UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)

byWill Stokes

Generally speaking, listening to a self-aggrandising peer saying, “You like [influential band]? Well, you should really listen to [obscure band]” tends more towards an act of generosity and patience than an educational experience.

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Chris Swansen ‘Album II’ (Badger, 1975)

byJoE Silva

Not long after Wendy Carlos officially ‘Switched-On’ the world, Bob Moog and a collection of electronic music pioneers gathered in the gardens of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to stage the first live performance of the Moog synthesiser

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Eyeless In Gaza ‘Photographs As Memories’ (Cherry Red, 1981)

byImogen Bebb

Eyeless In Gaza were formed in Nuneaton in 1980 by hospital worker Martyn Bates and lab assistant Pete Becker.

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The Endless House Foundation ‘Endless House’ (Dramatic, 2011)

byJoE Silva

You might have wished you were at Glasto 94. Or The Screen On The Green in 77. Or Hyde Park in 69 for that matter.

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Element ‘Sourblaster’ (Creeping Bent, 2000)

byJames Thornhill

Few music discovery anecdotes start with “I was rugby tackled by a man in a cinema because he liked my T-shirt”, but discovering Lancashire oddballs Element starts like that for me.

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Geinoh Yamashirogumi ‘Ecophony Rinne’ (Invitation, 1986)

byIsaak Lewis-Smith

Parliament-Funkadelic. Underground Resistance. Wu-Tang. When you’re thinking about the great musical collectives of the past 50 years, your mind may not jump to the Japanese outfit Geinoh Yamashirogumi.

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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.”

UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)

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