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Dec 9, 2019

What is the most successful "Dance" single of all time?

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Dance Monkey by Tones And I has just clocked up its tenth week at the top of the UK singles chart. It's the longest running number o...
Dec 6, 2019

Drifting off (a) on my sofa, or (b) to see Underworld – delete as appropriate

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Yesterday started off normal. A couple of hours on work emails, paid off a boiler repair, noshed on an overcooked pub fry-up, tootled aro...
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Dec 4, 2019

It is my duty to inform you of this Selected Ambient Works anagram

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It is my duty to inform you that Selected Ambient Works is an anagram of "Welcome Break dentists". Less impressively, Squa...
Nov 30, 2019

And on that bombshell, Venetian Snares is back

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Venetian Snares . Remember him? He is responsible for drill 'n' bass, otherwise known as music for people who enjoy shoving woodp...
Nov 22, 2019

Is my Boards Of Canada mash-up art? Don't answer that

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I mushed together Boards Of Canada's album covers so you can appreciate them all at once. My visual mash-up has all the delicat...
Nov 15, 2019

For Delia Derbyshire, faffing became an artform — heck, I should know

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The new Electronic Sound magazine features electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, who is the best woman named after an English coun...
Nov 13, 2019

I have been blogging for fifteen years and I'm probably never going to stop

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Happy 15th birthday, this blog. The Fat Roland blog began on 13th November 2004 with a rather weak post about dry cleaning . Although i...
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Nov 12, 2019

Do you remember the first time (with your own money)?

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Any group of friends socialising over drinks will, at some point, raise one very particular question. That question is: what was the fir...