Gig 70. Marc Almond, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 16th October 1984.

He’s probably lost some of the casual Soft Cell fans for whom his immersion in drug culture and S&M dungeons is a bit too dark. Indeed I’d venture that for the vast majority of devotees here tonight, their only encounter with opium has been from a perfume bottle.…

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Gig 69. Echo & The Bunnymen, Spear Of Destiny, The Sisters Of Mercy, York Racecourse, 22nd September 1984

In his Aviator shades, leather trousers and crushed velvet jacket, with his mysterious tales of anacondas and reptile houses, he’s every inch the magnetic, local lizard king. A Morrison’s Jim Morrison if you will.…

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Cabaret Voltaire, Gestalt Corps, Bedford Boys' Club, 18th August 1984.

Their machines might be programmed, but it’s what they are programmed with - fear, anger, paranoia and bleak premonitions - that gives these dance rhythms their unsettling edge.…

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Gig 67. The Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Leadmill, Sheffield, 10th May 1984.

Their sound eddies and flows like the ocean tides and currents, from Lake Victoria in the heart of ancient Africa to their home on the shores of Lake Michigan.…

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Gig 66. The Box, Klub007, Strahov, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 2nd December 1983.

The start of our pressing interrogation of sound and the space around it. The nods and the glances between us, the blinks and winks, as we search for a kind of musical neutral buoyancy, where we become immersed in the current that pushes our wave of noise towards the audience.…

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Gig 65. Cabaret Voltaire, The Octagon Centre, Sheffield University, 19th November 1983

“I know when to go out Know when to stay in Get things done.” David Bowie - “Modern Love” (1983) Well, if it’s alright for David Bowie to stay at home on a summer…

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