FFeatures
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Vince Clarke: Vince Talks Mute

The first time that Vince Clarke met Daniel Miller, the mute boss told him he didn’t like Depeche Mode’s demo tape. thankfully, the basildon boys got a second chance to impress, as the Depeche/Yazoo/Erasure keyboardist recalls in this first person account of his long and fruitful creative relationship with mute
LLong Reads
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David Sylvian: When Can Met Japan

In 1986, Holger Czukay and David Sylvian met up at Holger’s converted cinema home/studio in Weilerswist, near Cologne. totally by accident they conjured up Aural magic. In a rare interview, David Sylvian discusses The fruit of the sessions, which are collected in a new boxset to be released later this month
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Finiflex: The Re-Flex

By anyone’s standards, 22 years is a while. As their new album ‘Suilven’ appears over the horizon, John Vick and Davie Miller explain why it’s taken the best part of two decades to morph from Finitribe to Finiflex
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Daniel Miller: The Forward Thinker

As a recording artist, first as The Normal and then as The Silicon Teens, his career was over in a flash. but as the head honcho of Mute records, Daniel Miller has stayed the course and then some, building one of the greatest labels in the world. and with Mute gearing up for the 2020š and beyond, his vision remains as strong and clear as it ever was. He still has time for a bit of DJing too. no requests please
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Miles Davis

In 1985, Miles Davis was offered free reign by his new record label. Those sessions remain unreleased expect for one track, electro synth funker ‘Rubberband’. it’s one of those what could have been moments…