Ultramarine ‘Stella’

byRob Harris
February 11, 2021

Paul Hammond talks us through Ultramarine’s 1990 folktronic classic, ‘Stella’

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Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’

byBen Gilbert

Flowered Up keyboard player Tim Dorney discusses the evolution and impact of the titanic ‘Weekender’, the band’s 1992 post-rave anthem

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Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

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Strafe ‘Set It Off’

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Steve Standard recalls the making of his haunting electro classic ‘Set It Off’, released under the name Strafe, which took 1980s New York by storm

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Ultramarine ‘Stella’

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Rob Harris

Tim Dorney ‘Weekender’

Peter Howell ‘Through A Glass Darkly’

Jeff Wayne ‘The War Of The Worlds’

Strafe ‘Set It Off’

Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’

Add N To (X) ‘Metal Fingers In My Body’

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Ultramarine ‘Stella’

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