Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

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

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Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

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Jeremy Allen

Bo Hansson ‘Music Inspired By Lord Of The Rings’ (Silence, 1970) (Charisma, 1972)

LAIKA ‘Silver Apples Of The Moon’ (Too Pure, 1994)

Cowboys International ‘The Original Sin ‘ (Virgin, 1979)

Robyn Miller ‘Myst Soundtrack’ (Cyan, 1995)

PIG ‘Sinsation’ (JVC, 1995)

Don Dorsey ‘Bachbusters’ (Telarc, 1985)

Utah Saints ‘What Can You Do For Me’

Loula Yorke

Liquid Liquid ‘Optimo’

Mike Paradinas

Morton Subotnick: Quantum Bleep

Automatic: Automatic For The People

Library Of The Occult,: The Devil Rides In

Editors: Heavy Heavy Monster Sound

Pete Shelley ‘XL1’ (Genetic, 1983)

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