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Stuart Benjamin Pulls It Off.
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Ethnically Welsh.
Professional librarian.
Wilfully obscure arrogant music snob.
I'm nothing special.
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Polygon Window - (Surfing On Sine Waves)
1992
Warp
A rocky beach at low tide, breakers roll up to the shore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Went to London yesterday. Took a photo of this crow. He charged me twenty quid.
A London crow outside The Tower.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Simple Minds - Celebration
1982
Virgin
A CD of the early Simple Minds compilation Celebration.
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A trip to the Pictures to see the new DM concert film. It's no 101 - nothing is - but one of the better ones with some superb photography.
Depeche Mode M a film by Fernando Frias in cinemas and IMAX limited screenings from October 28th.
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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*1980s BBC Radio 1 jingle*
STEVE REICH IN THE AFTERNOON!

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Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians
1997
Nonesuch
A CD of Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich.
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Blood Incantation - Hidden History Of The Human Race
2020
Century Media
An alien in some spacey landscape
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
1999
Nothing Records
Nine Inch Nails CD The Fragile
October 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Alain Goraguer - La Planete Sauvage, expanded original soundtrack
1973/2023
Cam Sugar
La Planete Sauvage, expanded original soundtrack. Music composed and conducted by Alain Goraguer. A film by Rene Laloux. Original drawings by Roland Topor. Two aliens on the cover.
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Manu Dibango - The Very Best Of African Soul
1997
Mercury
Manu Dibango The very best of African Soul. Manu sits in traditional Cameroonian costume on a large orange sofa with his saxes.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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LUNCHTIME WALK:
You encounter a mysterious stranger and her wares. Give her a fuss or choose from her basket.
A very nice white brown and black tabby cat sits among some autumn leaves An old rusty basket of empty beer cans.
October 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Rhodri Davies - Telyn Rawn
2020
Amgen
Rhodri Davies - Telyn Rawn
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Bisgedi - Bisgedi
2025
Self released
A CD of the album Bisgedi by the band Bisgedi. On the cover half a dozen PlayPeople dressed as Egyptians worship a white chocolate chip cookie.
October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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In suspension
An orange leaf floats as if hovering in air in an autumn landscape. It is suspended on the thin strand of a spider's trail.
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Fled Astray - Demagogue Go
2025
Wormhole World
Demagogue Go by Fled Astray. Black and white photo of ancient romanesque mask
October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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HMS Morris - Dollar Lizard Money Zombie
2024
Bubblewrap Collective
HMS Morris - Dollar Lizard Money Zombie Purple and black band photo on cover.
October 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Steve Reich - Drumming
1974
Warner
Steve Reich Drumming Steve Reich and musicians
October 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Body Exit Mind
1992
Play It Again Sam
New Fast Automatic Daffodils album Body Exit Mind. Blue red and black features band members on the front
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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WHAT IS THAT MR WIGGY? OH NO MR WIGGY YOU CANNOT HAVE BEANS UPON THE TOASTS FOR TEA. YOUR ONLY MEAL IS THE HUBRIS FOUND IN OBSCURITY MR WIGGY
A musty old judges wig and robert jenrick
October 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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North Sea Radio Orchestra - Special Powers
2025
Believer's Roast
The Special Powers album by North Sea Radio Orchestra. Grey, black, and white with wavy lines like contours. Or indeed, waves.
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Carlton B Morgan - Living In Treachery CBM v 80s: A Carlton B Morgan Retrospective
2025
Self Released
A CD. On the cover: Living In Treachery CBM v 80s: A Carlton B Morgan Retrospective. Picture is a black and white line drawing, a pastiche of the Max Boyce record Live in Treorchy, a figure sits with a guitar, a fish, and a dog wearing a feather. The figure also wears a V for Vendetta mask.
October 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance/Garden Of Arcane Delights
1984/2022
4AD
Dead Can Dance album Dead Can Dance. Black and white. Some sort of mask or something
October 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Look, there are some brilliant Welsh language turns out there at the minute. Ynys are one of them. They marry a prog sensibility to a 3.5 minute dream pop brevity. Recommended.

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Ynys - Dosbarth Nos
2024
Libertino
A CD of Dosbarth Nos by the band Ynys. Features a pink bleached out photo of Dylan on the cover.
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Richard Dawson - The Ruby Cord
2022
Domino
A hermit tinker loaded with wares rests on a stone.
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Lunachicks - Pretty Ugly
1997
Go-Cart Records
A CD of Lunachicks Pretty Ugly. Has one of those head and shoulders make up doll things on the cover
September 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
1980
Armageddon/Tiny Ghost Records
Underwater Moonlight by The Soft Boys. A well dressed old couple sit on some rocks by the beach.
September 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM