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Ghost Box Records: Making Dead Men Sing

We’ve had 10 years of wonderful music and fabulous visuals from those genre-defining folk at Ghost Box Records and we’re popping corks with label co-founders Jim Jupp and Julian House to mark the occasion. Stand by for stuff about synths, sci-fi, Bagpuss, electromagnetic fields, alchemists, William Burroughs and haunted dancefloors
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Carter Tutti Void: Triple Strength

When Carter Tutti Void invited us to spend an afternoon at their remote rural HQ, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. Two parts Throbbing Gristle to one part Factory Floor, the threesome made their recording debut with a live album recorded at their very first gig. Now there’s a second album, ‘f (X)’, a rare non-TG release on the seminal Industrial Records. And it’s an absolute corker
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Lloyd Cole: Dimensional Shift

If you still think of Lloyd Cole as a jangly popster, you’re in need of some re-education. His latest album, ‘1D’, follows on from his 2013 collaboration with krautrock pioneer Roedelius and finds him walking a fine line all the way to the future
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OMD ‘Enola Gay’

Looking back through the mists of time to 1980, Andy Mccluskey talks us through the making of OMD’s smash hit single. Synths out of a catalogue, a scandal with ‘Swap Shop’, Airfix models – it’s a tale that’s got it all