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Nick Sanderson, creator and frontman from the music group Earl Brutus, had a unique objective for his group: he dreamed that some time among their music could end up being the regular melody played to drive out pubs in closing period. “Our dream would be to record an ideal song …

Neglected by many due to his early death and insufficient recordings, Larry Levan is among the seminal brands in dance music, a legendary inspiration through the 1970s and ’80s. Inspired by David Mancuso’s Loft celebrations, which presaged disco by a lot more than five years, Levan got his cue and …

The whirlwind success Bronski Defeat experienced during its mid-’80s beginnings took a significant toll on singer Jimmy Somerville, who surprised lots of people along with his decision to keep the group after only 1 full-length album. Because of the recognition of singles like “Smalltown Young man” along with a cover …

In the history of Liverpool punk, Big in Japan occupy quite similar legendary status as London’s the London S.S. — the main differences getting that Big in Japan gigged and documented with some achievement (the London S.S. hardly ever escaped the rehearsal area), plus they had been therefore furiously disliked …

Perhaps one of the most commercially successful companies from the 1980s, Trevor Horn popularized a personal modernist sound well known because of its early usage of samplers. Blessed July 15, 1949 in Hertfordshire, Britain, his dad was a dual bass participant in an area orchestra; Horn shortly found the bass …