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For all its stylistic diversity - bluegrass, bossa, jazz and electro all get a look in - and voracious internationalism, Floating City is a work with an identifiable centre. Home is where the heart is, Dolby’s being East Anglia, the same region of the British Isles that inspired Brian Eno’s bleakly nostalgic Ambient 4: On Land.»
The recruitment of US-born ex-Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio necessitated a significant shift in Sabbath's modus operandi. Dio wasn't a loveable hometown loon like the Ozzman; he was a hyper-professional journeyman with 20 years of experience in the music business and a reputation to maintain. More importantly, he could sing with a versatility and reach far beyond that of his predecessor. »
When 'Blessa' billows in on a cloud of reverb and warped tiki ambience it's tempting to jump to the conclusion that Toro y Moi are»
From the progressive adventures of Genesis to the stylistic flux of his subsequent solo career, Peter Gabriel has always made for »
Following the recent reissues of synthpop pioneer Thomas Dolby's classic debut The Golden Age Of Wireless and its mini album successor The Flat Earth, journalist Joseph Stannard - Wire, Terrorizer, Plan B - spoke to Dolby for DiS, and discusses his own relationship with these seminal recordings, which oft reside in the shadow of Dolby's 1982 hit 'She Blinded Me With Science'.»
For some, the term 'psychedelic' brings to mind an avalanche of soul-splintering noise a la Matthew Bower projects Skullflower, Su»
Following the release of Lindstrom & Prins Thomas's vertiginously brilliant II, the cosmic disco revival – or should that be»
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