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Brigitte Fontaine ‘Patriarcat’

A major figure in the French underground who worked with the likes of Grace Jones, Stereolab and Sonic Youth, Brigitte Fontaine reflects on ‘Patriarcat’, the 1977 electro-funk curveball she made with Areski Belkacem
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Cultural Amnesia

In 1979, Oxfordshire schoolboys Ben Norland, Gerard Greenway and John Peacock formed experimental DIY trio Cultural Amnesia. They revisit the excitement of the early 80s “cassette culture” scene, 47 years on
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Deb Grant

With BBC Radio’s annual 6 Music Festival just around the corner, presenter Deb Grant reveals the formative influences that led her to a life on the airwaves
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Apparat: Losing My Edge

Embracing analogue hardware, Apparat’s latest release is a richly detailed, quietly triumphant work, born from crippling writer’s block and transformed – almost imperceptibly – into a form of sonic therapy
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Mandy, Indiana: American Psycho

Hold on to your hats – we’re on a road trip to Mandy, Indiana. The French/English electronic noise merchants are back with a full-on second album, and there will be no comfort breaks
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Peaches: Wet Wet Wet

Riotously bawdy and uncompromising, Peaches is no stranger to radical provocation or controversy. Her first album in 11 years, ‘No Lube So Rude’, doubles down on that hardcore trajectory to louder, filthier and more joyously confrontational extremes