Buried Treasure – Page 4 – Electronic Sound

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

byImogen Bebb

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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Luc Van Acker ‘Taking Snapshots’ (Self-Released, 1982)

byRyan Walker

“These track names were created by the people who bought the album in 1982”

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Ananda Shankar ‘Ananda Shankar’ (Reprise, 1970)

byJeremy Allen

In Ananda Shankar’s relatively short lifetime, the Indian sitar player was never afraid to push boundaries.

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Charlie Tate ‘Alta Plana’ (OM, 2005)

byRichard Skinner

Without any announcement at all, Alta Plana appeared in 2005 as a digital-only release and promptly disappeared.

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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.

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Yagya ‘Rigning’ (Sending Orbs, 2009)

byClaire Francis

Is dub techno having a resurgence? Did it ever really go away?

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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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Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

byJeremy Allen

Amanda Lear’s ‘Sweet Revenge’ sold remarkably well on the continent when eurodisco was in its infancy in 1978, even if it made little headway in the UK

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I Start Counting ‘My Translucent Hands’ (Mute, 1986)

byImogen Bebb

"Of the various musical guises assumed by David Baker and Simon Leonard, it was arguably their first – I Start Counting – which saw them at their most multifarious"

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Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

byJoe Silva

Say what you will about the rise of algorithms, but on occasion they do get it right.