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

byImogen Bebb
May 11, 2023

"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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Imogen Bebb

WIN

byNeil Mason

A proper best-kept secret, 1980s Edinburgh outfit WIN are the greatest band most people have never heard of

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

byRyan Walker

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

BBuried Treasure

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Various Artists ‘Blueprints For Modern (Techno)Logy Vol 1’ (Plus 8, 1991)

byCarl Griffin

"Our first mistake was wandering unprepared into that hip Atlanta boutique where they sold all that rave clobber, and asking for a recommendation on a hot local DJ."

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Roger Powell ‘Air Pocket’ (Bearsville, 1980)

byJoe Silva

"The window is about 20 years, more or less. That’s the point where that obscure band you loved is mostly forgotten about..."

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Savath and Savalas ‘Folk Songs For Trains, Trees And Honey’ (Warp, 2000)

bySpenser Tomson

An album can be revelatory in any number of ways. Perhaps it arrives at the right time in your life to be particularly resonant, or it might reveal a whole area of music you didn’t realise existed.