

Janet Beat: Dammit, Janet!

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Herb Deutsch: Out Of The Ether

The Twins ‘A Wild Romance’ (Hansa International, 1983)

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