Dave Clarke ‘Wisdom To The Wise’

byIsaak Lewis-Smith
October 10, 2024

Dave Clarke talks about ‘Wisdom To The Wise’, one of the finest, hard-hitting cuts from his ‘Red’ series, and indeed from techno history

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Isaak Lewis-Smith

Graham Crabb ‘Def Con One’

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“Get me Big Mac, get me fries to go” … Pop Will Eat Itself’s co-frontman Graham Crabb reveals the tale behind THE future-facing samplefest that is ‘Def Con One’

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Anne Clark ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’

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Dave Clarke ‘Wisdom To The Wise’

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Isaak Lewis-Smith

Graham Crabb ‘Def Con One’

Oceanic ‘Insanity’

Utah Saints ‘What Can You Do For Me’

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‘Electricity’

Anne Clark ‘Sleeper In Metropolis’

This Heat ‘24 Track Loop’

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Dave Clarke ‘Wisdom To The Wise’

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