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In 1997, R&S Records’ UK head honcho, Bob Fisher, persuaded me to check out a new band from Japan at a small venue in Camden.
Money Mark, ‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’
Thick as thieves Beastie Boys’ compatriot Money Mark is perhaps best known for his eclectic 1998 album ‘Push The Button’, but his earlier debut, ‘Mark’s Keyboard Repair’, was really where it’s at
Element ‘Sourblaster’ (Creeping Bent, 2000)
Few music discovery anecdotes start with “I was rugby tackled by a man in a cinema because he liked my T-shirt”, but discovering Lancashire oddballs Element starts like that for me.
Holger Czukay & Rolf Dammers ‘Canaxis’ (Music Factory, 1969, reissued on Spoon, 1982 and 1998)
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.
One Dove ‘Morning Dove White’ (Boys Own Productions, 1993)
The trio of Dot Allison, Ian Carmichael and Jim McKinven released a solitary album. There was apparently a second, but it never saw the light.
400 Blows ‘…If I Kissed Her I’d Have To Kill Her First…’ (Illuminated ,1984)
Synder: “If you got outta here, there are a lot of people who think you’d start killing again.”