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The Hype made only one in 1966. Nevertheless, it excites enthusiasts both due to its crazy guitar noises — the epitome of the mod/R&B/proto-psychedelic collision enthusiasts have got retroactively dubbed “freakbeat” — and since it was made by Joe Meek. “You’re Keeping Me Down” was a beehive orgy of frenzied …

Early compatriots of Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle in Britain’s experimental/commercial scene, 23 Skidoo pursued an improvisational fusion of cultural drumming and post-punk dance on the few recordings of the first ’80s. Named following a slang expression in the 1920s that acquired originally made an appearance in the task of …