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Eight Zero - 80s Electronica and Alternative Dance

Eight Zero - 80s Electronica and Alternative Dance

Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Paul Dakeyne.

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‘Eight Zero’? It’s a club night, a concept, a retrospective musical journey around all that was actually bloody good during the 80s. I had the pleasure of hosting, DJ’ing and promoting this night back in 2005/6. Banished was the cheesy pop of the period, and welcomed with open arms was the cool ‘electronica’, the alternative [...]

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Tainted Love - Rebuilding a Classic

Tainted Love - Rebuilding a Classic

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Paul Dakeyne.

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W-a-a-a-a-y back in 1981, once a week, I used to gather up a group of friends for a trip to Leeds, and that amazing club ‘The Warehouse’. As Disco gracefully bowed out the exit door, a whole new musical sub-culture emerged from its ashes, with a sprinkling of post-punk ‘n Bowie thrown in: Enter the [...]

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