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laisve Announce Parallel Motion: A Tribute to Section 25 and the Spirit of Factory Records

Limited Edition The North West-based duo laisve return with Parallel Motion, a new limited-edition vinyl release that pays tribute to the enduring influence of Section 25 — one of Factory Records’ most innovative early artists. Opening with a cover of…

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August 16, 2025

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Blackpool (Pt 2): More from the margins of the margins

Part Two – Something Else Walk through one door in the Blackpool underground, and three more open. No sooner had I published part one than a flood of other names, faces, fragments, and frequencies emerged—reminders of just how sprawling and…

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May 15, 2025

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Blackpool: From Ballroom Blitz to Post-Punk Dissent

Part One – Riding the Punk Wave Blackpool’s reputation as a glittering northern seaside resort is well known: ballroom glamour, illuminations, sticks of rock, stag and hen dos, deckchairs and donkeys. But beneath the shine of its piers and the…

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May 3, 2025

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laisve Announce Parallel Motion: A Tribute to Section 25 and the Spirit of Factory Records

Blackpool (Pt 2): More from the margins of the margins

Blackpool: From Ballroom Blitz to Post-Punk Dissent

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Review: New Dawn Fades – The Story of Joy Division and Manchester

Anguish Models & Empathy Machines: Mensch Maschine Musik at E-WERK

Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucía – Passion, Grace and Fire – (Philips, 1983)

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