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sing on our first tr
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album. It certainly made me fall
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these da
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the benchmark for the rest of
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years where purely digital
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edition single ‘T
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think Daft Punk goes hip hop
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bleeping, popping analogue
song ideas the trio continued
shak
knees and heart and soul. With
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assembling their dream team the Dukes joined by a live
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ocalists; frYars, Brandon
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(Secret Machines), stage, effortlessly making all the
drummer and Tim takes centre
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s sonic palette. monolithic stage prop!
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featuring Samuel Dust from Late
digital soul of ‘This Rh
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Olly: “Late Of The Pier had
ocals. a twinkling, wee-hours, ambient
ack of ‘Nonsense In The Dark’; demand remix
while, their status as in-
contacted us a few y
throb gem with a tasteful hint of
- apace, with new commissions
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for White Lies, Bloc P
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as a
encapsulation of the band’
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approach.
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