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

byRichard Skinner
July 14, 2022

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.

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Space Raiders ‘Don’t Be Daft’ (Skint, 1999)

byNeil Mason

Prince said we should party like it was 1999, and, as far as we know, he hadn’t even heard the debut album by Middlesbrough’s Space Raiders.

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Synergy ‘Sequencer’

byMark Roland

X marks the spot when it comes to unearthing lost gems from the hidden chest of electronic music past. This month, we dig up ‘Sequencer’, Synergy’s seminal late 1970s album

BBuried Treasure

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UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)

byWill Stokes

Generally speaking, listening to a self-aggrandising peer saying, “You like [influential band]? Well, you should really listen to [obscure band]” tends more towards an act of generosity and patience than an educational experience.

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Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

byJeremy Allen

When Pete Shelley died in December 2018, a universal acknowledgement of just how much we’d lost soon followed.

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Robert Leiner ‘Visions Of The Past’ (Apollo, 1994)

byPush

It was quite remarkable. It still is.

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Dalek I Love You ‘Dalek I Love You ‘ (Korova, 1983)

byImogen Bebb

I was introduced to the music of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark when I was 15. By the time I was 17, I was besotted with the band and had become the local OMD expert

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

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Richard Skinner

Space Raiders ‘Don’t Be Daft’ (Skint, 1999)

Synergy ‘Sequencer’

UNITS ‘Digital Stimulation’ (415, 1980)

Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

Robert Leiner ‘Visions Of The Past’ (Apollo, 1994)

Dalek I Love You ‘Dalek I Love You ‘ (Korova, 1983)

Delia Derbyshire

Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’

Nightmares On Wax’

Jlin: In Good Shape

Halina Rice: Divine Rice

Krautrock: Golden Years

Rusty Egan

Working Men’s Club: Club Mix

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

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