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May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic
Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]Archive
December 3, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 783
V/A, The Young and The Restless Horizon [OST] (1974) I loved that music – as a kid, sick days from school or home from kindergarten – my mum watching the soaps. I can remember the music without hearing it. Play the music, as on this record, and I can remember attempting conversations with my mum […]Archive
June 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Sebastien Tellier: L’Aventura
Sebastien Tellier L’Aventura Record Makers It’s only been six-to-eight months since Tellier dropped what was in my opinion one of the best albums of 2013. I’m still caught up in Confection, I still think it’s wonderful – but I can see that, though I wanted the world to hear it, the world might not have […]Archive
November 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Sebastien Tellier: Confection
Sebastien Tellier Confection Record Makers If you know Sebastien Tellier’s music you probably know him for his brilliantly layered, butch disco music; a sort of drunk-slick soul-sleaze set of electro-inspired pop tunes, and he’s all Warren Ellis-impersonating-Serge Gainsbourg, or a mountain-man down to tinkle the ivories and sip some brandies while he raises hemlines with […]Archive
November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Tony Allen: An Autobiography of The Master Drummer of Afrobeat
Tony Allen: An Autobiography of The Master Drummer of Afrobeat Tony Allen with Michael E. Veal Duke University Press Books So, in the end, I was quite disappointed with this book – I had been pretty excited about reading it; the best thing about this book is that it has in no way dulled my […]Archive
December 21, 2011 by Simon Sweetman