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

byWill Simpson
June 12, 2025

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

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Amanda Lear ‘Sweet Revenge’ (Ariola, 1978)

byJeremy Allen

Amanda Lear’s ‘Sweet Revenge’ sold remarkably well on the continent when eurodisco was in its infancy in 1978, even if it made little headway in the UK

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

DARREN PRICE ‘Under The Flightpath’ (NovaMute, 1997)

byNeil Mason

As Darren Price’s ‘Under the Flightpath’ landed on my desk, I was about to fly away.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Bashung ‘Play Blessures’ (Philips, 1982)

byJeremy Allen

Alain Bashung is a tough enigma to crack.

BBuried Treasure

2 minute read

Beaumont Hannant ‘Texturology’ (GPR)

byMark Roland

'The first music I encountered by this spectacularly named artist was ‘Utuba’ on Warp’s ‘Artificial Intelligence II’ compilation in 1994"

BBuried Treasure

3 minute read

In 1991, Prefab Sprout frontman Paddy Mcaloon was struck down with serious illness that led to perhaps his boldest work, 2003’s ‘I Trawl The Megahertz’, a fever-dream of skittish longing that deserves ear time

BBuried Treasure

3 minute read

‘Carrera’

byBen Willmott

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