Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

byMat Smith
March 21, 2021

Classix Nouveaux frontman Sal Solo talks us though the making of their UK smash hit ‘Is It A Dream’

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Dubstar ‘Stars’

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Mark Moore ‘Theme From S’express’

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Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

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Mat Smith

Dubstar ‘Stars’

Thomas Leer ‘Private Plane’

Oceanic ‘Insanity’

Dominatrix ‘The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight’

Mark Moore ‘Theme From S’express’

James Holden ‘Bania’

Phil Manzanera

Peter Strickland

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Classix Nouveaux ‘Is It A Dream’

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