Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

byJoe Silva
April 21, 2023

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

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Bo Hansson ‘Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings’ (Silence, 1970) (Charisma, 1972)

byPush

Since the huge commercial success of Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ movies, it’s been easy to forget the significance of the JRR Tolkien novel to the 1960s counterculture hippies.

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Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)

byBen Willmott

Leila Arab was born in Iran, but moved to Britain at an early age, her family forced to flee the country’s Islamic Revolution because of her father’s ties with the ousted Shah

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Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

byRichard Skinner

I heard rumours of this album’s existence – originally released privately as ‘Canaxis 5’ in 1969 and credited to Technical Space Composer’s Crew – in the days before the internet.

BBuried Treasure

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Cut And Paste ‘Come Unstuck’ (Freskanova, 1999)

byNeil Mason

While tidying out a dark corner of the home office recently, some boxes of old CDs revealed themselves, among them a hillock of promos from the late 90s.

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Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

byJoe Silva

There wasn’t much room on the dancefloor for the version of Fingerprintz that released their ‘Distinguishing Marks’ LP in 1980...

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It was overlooked when it came out in 1997. It remains overlooked now. But Sluts’n’Strings & 909’s ‘Carrera’ album is the musical equivalent of an enormous chest brimming with sparkly and glittery things

Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

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Joe Silva

Bo Hansson ‘Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings’ (Silence, 1970) (Charisma, 1972)

Leila ‘Like Weather’ (Rephlex, 1998)

Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)

Cut And Paste ‘Come Unstuck’ (Freskanova, 1999)

Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

‘Carrera’

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Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

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Pneumatic Tubes: Son Of His Father

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Stephen Mallinder: Collaborations

Nídia And Valentina Magaletti: Opposites Attract

Bill Nelson ‘Chimera’ (Mercury, 1983)

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