David Behrman ‘On The Other Ocean’ (Lovely Music, 1978)

byJoe Silva
June 13, 2024

"For more than 23 minutes, the side-long title piece emerges like fog that’s crept in so slowly overnight"

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Joe Silva

Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company ‘Like A Duck To Water’ (Earthquack, 1976)

byJoe Silva

Imagine a time when, as a concession to your audience, you’d show them cartoons while you were busy repatching your synthesisers between songs.

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Disco Inferno ‘Technicolor’ (Rough Trade)

byNeil Mason

It’s 1996, Britpop is all-seeing and Rough Trade couldn’t give a hoot.

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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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Shining ‘Din’ (Synthetic Symphony, 1995)

byMat Smith

"I’d become a Nitzer Ebb fan on the release of 1992’s Alan Wilder-produced ‘Ebbhead’, a frustrating time to become a fan of the band because they went on a three-year hiatus pretty much straight after they released that record."

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Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

byMat Smith

Aside from its troubling “what if?” premise, two things stayed with me about the 1998 film ‘Sliding Doors’, and neither of these were Gwyneth Paltrow’s British accent.

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Mike Batt ‘Zero Zero’ (Epic, 1982)

byBob Fischer

“Long, long ago, far into the distant future and after the seventh war, there is a civilisation called System 605. Where the diseases of love and emotion no longer exist to complicate our busy lives…”

David Behrman ‘On The Other Ocean’ (Lovely Music, 1978)

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Joe Silva

Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company ‘Like A Duck To Water’ (Earthquack, 1976)

Disco Inferno ‘Technicolor’ (Rough Trade)

Fingerprintz ‘Beat Noir’ (Virgin, 1981)

Shining ‘Din’ (Synthetic Symphony, 1995)

Peach ‘Audiopeach’ (Epic/Mute, 1997)

Mike Batt ‘Zero Zero’ (Epic, 1982)

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David Behrman ‘On The Other Ocean’ (Lovely Music, 1978)

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