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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Colourbox ‘Colourbox’ (4AD, 1985)

byBen Willmott

"Formed in 1982 by brothers Martyn and Steve Young and later adding vocalist Lorita Grahame, Colourbox started life as an indie band"

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Back in the olden days, many music journalists had a nice sideline penning biogs, frothy one-pagers extolling the virtues of a major label’s next big thing. The money was more than you’d earn writing a cover feature, so understandably competition was fierce.

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Icebreaker International ‘Trein Maersk: A Report To The NATOarts Board Of Directors’ (IT, 2000)

byWill Simpson

"...two fellows who, using portable equipment, had recorded an album on a container ship they had boarded in Japan..."

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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.

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